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[quote=Anonymous]My high school boyfriend went to a service academy (he actually didn't get in anywhere else). It's a really interesting environment.  They will not let you fail. College is such a time of independence, and there is zero independence at the academy. They assign you a tutor, make you come to study sessions, your professor meets with you if you're struggling, and it's all mandatory.  Contrast that to a major university where all the responsibility for getting help falls on the student.  I think that when you require all students to take physics and calculus, you have to have such systems in place though, or a good portion wouldn't make it.

The school gives you a local "host family" who is your home on weekends, can drive you places, etc--so that level of independence is gone too.  You eat in the cafeteria all four years, so you never have to manage a budget or cooking, just academics (with aforementioned tutors and study groups assigned to you).

I remember it feeling like an extension of high school when I would visit, and how different it was from my own school.

I would think very highly of a female graduating from the academy, because holy cow the level of harassment I witnessed was insane, and anyone who can survive that can get through anything.  The guys were okay--some were super smart, some super patriotic, most were fairly middle of the road and were chasing a free education (at least the ones in my bf's social circle).  A handful were prior enlisted folks going through to get the officer credentials.  Quite a few had gone to the prep school for a year first to get their grades up to be eligible.

This was mid 2000's.  Maybe it's changed?  I wouldn't think of it as prestigious, but I would think of a graduate as someone who would be dependable and goal oriented, which is a fabulous thing for most would be employers to seek.[/quote]

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