So I’m getting out after four years. My dream is to go back to the four top universities, two of which are the University of Notre Dame and Villanova University.1 I want to go back full-time, and I have a very good shot of getting into them, especially after talking with a lot of people involved in admissions and in the school's veterans department, and working with Service 2 School. I’m 22 years old, I’m not married, and I plan to major in political science with a minor in national security studies (I honestly love going back to work for the federal government and becoming a reserve officer). But the problem is, I’ve been out of high school for four years, and even then, when I was in high school, I was what you'd call an “average student” academically, and anything crazy like a nuclear engineer, when I was in the military, I was a BM.

How do you survive financially? Especially when you have a car you gotta pay for, and you’re not getting any income.

How do you survive academically? especially when compared to a lot of people who were perfect just coming from high school

How did you survive socially? I get that I’m a lot younger than a lot of other veterans who go back to school being 22 but I still feel like that four years of life experience is a lot

I’m nowhere near a large base, and I have like no Coast Guard medical support, so I’m really on my own with these things. Also, I would really like to keep my command out of it and kind of just do it on my own. I really don’t know how to find a counselor or a therapist who deals with stuff like anxiety and PTSD, especially someone who knows how to work with military people. Also, I don’t need a hotline. I wanna clarify that I'd really like to know where you could find someone like that. just finding someone that can mentally help me finish the final few months of my enlistment is all I need.

It doesn’t have to be Gateway. I heard there’s a lot of 1+3 programs at Notre Dame, like how they’re starting one for veterans and another one for nuclear NROTC students, and I heard there’s another one for engineering students. I know a lot of people aren’t really fans of Holy Cross, and I get it, but I've always thought the idea of the Gateway program was really interesting, especially since a few people who went there have positive things to say about it. I mean, you still get to take courses and join any club you want. You can’t do anything dorm-related or varsity sports, but it seems like a good gateway. Students didn’t have a hard time integrating

I always knew that Villanova was the place most valedictorians and people in the class went to. I’m applying to the class of 2027, and I’ve been told by many people at the university that I have an extremely good shot of getting in, especially by the school's veterans office. My biggest fear is being able to survive academically. I’m planning to major in political science, but because I’m a veteran, I’ve been out of school for 4 years, even though I’ve been taking community college courses and maintaining a 4.0 in it. I still am pretty weak in math and science, especially when compared to all the others. My parents biggest fear, especially because how high achieving everyone is coming from high school that I wouldn’t be able to survive academically and just be swamped.

Ever since I was a kid, I always had big... I was in middle school and high school. I really wanted to go to the Naval/CG Academy. was a pretty decent student in high school. I went to a small, religious private school that was ranked in the middle, more towards the top of my class. I had a bunch of really good grades, but was weak in math and science, and very good in social studies and English. Ultimately, I was not accepted, even though I had a nomination and had joined the military.

I dropped the whole Naval/CG Academy thing while I was in the military because I realized it really wasn't for me, especially since I sucked at math and science. I fell in love with the University of Notre Dame and Villanova University, but now my parents keep saying it’s just gonna be another disappointment. Even if I do get in, I won't survive academically, especially since I haven’t been a full-time student for 4 years, even though I’ve been taking community college courses and maintaining a 4.0. I’ve been told by a lot of people, including fellow Service members, these colleges, the Office of Military and Veteran Affairs, and even other college professors, that I’m a strong applicant. However, my parents still keep saying that I need to be realistic, especially because even if I do get in, they don’t think I can survive, especially in an environment like Notre Dame, where everyone is practically a valedictorian.

i’m not saying I hate him as a character, but I’m talking about him with the relationship stuff. It’s because he is always whining and complaining about how his wife left him and our relationships never work but yet he has had plenty of shots in the show especially with the Reverend, which he decided himself to stop that because he didn’t find it convenient.

I’m on the final stretch of my first contract, and being honest, I had a miserable time. I do appreciate getting to travel, see some new things, and make some decent money, but the military lifestyle is not for me, and I had a hard time adapting. I was always getting in trouble for performance issues and was straight-up bullied at my first unit to the point of thinking about taking the forever nap. I still have a hard time coping with what happened. And it was weird, it’s because in high school I was an amazing student with straight A’s, a state champion athlete, an Eagle Scout, and had a really good friend group of other high-achieving students. But in the military, it seems like I could do nothing right. I had a hard time getting qualified. I kept getting write-ups. I got a really bad performance evaluation that is now preventing me from receiving a good conduct medal

My parents think I’m going through some cycle because I also had a miserable time in high school, but looking back, especially compared to what happened to me in the military. It wasn’t that big of a deal. But I still do kind of wonder if it will be just as miserable as the military was

close to getting out, and I’m transitioning after my first enlistment. Like many people, I had four very lackluster years. I didn’t do anything crazy like go on major deployments, see combat, or have any crazy decorations (I think I’m going to be denied the Good Conduct Medal because of a bad set of marks). But I’m going to be getting out with an honorable discharge, but my fear is especially since I’m applying to some pretty elite schools when I get out, on top of having a lackluster 4 years. I also received a multitude of negative page 7s, was on performance probation, and had a horrible set of marks (I think 2/3 with a few 4s); however, I was not Masted. I’m very cautious about what’s gonna happen next because I really don’t want to be in the military to follow me. especially since I know college admissions, and people hiring you want to see what you did in the military.

This is coming from someone that still serving. I’m really curious about if I’m still eligible for the good conduct metal everywhere I hear the big things that prevent people from getting the good conduct metal is non-judicial punishment court marshals and other major discipline issues. i’m really worried it’s because I was not the best service member, especially since the job I was in was is a good fit for me which led me to a couple performance things but nothing disciplinary and if it was something disciplinary, it would be something very minor.

I'm curious and I know that I probably won't get it because I was put on a performance probation like 4 months out from my 3-year enlistment date (even though I wasn't told directly, everything I read say that I'm in ellegable). Are there any other reasons people don't receive it, because I thought it was just for an NJP and up, because damn, I feel like a POS for not being eligible for mine

I'm really on the fence about doing this. I have like a month and a year left. Personally, I suck at my job. I have dozens of write-ups, I'm on a performance probation (so no good conduct medal), and I'm honestly just ready to go back to my family. I'm planning to go back to college at what some call “Catholic Ivy” schools. And even with the terminal at the max, I only have like a few weeks to move cross-country and go to a different direction to school

What's stopping me is the negative consequences? Even though I will get an honorable discharge. I had a quick ship bonus that I might have to pay back. And even though I suck at my current job, I like the idea of changing rates and going into the reserves, but I was told that the government discharge bars me from coming back in any capacity. And on top of that, my parents basically said if I am “kicked out because I can't behave,” they would basically disown me.

I'm looking at the convenience of the Gov discharge because I'm planning to go to school, and I'm less than a year out from my end-of-enlistment date. I'm on a Great Lakes station (not going to say which) that is literally shut down mid-fall to mid-spring, and I'm getting out around that time. I mean, it sounds like a too-good-to-be-true thing. I was wondering if there are any drawbacks. I still want to come back as a chaplain or go into the reserves, so I'm not running from service or anything, but I literally have to move cross-country again for my school, and I'm just sitting around doing nothing in the winter.

does anyone know how long these things take?

Are there any drawbacks? I heard that they could sometimes make you repay your bonus.

Is it hard to come back after you get something like that?

And even though it’s honorable to, I still get benefits, especially the G.I. bill

I can name several examples at the top of my head: Courage, the cowardly dog, the original Teen Titans, Star Wars, the clone wars/rebels, Bionicle, Ninjago pre March of the oni, Scooby-Doo mystery Incorporated, gravity, Falls, Adventure Time, Regular Show, and almost all of the DC animated shows. It just seemed like, for a little while, basically from when Batman and the animated series came out until a few years ago, there was a pretty good string of cartoon cartoons that could be a little edgier or darker. They had good overarching stories or were formatted in story arcs, and they definitely could be scary for kids, and some of them really pushed a PG-13 rating

Looking at a lot of kids' shows now, you really don’t have this. I really don’t like to use this term, but it's basically all slop. On Cartoon Network, all you ever see is Teen Titans Go, and even they are making fun of their existence at this point, which, honestly, is funny. On Nickelodeon, you get brain-dead post-Hillenburg SpongeBob. then you look at Disney and at least they made good movies

this question is more for practicing Catholics. I could speak for the University of Notre Dame, but I’ve never been to Boston College and I know that even though it doesn’t get as much as a barrage of hate like Notre Dame does whenever something goes wrong, but a lot of Catholics kind of considered Boston College and Georgetown, a loss cause. Like I said before I could speak for Notre Dame and it still is a very devout Catholic campus and most of campus life has to do with it granted if you don’t like it, you could just avoid it but you’re not gonna have as much fun. And the school itself does a pretty decent job, trying be faithful to the magisterium. how is BC at it?

I grew up in the era when scooby doo was a little darker. When I got into the show as a kid, I watched all the darker straight-to-video ones like The Witches' Ghost and Zombie Island, and this is when Mystery inc was still running, and even though I never watched every episode or understood the overarching stories as a kid, I absolutely loved the darker tone. Even after all these years, revisiting it, it is still amazing, but one thing I never realized is how much of a gateway this series is to horror; not only does this series play horror. You actually have a lot of people who were in Scooby-Doo in major horror movies like Freddie Prince Junior, who is in I Know What You Did Last Summer. Matthew Lillard is literally Ghostface/Michael Afton. Frank Welker did a bunch of voices. Sarah Michelle Getty is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Even now, I am a diehard horror movie fan, and I really credit Scooby-Doo as my introduction to it as a kid. Even then, I can’t really think of many other good examples of a kid's introduction to horror, like scooby doo

I know it’s not a hot day, but it’s safe to say that this is a very popular version of the show if not the most. And it stands out so much because of its darker writing, horror references, gothic setting, art style and an overarching story. it came out when I was a kid and I never really I ever fully sit down and watch it and I’m in the middle of my first time going all the way through but yet I know the ending and I’m not going to spoil it for those that didn’t see it but like the Sopranos it’s a very disappointing cliffhanger. and ever since then Scooby-Doo hasn’t really found a consistent show. There’s been several attempts to make more shows but it seems like they don’t last more than two seasons, and there are several straight to dv movies a lot of which are not that bad.

But what I don’t why they never tried another story that was on the darker side like this. I get you can use the “It’s a kid showyou can use the quote. It’s a kid show” excuse but you can go back and there are several dark entries into the series like zombie Island, the witches ghost to some of the original series episoded (the one with Space Kook still gets me as a die-hard horror fan). even thebecause it sure as heck worked on me live action movies although still extremely silly James Gunn wanted to make them into an R-rated comedy (we are not speaking about the bad one on HBO). it's a shame because back then and even now there really isn’t anything like that heck, I even consider this version of the show a great Gateway to horro or kids because it sure as heck worked on me. I just kinda wanna know why they never tried anything like this again.

I know this is probably one of the biggest in the superhero world because I don’t know many people that like Batman forever and I know nobody that likes Batman and Robin. I don’t know much about the idea. I know that it was completely cut after Tim Burton went a little too hard on Batman returns so they took a complete 180. The only thing I know is that it was supposed to be about the Riddler in two face with the Riddler being Robin Williams and two-faced being Billy D Williams.

When I was a kid, and before I joined the military, I had that sense that people in the military, like you, had strong bonds that were as strong as steel and that you were inseparable. After all, I grew up watching movies and things like Band of Brothers, and that’s what I thought it was; nobody in my family served before I did, except for my cousin, who was in the guard for like 2 years in admin before she got kicked out for being terrible at her job. Granted, when I joined the global war on terror just ended and I did the Coast Guard. I was talking with my who with a lot of veterans and he said that it’s different for them if they’re like in the army or the Marines and they went over to Iraq together. I know it sounds really weird, but I met some of the worst people I’ve ever met in my life the military. Most of the people I worked with just make the job insufferable you have people that will rat out their own family to get ahead, people make up lies, people that try to make petty high school drama and just people that don’t care. I made probably like 4 friends through my whole time but that’s it. Lot of family members and people that never served ask me about that and if I “miss and wonder what those other people are doing” I honestly don’t even care if they are alive or dead by now. I still feel weird about the fact I didn’t experience this “brotherhood thing”

Growing up in a family and going to Catholic school, everyone is obsessed with Notre Dame and wants to go there. Unfortunately, because it's a super selective school, not everyone does. Everyone talks about wanting their own Rudy story. Usually, the love ND, then get a rejection letter in their senior year, and then hate Notre Dame and go on about how it’s not a Catholic school anymore. I always knew about Holy Cross College because of Rudy, but I didn’t even know that St. Mary’s College was back there. I don’t understand why many people don’t consider these schools, especially since they’re in that tri-campus community. The only time I really see a lot of people going to St Marys and Holy Cross is when they are actually from western Michigan northern Illinois or northern Indiana.

I mean, I did get the five that it is off the side, especially because they’re so far away from Notre Dame’s actual campus. But besides varsity sports and living in the dorms, it seems like people at these schools can get involved in everything Notre Dame-related. especially with programs like the program. I guess that makes Notre Dame more of an elitist type of school, and I was told that people at Notre Dame don’t really like people at Holy Cross and especially St. Mary’s, for some reason, unless you’re in the gateway program or something like that