Surprisingly Tough Decisions- will attending a service academy ruin my life?

Ever since middle school, joining the military and going to USNA has been a seemingly unreachable goal that kept floating in the back of my mind. After attending NASS and SLE, I had no doubt that I wanted to go to a service academy and continue on to serve my country. So why, now that I have the appointment to USNA in my hand and less than a month to commit, am I suddenly questioning everything I have believed in the last 5 years of my life? (long story short, my parents.)

The dream of...

Surprisingly Tough Decisions- will attending a service academy ruin my life?