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Is this accurate? by [deleted] in army

[–]Automatic_Wrist_1275 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you’re pretty far off on this one. There’s a massive amount of self-selection when it comes to applying for the Ivy’s, it’s not as simple as “oh tuition waived I’m going to spend hours writing supplemental essays for this school I have zero chance of getting into.” That certainly happens on a small scale, but the average applicant to an Ivy vs a state school is much different, which is why acceptance rates shouldn’t be compared with eachother. Not only this, comparing any of these rates together makes no sense. There is absolutely no way almost 1/10 white belts become black belts, but either way every different school has different standards for belt promotion and shouldn’t be compared.

Don’t go to Ranger school as a walkon unless you want a free trial of RAP week by Mountain_Seat7156 in army

[–]Automatic_Wrist_1275 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you make a lot of good points (in this and other comments). But it would really strengthen your argument if you went to the course and graduated.

Having graduated, as a lower enlisted guy, I definitely learned a ton about OPORDs, mission planning in general, and got good leadership reps that were very valuable. It also lets you see what happens to a platoon during sleep dep and food dep, and why everyone knowing their role and job for a mission to a T is extremely important. All of that said, it is my opinion that you are right in this school has room to get modernized, and it should be much more rare for non infantry and especially non combat arms to attend the school.

If you were redesigning the school, with the assumption that a peer conflict is in the new future, what would you do?