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My Son's rat year was tough, he never had a C in his entire high school. He left his rat year with a 2.3 gpa and was happy with it. It is different. On the other hand, his friend who was a 2.8 gpa in high school earned Ack Stars his seconnd semester. Got to figure it out for themselves...

I had no real appreciation for Boys or Girls State until my son and daughter went. The SMC and even state Universities rate it high. Can not go wronng and the kids had a very good time

I remember those days last year. Chrismas break will be a little easier because the will have an idea when their break out will be (a light at the end of the tunnel). I remember taking my rat back last year along with a BR. They would be laughing and joking until we hit Virginia and I could...

OPPs your are right, I am confusing pre-strain with STP. They will let you know when you owe money, VMI is very good at that. Start getting your stuff ready for STP, there is a pretty extensive list to take with you

best way to do this is fly there and have your stuff UPS-ed there where you can pick it up. Saves having to try to carry it all through the airport, through security, and such. Same with the stuff you will forget, have your parents order it on Amazon and ship it too you.

my son attended last year and there was no cost except for what appears to be the tradition of the pre-strains(you) to pay for pizza for the cadets in your room.

STP STP is about alot more than just improving his grades, it allows the future rats to develop some freindships and remove some of the stress that will be abundant once the semester begins. My son attended and made many friends, learned the campus, the cadre help provide guidance and made...

Break out I have seen my son since break out and as proud of him as I am, he is more proud of himself. The class of 2014 are walking with heads up and a touch of arrogance about them that comes with accomplishing a very very tough task

VMI overnight My son went and he said the Rats, they were still Rats during his visit, and he said they told him just what it was really going to be like, and got him to buy them pizza and used him to avoid the strain. The Citadel did not offer overnights and Norwich was a great overnight...

we visited all 5 service school My son felt VMI was the school as soon as he was there. I liked Norwich the most, it was a great school and had a "normal school" attached. Texas A&M was great but too far from home for him for his first steps of adulthood. The Citadel just did a poor job...

VMI I took my young man down and dropped him off. It was amazing how brave all the parents were until the bagpipes and drums started playing as they marched the rats out. About 30 minutes later we walked past the barracks and we could hear the upper classman introducing themsleves... Hang...

My son is taking a 4 credit course (Bio) and is an out of state student, he is paying around $3780. There is around 280 students enrolled at this time, he just got his letter from the school about the STP proram with the requirements and expectations

My son ordered his computer last week end, no problem. We spent many hours googling to try to find any coupons with no luck. For what you get, it seems like a fair price, not great but the on campus warranty was the selling point for us. He is plannning on taking a small printer Biggest...