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suspension isn't the end of the line. This too can be overcome with dedication and hard work. In the end, this will be just another hurdle you have to get over to complete the road you have chosen. there will be more along the road to success, and you will get over those as well.

Thanks to all who have provided information through the years of my DS applying for, and making it through AFROTC. My DS just graduated and commissioned, and I was the proud recipient of his first salute. There was a lot of hard work on his part and challenges to overcome, but all those things...

the Rat Line is very structured and there is a lot of oversight. There is a great deal of care by the staff at VMI, as well as the cadet cadre, to ensure that no one over steps the framework of the Rat Line. There is a great deal of pride in the process and no one wants to be the cause of it...

As eljay60 stated, check with the cadre. There is some flexibility for changes in majors, but it does depend on from what, to what.

General Patton attended VMI for one year (1903-1904) as a member of the Class of 1907; he then was appointed to the United States Military Academy in the spring of 1904 and entered West Point in June.

this may be an issue of knowing your limitations. It sounds like Calc is a must for USNA. If he wants that, or any STEM major, he has to be able to do Calc. My DS took AP Calc in high school, then took Calc 1 his first year in college. He stated AP calc was a joke compared to college calc 1...

DS finally completed AFROTC LEAD. This has been a saga. He is an Electronical and Computer Engineering major. His freshman semester was great and ended with a 3.5 gpa. He looked at the remaining schedule of 21 credit hours per semester for the next 3 years and requested, and was granted, a...

DS requested, and was approved for, anextention to 4.5 years on his AFROTC at the end of his first year. As an ECE major, he is very happy he did it.

LEAD has been significantly condensed this year, almost by half. That means the "free time" time they may have had last year is now obsorbed by "mission requirements". As the others have stated, they are working hard and spending what time they have either studying, cleaning, polishing, or...

there is also a trunk room available for storage of their trunk. This room has hours of operation where the cadets are able to obtain "long term storage" items in their trunk.

Any electrical and computer engineering students will not be able to use the laptops recommended by VMI. They don't have enough power to run the software that they will be required to have. You can discuss with computer stores the fact that the computer will be required to run CAD programs such...

DS did STP with great impact. He took Calculus and was able to focus on that course and do exceedingly well and reduce the credit hour load during the first semester.

On the VMI website, there are contact numbers for the Admin Offices as well as the ROTC Detachments.

Capt MJ, thank you very much!

Has he completed his AS300 year, or is he going to start his AS300 year this fall? If he has already completed his AS300 year, then he's in a much better situation as his Field Training is already completed. If he hasn't attended his Field Training yet, he will be informed that he has lost his...