Citadel 2012!!!

[OmarY]

Greetings,

I have lurked around the forums for a few weeks without registering, trying to get as much information possible about SA's and The Citadel. I just wanted to let you guys know that I have been academically accepted into The Citadel. This makes me very ansy on the inside considering I was born and raised in Southern California.

It will be a very big change for me, but I hope it pays off in the end. Does anyone know if cadets are allowed to own cars? Any advice to cadet life? Seriously, I could use all the advice I can get. :thumb:

Thank You!

-Omar

[sclyn102770]

Hey Omar!

You can have a car at the Citadel in your second year.
My son will be in the 2012 class also, we are from South Carolina. He was academically accepted back in November and he just recieved his medical qualification last month. He did go to the overnight visit in January and that pretty much sealed the deal for him ( over the Naval Academy even though we are still waiting to hear from them and he went to summer seminar)
If you'd like to get in contact with him just send me a PM and I will have him give you his info. I am usually the one on this forum..He uses Facebook and Myspace.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

[jamzmom]

Give Boo a kiss for me when ya'll see him! Many congrats!
http://citadel.edu/pao/mascots/slideshow1/a12_CITADEL_00098689.jpg

[Antoinette]

OmarY, many congratulations on being accepted to the Citadel !!! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

Please do your best to get acclimated to the heat and, of utmost importance :shake:, learn to say "ya'll"!

Here are some more amazing pictures of cadet life at The Citadel: http://pao.citadel.edu/home-page-photo-archive?m=10&y=2004

P.S. Boo is cuter than Uga!!!!!

[OmarY]

Thank you for the congrats! I have just realized how quickly all the form deadlines are approaching and I'm trying to make appointments in a hurry. Just a quick question, smoking in uniform is prohibited, correct?

[VMINROTChopeful]

Thank you for the congrats! I have just realized how quickly all the form deadlines are approaching and I'm trying to make appointments in a hurry. Just a quick question, smoking in uniform is prohibited, correct?

what form deadlines??? i was accepted to the citadel too and would just like to know if i will be missing any deadlines...

i thought we didn't have to decide to accept until May!

[OmarY]

what form deadlines??? i was accepted to the citadel too and would just like to know if i will be missing any deadlines...

i thought we didn't have to decide to accept until May!

Oh no no, I'm just talking about the medical examination which I haven't done. And they already stopped the overnight visits so I can't get a visit but I think I can still do the Friday visit, which I'm going to fly all the way from California for! :thumb:

Did you decide VMI or Citadel? I hope Citadel! Maybe I'll see you there.

[VMINROTChopeful]

Oh no no, I'm just talking about the medical examination which I haven't done. And they already stopped the overnight visits so I can't get a visit but I think I can still do the Friday visit, which I'm going to fly all the way from California for! :thumb:

Did you decide VMI or Citadel? I hope Citadel! Maybe I'll see you there.

i haven't done a physical either. are the deadlines coming up? aren't they just in may?

i did an overnight visit of vmi, and that was just great. i'm going to do a friday visit of the citadel too i guess since i didn't do the sleepover thing there. which friday do you think you are going to? it's closer for me, but i think i'm going to have to fly too since i don't think my dad will be interested in driving me from virginia to south carolina.

i'm not decided yet. my top choice is still vmi, but i haven't had a chance to look at citadel. did you apply to vmi too? i also got into virginia tech, north georgia state college and university and norwich university, so i am going to be taking a look at everything before making my final decision. just want to be sure i made the right choice.

[jamzmom]

http://www.citadel.edu/admissions/c/secure/Medical_2008.pdf

The link above are the forms you need to have in to The citadel by May 1st.
Times-a-wastin'! Hurry it up you guys! :smile:

[OmarY]

i haven't done a physical either. are the deadlines coming up? aren't they just in may?

i did an overnight visit of vmi, and that was just great. i'm going to do a friday visit of the citadel too i guess since i didn't do the sleepover thing there. which friday do you think you are going to? it's closer for me, but i think i'm going to have to fly too since i don't think my dad will be interested in driving me from virginia to south carolina.

i'm not decided yet. my top choice is still vmi, but i haven't had a chance to look at citadel. did you apply to vmi too? i also got into virginia tech, north georgia state college and university and norwich university, so i am going to be taking a look at everything before making my final decision. just want to be sure i made the right choice.


May 1rst deadline.

I looked at both VMI and The Citadel. Read their history, etc etc. Keep in mind I am NOT a High School student. I am actually a Freshman in college so I am a transfer student to the Citadel. During High School I didn't give a fly about school. I was a smart kid, just didn't want to "do the work." Things changed once I got of out of High School. At the community college I currently attend I hold a 3.85 GPA, Dean's List, Honors student, and so on. I decided to get a hold of my life and make something of myself.

I looked into military schools and I was considering West Point but I thought the chances of getting in were slim so I looked at the Citadel, VMI, Norwich, etc. I am not saying these are second rate schools since I looked at them after West Point, but I just felt I had a better chance of getting into these schools. Once I read the history of The Citadel, I knew that this was the school I wanted to go to. It's rich history, pride, etc. I don't want to be political/history and I don't want to get into a debate, but events such as Fort Sumter really showed me the audacity of the pride that must exist in the halls of that school and the cadets that have walked in them.

Then I watched the videos on youtube. Hahaha. I just set my mind to the Citadel. Plus, if I'm going to go across the country for four years, I figured South Carolina was a great state to experience something new!

I'm not 100% sure on when I'm going to do the Friday visit but it will probably be next month. We should coordinate or something because I'm definitely not going to be a fish out it's bowl when I'm over there. And since you're from Virginia it might be kind of similar.

[lurp101]

I'm going to the Cid as well (class of 12). Hope to see you there.

[OmarY]

Does anyone have the number with which I can make my enrollment deposit?

Thanks!

[VMINROTChopeful]

number? i went back and checked the forms i was sent by the Citadel and there were no numbers. only an address to send a check. do you need the address? didn't you get the forms?

[OmarY]

number? i went back and checked the forms i was sent by the Citadel and there were no numbers. only an address to send a check. do you need the address? didn't you get the forms?

Ah, well, I received my academic acceptance letter and certificate but it said that they would send me all the other forms etc. soon. So I haven't received it in the mail but I want to make my deposit now. Would you mind posting or PM'ing me the address? It's $400, correct?

[VMINROTChopeful]

Ah, well, I received my academic acceptance letter and certificate but it said that they would send me all the other forms etc. soon. So I haven't received it in the mail but I want to make my deposit now. Would you mind posting or PM'ing me the address? It's $400, correct?

i was wrong. they sent so much info to me, all in separate letters. one of them actually has a one-page invoice. the address on the invoice is:

The Citadel
Office of the Treasurer
Charleston, SC 29409

but i think you should wait. because on the invoice is your CIT#. and it says "For proper credit, return this portion with your remittance"

so unless you already know your CIT# (probably some student id or something), you should wait until you get your invoice.

also, where did you get $400? $400 is for early decision, which i guess you didn't get or else you would have heard already your decision in the fall. regular decision is $300. that's also what my invoice has as well.

last thing is that i'm a little nervous now having looked over the forms because one of them says that medical forms will be only accepted until the class is full even if this happens before May 1. yikes. they definitely are putting pressure on ppl to make a fast decision. this is almost as bad as virginia tech corps of cadets telling me that i give up my emerging leader scholarship unless i accept my admission offer with them soon! what happened to may 1st being the date for every college? lol....

[OmarY]

i was wrong. they sent so much info to me, all in separate letters. one of them actually has a one-page invoice. the address on the invoice is:

The Citadel
Office of the Treasurer
Charleston, SC 29409

but i think you should wait. because on the invoice is your CIT#. and it says "For proper credit, return this portion with your remittance"

so unless you already know your CIT# (probably some student id or something), you should wait until you get your invoice.

also, where did you get $400? $400 is for early decision, which i guess you didn't get or else you would have heard already your decision in the fall. regular decision is $300. that's also what my invoice has as well.

last thing is that i'm a little nervous now having looked over the forms because one of them says that medical forms will be only accepted until the class is full even if this happens before May 1. yikes. they definitely are putting pressure on ppl to make a fast decision. this is almost as bad as virginia tech corps of cadets telling me that i give up my emerging leader scholarship unless i accept my admission offer with them soon! what happened to may 1st being the date for every college? lol....

Yeah the whole "until the class is full" thing has got me pretty pressured too. When I called my local doctor to get my physical and all that out of the way I was hounding them for an early appointment date hahahha. Although I'm worked up about getting in for sure, I think it's one aspect of El Cid's marketing techniques. Hahaha. Or maybe i'm just saying that to make myself feel better. So you haven't made a decision yet?

Go El Cid!

[VMINROTChopeful]

Yeah the whole "until the class is full" thing has got me pretty pressured too. When I called my local doctor to get my physical and all that out of the way I was hounding them for an early appointment date hahahha. Although I'm worked up about getting in for sure, I think it's one aspect of El Cid's marketing techniques. Hahaha. Or maybe i'm just saying that to make myself feel better. So you haven't made a decision yet?

Go El Cid!


it may be marketing. because you got to figure that half the ppl that apply to the citadel also applied to vmi or another sr. military college. and so there are going to be a lot that turn down their offers. but on the otherhand, i wonder if the citadel makes alot more offers than they have room for knowing that many students will decide to go elsewhere, and so this whole medical form thing could be their way of being sneaky and just doing the "first come first served" thing to get their freshman class nailed down. that would suck. basically that would mean that even if you get an acceptance, you might get rejected because you didn't get your medical form in before the next person.

i haven't decided yet. my first choice is still vmi i think. this is my spring break though so i'm going to be thinking about this hard and researching.

have you caught the videos on vmi & citadel on youtube? here are some interesting ones for the citadel:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PlhSCyPWi04
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b0eDHnuo6_w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uMidadrRcpg

[VMINROTChopeful]

did anyone else get this funny email from the citadel this morning titled "Push E-mail Draft"? it looks like someone "pushed" the wrong button and it got sent out to admitted candidates my mistake in it's unfinished form. i loved the "Captain Crunch" thing! :shake:

one thing from the email, it's obvious that the citadel has different admissions counselors for girls and for boys. not a surprise since i found the same thing at VMI. i think both colleges must be pushing hard to increase the number of women cadets. :thumb:

[VMINROTChopeful]

did anyone else get this funny email from the citadel this morning titled "Push E-mail Draft"? it looks like someone "pushed" the wrong button and it got sent out to admitted candidates my mistake in it's unfinished form. i loved the "Captain Crunch" thing! :shake:

one thing from the email, it's obvious that the citadel has different admissions counselors for girls and for boys. not a surprise since i found the same thing at VMI. i think both colleges must be pushing hard to increase the number of women cadets. :thumb:

and predictably an hour later, i get an email apology from the citadel for having this wierd message sent to me. :yllol:

[OmarY]

and predictably an hour later, i get an email apology from the citadel for having this wierd message sent to me. :yllol:

Hahaha I didn't receive it but I heard about it. Yes, I'm sure both colleges are competing for the best of the female cadets. Which must mean you're a female? I'm sorry. This whole time I thought you were a male. Now that I know that you're a female I think you should go to The Citadel two fold. Hahaha. That school could use some good female cadets

Quick question.

WHERE IN THE WORLD DO I FIND MY "CIT" NUMBER?!?!

[VMINROTChopeful]

Hahaha I didn't receive it but I heard about it. Yes, I'm sure both colleges are competing for the best of the female cadets. Which must mean you're a female? I'm sorry. This whole time I thought you were a male. Now that I know that you're a female I think you should go to The Citadel two fold. Hahaha. That school could use some good female cadets

Quick question.

WHERE IN THE WORLD DO I FIND MY "CIT" NUMBER?!?!

that's a tough one. should i be one of 7% girls at VMI or 8% girls at the citadel? :wink: lol. :shake:
(by the way, the girl "haters" at VMI have already given me an internet sweatparty and showed their gheyness and boylove: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SpaKWHaxBE . :rolleyes:)

Your CIT number is on the invoice they send you. didn't you get the $300 invoice? call the college if you didn't get it.

[OmarY]

that's a tough one. should i be one of 7% girls at VMI or 8% girls at the citadel? :wink: lol. :shake:
(by the way, the girl "haters" at VMI have already given me an internet sweatparty and showed their gheyness and boylove: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SpaKWHaxBE . :rolleyes:)

Your CIT number is on the invoice they send you. didn't you get the $300 invoice? call the college if you didn't get it.

Okay, the first envelope I received contained:

1) Letter of academic acceptance.
2) Certificate of academic acceptance.

The second envelope, which came like five days later contained:

1) Instructions
2) Public Affairs sheet
3) Medical & Drug Consent Forms
4) Requirements Checklist


So...no invoice at all. Did you get your invoice with your forms or did it come separately? Argh. This is frustrating me. I want to secure my spot NOW! Hahaha

[VMINROTChopeful]

Okay, the first envelope I received contained:

1) Letter of academic acceptance.
2) Certificate of academic acceptance.

The second envelope, which came like five days later contained:

1) Instructions
2) Public Affairs sheet
3) Medical & Drug Consent Forms
4) Requirements Checklist


So...no invoice at all. Did you get your invoice with your forms or did it come separately? Argh. This is frustrating me. I want to secure my spot NOW! Hahaha

invoice comes in a 3rd, business size envelope. only invoice, a coverletter and an envelope to send it back in.

[OmarY]

Oh man, I read through all the comments on that vid. Boy oh boy were they racking you. Stay strong.

[VMINROTChopeful]

Oh man, I read through all the comments on that vid. Boy oh boy were they racking you. Stay strong.

ty! i laugh in the face of evil! oh snap!

[bruno]

Just out of curiosity- you said that you did actually visit VMI on the overnight program? I saw the comments on the youtube site but I just have to think that they are not representative of much at VMI. Did the women you were racking in with seem to think that they receive any unusual grief (beyond what the Rat Line gives everybody)from 99% of the upper class, or that the Commandant, Tac Staff as well as the cadet chain of command and "GC" would fail to jump on this kind of behavior? (Which would be really worrisome - and hopefully not the the case)
You should expect to have a hard time there- but it should be an across the board hard time for every Cadet. (Added to which is the reality that you also will have things more difficult just by being less than 10% of the cadet population). I would hate to see someone extrapolate from these "tools" comments that this is the norm and then make a decision not to attend VMI because of that. I just think that you have a couple of random idiots that you are dueling with on the web but maybe I am wrong.

[VMINROTChopeful]

Just out of curiosity- you said that you did actually visit VMI on the overnight program? I saw the comments on the youtube site but I just have to think that they are not representative of much at VMI. Did the women you were racking in with seem to think that they receive any unusual grief (beyond what the Rat Line gives everybody)from 99% of the upper class, or that the Commandant, Tac Staff as well as the cadet chain of command and "GC" would fail to jump on this kind of behavior? (Which would be really worrisome - and hopefully not the the case)
You should expect to have a hard time there- but it should be an across the board hard time for every Cadet. (Added to which is the reality that you also will have things more difficult just by being less than 10% of the cadet population). I would hate to see someone extrapolate from these "tools" comments that this is the norm and then make a decision not to attend VMI because of that. I just think that you have a couple of random idiots that you are dueling with on the web but maybe I am wrong.

yeah, i stayed overnight. it was awesome. :thumb: no way i would decide on going to a college i don't visit.

i did stay in the barracks with some 4/c girls (they just had broken out 2 weeks before when i went there). they definitely said they receive a lot of grief. in fact what they call the misoginists are "haters". it's definitely better now than before although haters still like to throw the c**t word around alot. heard tale from a 1/c girl that haters used set up porn on their computers and then call in female rats for "counseling" sessions and make them look at it. but my admin counselor said that 2 big things have changed- being a hater is no longer considered cool, and secondly COL Trumps, the new commandant, openly calls himself a "hater hater" and has been meeting with the girls and boys to try to reduce this.

here is something that GEN Peay said in Aug 2007 that was in something I found on the VMI website:
4. The Board briefly discussed several of the above mentioned topics. Emphasis was placed on the importance of civility particularly in cadet attitudes toward women. General Peay noted success in the area of assimilation and described it as “a journey.”

i think that all these efforts by COL Trumps will just drive the haters more underground, but they will still be hang out at VMI for a long time. what might change things is if what my admissions counselor says is true (she herself was one of the first girls to graduate from VMI) and it's becoming uncool to be a hater. but even then, there will be boys that take pride in being uncool. :mad:

the problem i have heard is that there really are girls that don't belong at VMI because they just aren't physically fit enough. i've heard this from a non-hater cadet. and this just makes the haters hate all girls even more.

(i just think that haters should pay attention to DADT and just come out of the closet and admit they are gay :shake:. LOL!)

[VMINROTChopeful]

btw, since this is a Citadel thread, i should say that the Citadel also has its own "haters". i've been talking a lot on another forum with this girl who is now a student naval aviator, and she graduated from the citadel. she says she just would call all their haters "gay" because they liked boys more than girls (like the definition of "gay". lol)

[VMINROTChopeful]

omg- the citadel has sent me a "2nd notice" that i haven't paid the $300 deposit! all with red letters and everything. and May 1 is still 4 weeks away! LOL

[LineInTheSand]

Another avenue I would take....zero tolerance...if a "hater" has a problem with a female, and is harrassing her, he's gone, end of story. Drive them underground? No, drive them to the bus station and send them home.

It's not appropriate in a college, and it's certainly not appropriate in the US Armed Forces. Light them up, then send them packing.

[OmarY]

omg- the citadel has sent me a "2nd notice" that i haven't paid the $300 deposit! all with red letters and everything. and May 1 is still 4 weeks away! LOL

Hahahaha it's another calling. You need to go to El Cid!

BTW.

I think the haters are just secretly finding some way to talk to girls.

[VMINROTChopeful]

Hahahaha it's another calling. You need to go to El Cid!

i am still deciding. sigh. it's hard to decide.

I think the haters are just secretly finding some way to talk to girls.

or... :confused: they're just gay! :shake:

[bruno]

Another avenue I would take....zero tolerance...if a "hater" has a problem with a female, and is harrassing her, he's gone, end of story. Drive them underground? No, drive them to the bus station and send them home.

It's not appropriate in a college, and it's certainly not appropriate in the US Armed Forces. Light them up, then send them packing.

I am pretty sure that is what the commandant and superintendents intention is- but you never catch all of them despite best intentions and certainly you don't catch all of them right away (hence the line "driving them underground"). Remember last falls issue with the nooses at the CGA- same deal. That clearly was not indicative of anymore than one or two knotheads- but there are always one or two who don't get the message and catching them isn't always that easy. I'm sure that if the Tac staff at VMI catches these fools they are gone but you gotta catch them. Unfortunately the internet allows anonymity so the idiots making these posts to her are pretty hard to shut off. Educating cadets so they see harrassment in the same light as honor violations (fundamentally wrong and not to be tolerated by anyone - cadet or administration) is ultimately how they get it shut off.

[VMINROTChopeful]

Educating cadets so they see harrassment in the same light as honor violations (fundamentally wrong and not to be tolerated by anyone - cadet or administration) is ultimately how they get it shut off.

i don't know if VMI would want to ever make gender harrassment in as a honor violation. the "a cadet will never lie cheat or steal or tolerate those who do" is so traditional that i can't imagine VMI would ever change that to add more things cadets will never do. just my thought here.


(by the way, GEN Peay, the superintendent, seems to be hugely respected at VMI. he's also the last full General that VMI has graduated. he himself definitely has strong views on females' roles in the military though:
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/940617/06170530.htm (http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/940617/06170530.htm)
but this has nothing to do with his work on increasing civility at VMI though.)

[bruno]

i don't know if VMI would want to ever make gender harrassment in as a honor violation. the "a cadet will never lie cheat or steal or tolerate those who do" is so traditional that i can't imagine VMI would ever change that to add more things cadets will never do. just my thought here.


(by the way, GEN Peay, the superintendent, seems to be hugely respected at VMI. he's also the last full General that VMI has graduated. he himself definitely has strong views on females' roles in the military though:
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/940617/06170530.htm (http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/940617/06170530.htm)
but this has nothing to do with his work on increasing civility at VMI though.)

You will find as you go along that lots of peoples perspectives and thoughts change over time- what somebody thought in 1994 - 14 years ago is not necessarily what they think now. You for example were 3 years old when this was written - is your opinion the same now as it was then? Gen Peay may or may not hold those same views but I wouldn't presume to quote a 14 year old newspaper article and state that they are his current views. Gen Peay and Colonel Trumps are striving to bring more professionalism into the cadet corps- and both have spent their lives as Army Officers - they understand both what is right and what is professional conduct- which is why they are trying to crack down on harrassment in all forms and why they are trying to imbue Cadet life with a greater degree of civility between cadets. Finally- You are right- I am not suggesting this gets added to the Honor code. Rather- what makes the honor code effective is that it is understood that certain conduct is beyond the pale and can't be accepted by anyone. When the type of unequal conduct that you are describing is internalized by the corps then it will end because the cadets themselves will not allow it to happen- which is why the honor code works now.

[VMINROTChopeful]

You will find as you go along that lots of peoples perspectives and thoughts change over time- what somebody thought in 1994 - 14 years ago is not necessarily what they think now. You for example were 3 years old when this was written - is your opinion the same now as it was then? Gen Peay may or may not hold those same views but I wouldn't presume to quote a 14 year old newspaper article and state that they are his current views. Gen Peay and Colonel Trumps are striving to bring more professionalism into the cadet corps- and both have spent their lives as Army Officers - they understand both what is right and what is professional conduct- which is why they are trying to crack down on harrassment in all forms and why they are trying to imbue Cadet life with a greater degree of civility between cadets. Finally- You are right- I am not suggesting this gets added to the Honor code. Rather- what makes the honor code effective is that it is understood that certain conduct is beyond the pale and can't be accepted by anyone. When the type of unequal conduct that you are describing is internalized by the corps then it will end because the cadets themselves will not allow it to happen- which is why the honor code works now.

oh, i probably shouldn't even have mentioned his views- they really have nothing to do with the great job he and COL Trump are doing at VMI! and you're right, this is a very old article. :)

and as i said before, everyone i spoke to at VMI says the "hating" thing has really gotten better with time.

actually, i was counselled by a VMI 3/c cadet to keep a lower profile on the internet. i actually think i understand it now. those haters that are willing to come out and say stuff on the internet would be afraid to do anything on post that they could get caught for and get in trouble for. they might think the same stuff, but wouldn't do anything to me that could get them into trouble. but being anonymous on the internet, they can let their misoginist thoughts flow freely. so for this reason, i stopped even saying anything on that youtube thread. anyways, it wouldnt do anything except make all the haters come out of the closet in the safety of being anonymous.

[VMINROTChopeful]

well, as of tonite, my college decision has gotten a lot tougher, because...

I JUST GOT NOTIFIED THAT I GOT A FULL-RIDE TO THE CITADEL!!!!

:jaw: :jump1::beer1: :biggrin:

[Antoinette]

Well, then, CONGRATULATIONS are in order!! Congrats :thumb:! It is an honor to receive such a great scholarship from The Citadel!

[OmarY]

well, as of tonite, my college decision has gotten a lot tougher, because...

I JUST GOT NOTIFIED THAT I GOT A FULL-RIDE TO THE CITADEL!!!!

:jaw: :jump1::beer1: :biggrin:

Oh wow. Congratulations!!! Well, this just about wraps it up. I'll see you at El Cid! :biggrin:

[VMINROTChopeful]

Oh wow. Congratulations!!! Well, this just about wraps it up. I'll see you at El Cid! :biggrin:

thanks!

well, it's definitely not a done deal for me though that i want to go to El Cid- i think my dad will let me go to another school even without a scholarship, and up until now, it wasn't my first choice. and i've also applied for a Navy ROTC scholarship which hasn't accepted or rejected me yet. so it's possible that i could have scholarship money even if i go someplace else like VMI...

so i'm definitely going to still be thinking hard about this and my other choices.

but it's definitely a nice surprise! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

(and i think i'm going to be forced now to pay my $300 deposit, and get my physical exam, to make sure this doesn't suddenly disappear on me! :wink: )

[bruno]

congratulations- if you still are interested in VMI - perhaps you ought to let them know that you have received this great offer from the Citadel- you might spark a bidding war! And if VMI doesn't match it- I think that you have a great opportunity with this.
Congratulations again!

[OmarY]

thanks!

well, it's definitely not a done deal for me though that i want to go to El Cid- i think my dad will let me go to another school even without a scholarship, and up until now, it wasn't my first choice. and i've also applied for a Navy ROTC scholarship which hasn't accepted or rejected me yet. so it's possible that i could have scholarship money even if i go someplace else like VMI...

so i'm definitely going to still be thinking hard about this and my other choices.

but it's definitely a nice surprise! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

(and i think i'm going to be forced now to pay my $300 deposit, and get my physical exam, to make sure this doesn't suddenly disappear on me! :wink: )


Yeah, I just sent in my deposit and forms today by FedEx. Should be arriving over there on Monday. Costed me $26!!!

[VMINROTChopeful]

congratulations- if you still are interested in VMI - perhaps you ought to let them know that you have received this great offer from the Citadel- you might spark a bidding war! And if VMI doesn't match it- I think that you have a great opportunity with this.
Congratulations again!

yeah! good idea! :smile: but how would you suggest i say it? should i tell admissions or the scholarship/financial aid ppl? i don't want to be rude. :redface:

VMI did offer me some money. about $5000/yr. that sounded pretty good. but $37K/yr sounds a lot better of course! :wink: but i also think VMI is cheaper than the Citadel for out of state students.

i think though that if i did get an nrotc 4-yr scholarship, then it won't matter so much. with other scholarships, there would only be a few thousand more for my parents to pay every year.

[VMINROTChopeful]

Yeah, I just sent in my deposit and forms today by FedEx. Should be arriving over there on Monday. Costed me $26!!!

then you most have finally gotten your long lost invoice! :wink: grats! :biggrin:

[OmarY]

yeah! good idea! :smile: but how would you suggest i say it? should i tell admissions or the scholarship/financial aid ppl? i don't want to be rude. :redface:

VMI did offer me some money. about $5000/yr. that sounded pretty good. but $37K/yr sounds a lot better of course! :wink: but i also think VMI is cheaper than the Citadel for out of state students.

i think though that if i did get an nrotc 4-yr scholarship, then it won't matter so much. with other scholarships, there would only be a few thousand more for my parents to pay every year.

Does VMI specify an admissions counselor for you? I've been in constant contact with my admissions counselor. Definitely talk to your counselor if that's the case. If not, just email general admissions. There's nothing wrong in bargaining your FUTURE. :) Good luck with everything.

BTW.

If for some awful (jk) reason you do decide to go to VMI, keep in touch, i'm sure we'd have lots of rat/knob stories to exchange. Just don't try and make your school sound better. :unhappy: Hahaha, just kidding.

[bruno]

yeah! good idea! :smile: but how would you suggest i say it? should i tell admissions or the scholarship/financial aid ppl? i don't want to be rude. :redface:

VMI did offer me some money. about $5000/yr. that sounded pretty good. but $37K/yr sounds a lot better of course! :wink: but i also think VMI is cheaper than the Citadel for out of state students.

i think though that if i did get an nrotc 4-yr scholarship, then it won't matter so much. with other scholarships, there would only be a few thousand more for my parents to pay every year.

VMINROTChopeful: I don't have the answer but send me a PM - I know some guys who are there as faculty and in the Alumni Association who might be able to point you in the right direction. Again - I make no promises but am willing to help as I know that they are really trying hard to build up the size of the female contingent and are also trying to really bring in cadets who are serious about pursuing a commission. With you they get a twofer!

[OmarY]

So has a decision been made?

[VMINROTChopeful]

So has a decision been made?

LOL! No! But soon! May 1st is just around the corner :)

[OmarY]

LOL! No! But soon! May 1st is just around the corner :)

Yeah, it's pretty crazy. I'm getting more and more nervous. I hope I'm not the only one! Hahaha :redface:

[VMINROTChopeful]

Yeah, it's pretty crazy. I'm getting more and more nervous. I hope I'm not the only one! Hahaha :redface:

did you do your physical already? because i haven't decided yet between VMI and Citadel, I'm going to just have the doctor fill out both forms for both schools.

if you already did it, can you tell me something? did your doctor fill out the portion of the form on vision? i don't know how my doctor will do it, he's not an optometrist!

[bruno]

did you do your physical already? because i haven't decided yet between VMI and Citadel, I'm going to just have the doctor fill out both forms for both schools.

if you already did it, can you tell me something? did your doctor fill out the portion of the form on vision? i don't know how my doctor will do it, he's not an optometrist!
It doesn't need to be an opthomologist or optometrist- we had the family Doctor do that for my son- no sweat.

[VMINROTChopeful]

It doesn't need to be an opthomologist or optometrist- we had the family Doctor do that for my son- no sweat.

ok- thanks!

[OmarY]

ANy of you have experience/recommendations on how about I should ship my stuff from Southern California to The Citadel?

[jamzmom]

OmarY, the best thing would be to call admissions & ask how other kids have shipped in the past. I know of one guy last year that used DHL. He said that they were less costly than UPS. He'd put everything in one duffle with a TSA lock & sturdy name tag on it. Both DHL & UPS have the option of scheduling a pick-up from your home.

[usmaclassof2014]

I'm still a year off from applying but I'm curious. How are you guys getting to The Citadel?

[Maximus]

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[OmarY]

I am in need of serious advice and help.

Here's the situation.

I understand some of you may not have all the information required to answer my questions, but I am still attempting to get all the help I can get.

I know that some incoming knobs are already enlisted in the armed forces. Here's the thing, I wanted to enlist and do SMP. However, I discovered that SMP is simply a two year program so I will not be an E5 paygrade when I drill during my freshman and sophomore years.

Either way, I want to have the experience and I want to be able to show how serious I am about becoming an officer. I missed the January deadline for an Army ROTC scholarship so unfortunately I am paying for at LEAST this Fall semester. I am desperately praying to God that I get an Army ROTC scholarship this Spring. In all honesty it's not for the money, I just heard my calling and I want to become an officer.

So basically I have no scholarship/contract with the Army through ROTC and I am not yet enlisted. Thing is, I've been working with a recruiter for enlistment prior to my discovery that SMP is actually only a two year program. Is it worth it for me to enlist right now? I will not be able to go to BASIC until next summer, so will I drill this first year with a unit near Charleston or that won't happen until after BASIC? Are any of you enlisted cadets or do any of you have children that are enlisted cadets? How do they transport to their units during Freshman year when you're not really permitted to leave campus?

Much Obliged,
Omar Y

[lurp101]

Not sure how much I can help you on this. SMP sounds like a great program but I think it applies more for enlisted soldiers who want to go ahead and get a college degree while they are in their unit. I think you're showing people how much you want to be in the military by just going into a military college. I cant answer you're questions about how SMP works at the Cid, but I personally wouldn't do it. But thats just my .2 cents.

[Altaica103]

I have had several opertunaties to speak with a number of the AROTC Commanders at the Citadel and I suspect that not a lot of people here are going to have a lot of insight into your situation. With that said, my suggestion is the simply call (or e-mail) the detatchment commander (or whoever at the unit) and tell them your situation. Because they are going to be the most educated about both Citadel and Army policy they are probably in the best position to help.

[RahVaMil2009]

I realize this is an old thread, but if anyone is interested in gender relations at VMI, feel free to hit me up on IM or by PM/email. I can't speak specifically to the issues at El Cid, but I have a fairly decent understanding of the differences between the two court cases (which lead in part to both our current conditions).

My capstone project for the Leadership Studies minor is on tokenism and the process of integrating a minority group into a predominantly homogenous majority, so again, any questions, feel free to hit me up.

And with that... I will no longer derail this thread that was originally about Citadel 2012 (several months ago). Hang in there, knobs! It'll be over before you know it.

Jackie M. Briski
VMI Class of 2009
First Class Private

[mikea_theman]

Hi i am Mike and i was wondering how tough it actually is to get in to the Citadel. I am taking all the right classes but i will not be finished all my required classes till end of senior year(i procrastinated a little). I make good grades i have a 3.75 GPA and i am a JROTC cadet. It seams like everyone is making it sound hard to get in to. My uncle went there and he told me that it wasn't that hard to get in to. Thanks reply if you can.

[LongGreyLine Hopeful]

Hi i am Mike and i was wondering how tough it actually is to get in to the Citadel. I am taking all the right classes but i will not be finished all my required classes till end of senior year(i procrastinated a little). I make good grades i have a 3.75 GPA and i am a JROTC cadet. It seams like everyone is making it sound hard to get in to. My uncle went there and he told me that it wasn't that hard to get in to. Thanks reply if you can.


Well, by going off of the two pieces of information given above. I'd say you look to be in good standing GPA-wise and like yourself, I too was in JROTC. It looks to me that you're on the right track. I'd say as long as you have half way decent SAT/ACT scores and can maintain your GPA, while staying in good standing in JROTC. You're set.

[OmarY]

Hi i am Mike and i was wondering how tough it actually is to get in to the Citadel. I am taking all the right classes but i will not be finished all my required classes till end of senior year(i procrastinated a little). I make good grades i have a 3.75 GPA and i am a JROTC cadet. It seams like everyone is making it sound hard to get in to. My uncle went there and he told me that it wasn't that hard to get in to. Thanks reply if you can.

3.75 with JROTC puts you in an excellent position for admissions. Maintain the grades and you should be okay. The Citadel is not necessarily "easy" to get in to. Your uncle may have attended the institute when the expectations of the Admissions department were not so high. Times have changed. With each incoming class, the average GPA is raised. The incoming knob class have an average of a 3.5 or 3.6 if I'm not mistaken. Competition is getting tough, it keeps the standards of The Citadel high.