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What a way to wait for the ball to drop in Times Square! :thumb: Some pics from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. :smile: Here's us sneaking up on Kili. Kili looking forbidding up close. Mom and I on the summit. (BTW, this is the start of New Year's Day, New York time! we waited on top for the...

the navy nrotc scholarship definitely understood homeschooled. instead of having a lot of varsity letters, i substituted some national rankings in a martial art. as mentioned above, the problem might be your prts. i wonder if they couldnt judge how competitive you were in club sports and then...

i've never noticed anything like that among marine-option nrotc scholarship cadets at vmi! :eek: i'm surprised that captain said that. that sucks.

grats! good luck @ norwichu! :thumb:

p.s. if you can read what are on the company guidon flags on the tv, i'm in delta ("D") company, smallest (female) one so i'll be in the back! shout out here if you do see me (you might only be able to tell us because we'll come after charlie company. for some reason, it's always easier to...

i'd recommend vmi, but then again i'm biased :wink:

just curious, since i'm at vmi and not citadel, maybe i'm not getting this same experience. vmi's 4th class system also is really tough, but we still have more commission than not at the end. but ive read that 2 out of every 3 citadel grads tho dont commission. why would you say youre deciding...

aha! that explains it. secret application instructions! LOL :shake:

btw, this is the video on the ratline i saw. but as i said, for me at least, seeing the video, and thinking i knew what i was in for, and then experiencing it myself up close was 2 different things completely: http://www.wvpt.net/shop/doc-007.html

bruno is probably right since he knows the whole vmi thing. but i was just speaking from my perspective from in middle of the ratline not knowing if i'll make it or if i'll be one of those who never come back in january. i'm sure there are going to be some since there were even some leaving...

kemp, something that isn't even in the vft which will really help u as a rat at vmi is getting good at pushups. as rats we do so many pushups, sometimes its rediculous. as punishment, i've been forced to do 160 or so at a time until my arms didnt go the next day. they will push you until your...

my opinion is that improving your 5k time is much more important in preparing for vmi than ur 1.5mi time. its because vmi just requires so much endurance and stamina from a rat. if ur 5k time sucks, i'll be honest, youre going to have a tougher time. a side benefit is that improving your 5k time...

recommednation letters must have been something new in 2013. i don't remember even a place to put letters of recommendations when i put in my app for 2012. maybe i accidently left them out. but it ended up not hurting me for admissions.

that's just awesome! cya at an overnighter weekend then.

grats to all that got accepted and those that got scholarships for 2009 :smile:

homeschool should be fine. i was partly homeschool for about half of high school and i got accepted to all the sr. military colleges and even got full ride offers. so i don't think being homeschooled hurts you at all.

i'm going to vmi with an nrotc 4yr. it definitely doesn't cover room and board, but if you have one, vmi gives you $1000 or so for room and board. this still leaves a ton though. i don't know why vmi can't do better. other sr. military colleges, like citadel, norwich, north georgia, will cover...

grats1 now that your accepted, you should come and see the school http://www.vmi.edu/Admissions.aspx?id=7189 i didnt realize how improtant that is until i started here. i'll bet a lot of those that quit the ratline, especially those that quit after only a day or two during hell week, never...

my njrotc co in highschool kept pushing for me to consider usmma. She said that if I wanted to do engineering, usmma was the right place. she herself taught at usmma for awhile. i never went to the usmma, although i did consider and had an app open for usna. so i can't really compare, but i...

definitely use a pillow or a pad until you get the hang of it. that would be ridiculous to get a concussion just to increase your situps by 20. also, you notice its harder to reverse as your abs get tired. so you have to give yourself a smaller and smaller push as you go along. my goal is to get...