I was pretty much told the same thing. Started with a recruiter when I was 19. He ghosted me after the 2nd visit, and I had to show up to his office unannounced for him to see me, then he told me along the lines of you'll probably get rejected at meps like a previous recruit of his with a stutter was. I don't want to enlist anymore, but I believe I could've made it in had I not given up so early.