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Living away from home was still a little bit of a challenge for me. I had never been to a boarding school before, so it came as kind of a shock when I realized I would be living at school during the week and some weekends. But, my fellow cadets helped me out and made the adjustment to school life easier. Living at school has made my classmates not only my friends, but my brothers as well.
My advice on how to make friends at Army and Navy Academy is this: reach out to people and see who needs a friend, sign up for a sport each season, and join clubs. Friends are valuable at ANA. When you may be struggling or just need someone to talk to, you’ll always have your Army and Navy brothers. The friendships you make at ANA last not only inside of school, but outside of school and even for the rest of your life.
One thing I was worried about when I first got to ANA was the mornings. But, waking up at
I’ve had great times and hard times at the Academy this past semester, but the hard times have only taught me to work harder, keep pushing forward, and to not give up on myself.