(USNA) I attended many years ago as a member of

Educational Quality	C	Faculty Accessibility	C
Useful Schoolwork	F	Excess Competition	F
Academic Success	C	Creativity/ Innovation	C
Individual Value	F	University Resource Use	C
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+	Friendliness	C
Campus Maintenance	A+	Social Life	F
Surrounding City	F	Extra Curriculars	A
Safety	A+

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Male

Quite Bright

Useful Schoolwork	F

Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+

He cares more about Excess Competition than the average student.

Date: Apr 01 2011
Major: (This Major's Salary over time)
I attended many years ago as a member of the class of 1993, dropping out at the end of plebe summer in 1989. As I write this decades later, going there remains the biggest mistake of my life, and my failure there, my biggest disappointment. Given my personal history with the place, I've long been interested in who drops out and why. The navy's determined that personality type is the strongest indicator: 8% of extroverts, 40% of introverts, and roughly 50% of creative types (e.g., artists, writers, actors, musicians, etc.) drop out. The bulk of the student body is made up of extroverts. Creative types make up a very small portion, and introverts make up the balance. This leads to an overall dropout rate of 25%. If you're a type-A personality - outgoing, aggressive - you'll probably get a lot out of USNA and do well. If you're either creative OR shy by nature, you probably shouldn't go - you won't enjoy your time there, and there's a very good chance you won't make it through. However, if you're BOTH creative AND shy, don't go. You will fail. Don't waste your time or the Navy's, don't bring upon yourself and your family the heartache that will inevitably result when you drop out. I speak from experience here - I'm highly creative and highly introverted, so fate had me doubly screwed. I realized by the end of my first month that I had no business being there, and that no incentive in the world would make me want to stay. The prestigious degree and "free" education, room, and board just weren't worth the mental torture. Based on my own casual observation, I would estimate that about 2/3rds of my fellow dropouts that summer were also creative introverts - it wasn't just me.

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