Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. The academic and social expectations of the individuals who are applying are at the highest standard in the province and across the country. The young people we are attracting to RMC, high, high, high academic averages, active in sports, active in volunteering in their community, good social awareness. It's quite extraordinary the recruits we get and it's always been like this from RMC.
I remember when I was in Trinity University, as I was telling the auditor earlier, women were not allowed to go to RMC when I entered university, it was two years later that women were allowed to enter RMC. The standards for the people then who were applying, Ontario scholars, as an example. It is the same today. We attract the best of the best. It's not people who just want a free ride.
The program is too difficult. Between the academic expectations, the athletic expectations, the leadership expectations, and just the rigour of military life, nobody is going to come to the college for a free education when you have to get up every morning and do PT, you have to get dressed, you have to go to class, you have to put on a uniform, and you have to march around the campus. Expect you have required sports every afternoon and required study time. That structure doesn't attract people who are just looking for easy and free.