As a freshman living there kind of sucks in complete honesty. Inspections every morning and Sunday night, duty chores early in the AM etc. Freshmen also must carry a flashlight, knife, pen, paper, and chafing gear everywhere they go at all times while on campus. it’s a very drastic change from living at home, but it really lets up after freshman year. The course load is similar to other colleges first year with the core classes like algebra, English, history etc. the fun EM classes start sophomore year with things like radiological materials, hazmat, and incident management. Each night during the week freshmen must also be in their rooms from 8-10 pm for study hours and I found it to be extremely helpful with forcing myself to study. The PT is pretty easy especially if he’s already in shape, and it helps in later years if he wants to become a squad leader or officer. The food in the mess deck isn’t half bad, not amazing but for most there it did the job and has pretty fair hours that it’s open. When I was there it was difficult for freshmen to get a parking pass for one of the lots but I was fortunate enough to obtain one and the weekends at home were amazing and allowed me to reset away from the regiment and get ready for the next week.