Citadel Questions???

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jeffwar613

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1/ Upon graduation would I be a marine 2nd Lt.?
2/ Is it under contract I do a certain amount of military service?
3/ How is the acceptance rate compared to the USNA?
4/ Is the Citadel for all branches of the military?
 
1/ Only if you complete 4 years of Marine ROTC and choose to enter the Marines.

2/ See number 1.

3/ An awful lot higher.

4/ Yep. ROTC for every branch.
 
If you are accepted into the citadel are you also accepted into to ROTC
 
In a sense. If you attend The Citadel (as with VMI and Norwich), you MUST take ROTC, even if you don't plan to commission after college. The choice of branch, I believe, is yours.

EDIT: To make clear, if you want an ROTC scholarship to use at The Citadel, that is another application process altogether, as you probably know.
 
Even without a scholarship can I be sure, if accepted, I could be on the right course to become a marine officer.
 
I suspect you can find the answers to your questions on The Citadel's website, but I'm pretty certain that if you successfully complete 4 years of NROTC/Marine Corps option, on scholarship or not, at The Citadel and you request to be commissioned, you will receive a commission.
 
jeffwar613 said:
Even without a scholarship can I be sure, if accepted, I could be on the right course to become a marine officer.
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Yes, if you succesfully complete all four years of ROTC at the citadel you will be able to commission as an officer, with or without a scholarship.

The acceptance rate of the citadel is CONSIDERABLY higher than USNA.
 
The acceptance rate is about 60% higher. The Academic work is whatever you make it. You can make it just as hard, harder, or way easier than the USNA. Its whatever you make of it.
 
America's Finest said:
I can't say for sure but I am willing to bet USNA has tougher academics but is also easier in the way that you have more extra help availible.
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The rigors of The Citadel, particularly during Knob Year are at the very minimum, parallel to USNA, especially if pursuing a contact with the Naval Department. It should be known that no scholarships/contracts are just handed out, you have to earn them.

Especially with the Marine contingency of The Citadel.

The "extra help" available at The Citadel, I would argue, is elevated in respects to one on one help. With a faculty that has a smaller student:faculty ratio, the education becomes a more personal one than the service academies could ever wish to provide.
 
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