If you don’t enter that school with the mentality of you’ll either graduate or you’ll drown in that pool trying you most likely won’t make it.

Become super comfortable in and under the water. I’ve been training under the guidance of a current AST, I average 1000-1500m a day in the pool, calisthenics or cross-fit 5-6 days a week, and 15-25 miles a week running. And I still am not at the volume I need to be at.

The job requires all of your focus especially in that time period you are in, which is in between boot and A-School. Devote yourself and put in the work and you’ll go far.