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Message: [QUOTE="slopmaster, post: 542187, member: 11929"] It looks like I'll be pretty much set to attend PLC Sophomores this summer. I do think that I will be physically ready (sub 21 minute 3 mile run, 25 pull ups, and 100+ crunches by June/July), academically there shouldn't be any issues either, and I doubt I'd do anything that would even result in the slightest risk of me receiving serious disciplinary action (as in skipping events or just being a shit bag to others). However, I am a bit worried when it comes down to instructors dropping candidates for not displaying good leadership skills and for maybe not having the character to succeed as a Marine Corps officer. What I mean by this is that to this day, I'm a pretty timid person who is not a good leader. I also feel as if I act kind of retarded when it comes to daily tasks. For example, it's like those kids who are good students but aren't very skilled in the "real world" (I can cook, laundry, drive, clean the house, etc. I mean not skilled more so in social settings.). For example, I was in Army ROTC for a semester and when we were doing stretches and various exercises at the same pace, I would always mess up and fall out of rhythm or I'd end up doing a slight variation of what we were supposed to be doing (on accident). I'm also a slow learner (I need to sit down on my own to understand basically anything), so I was thinking of reading up on, for example, orienteering and doing some rifle drills (rifle drills with marching is something I'd definitely mess up) before shipping out. I will obviously give it my all and when working out, I can push myself to an extreme rate. However, I just don't want to get dropped for the above reasons. I am wondering if I'm just being paranoid and if you men any tips if I'm not? [/QUOTE]

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