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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids from prestigious families and top students just don't attend the service academies in the same way they used to. Their younger alums are not holding the same types of jobs either. [b]I'd include them in a list 50+ years ago but not at this point. [/b][/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]+1. I went to West Point and there were many unimpressive kids. However, the mentality was to help everyone get through and by the end people adapted or left altogether. Most classmates I've kept in touch with have had solid careers but nothing mindblowing, with a surprising number taking sales jobs. The financial help and physical training are the biggest pros to me, but it's not for everyone and I didn't encourage either of my kids to consider a service academy.[b] I would've rather had them attend a top school like Princeton or Duke and then consider ROTC if they really wanted to.[/b] Just my 2c, it's a unique experience and it can open doors in the right places (especially DC).[/quote]

Sadly, this is where I am, at the moment, and I could be considered, as a PP postulated, a military supporter. It's hard to argue with past performance -- when there are only 5 US institutions with 100+ Rhodes Scholars and West Point is among them (Source: [url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/office-of-the-american-secretary/us-winners/colleges-and-universities-of-all-us-rhodes-scholars-over-time/]Rhodes Trust[/url]). And I have no doubt a high percentage of average Americans would know of, and think impressive, an academy and its graduates. That equals prestige, in my opinion, and that's the subject of this thread.

But I believe the luster is starting to dim and it's both self-imposed and a sign of the times. We would've been proud (but worried) for DC to attend had they passed the rigorous physical and academic requirements but am equally as proud (and on the hook for more $) of their choice to pursue Service in a different manor.

Here's to [i]Singing Second[/i].[/quote]

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