On another thread the topic of "what is the best Battalion?" came up, and I thought it deserved its own thread.
One way of answering that question, among many ways, is to list the #1 Cadet, and Battalion they come from, in each of the 14 LDAC Sessions held in Summer, 2011. The LDAC had a facebook page that listed, for Sessions #3 -14 (#1 and #2 seem to be missing) the #1 Cadet in a Regiment, #2 Cadet in a Regiment, #1 Cadet in Company A, #1 Cadet in Company B, Best Innovator, and finally #1 Cadet in each of the Platoons.
I'm showing here the #1 Cadet, and #2 Cadet, for Regiments #3 - #14.
Order // Cadet Name // R/C/P // School Name
#1 R // John Burris // 3/A/2 // Auburn University at Montgomery
#1 R // Noah Russell // 4/A/4 // University of South Florida
#1 R // Marcos Gutierrez // 5/B/4 // Austin Peay State University
#1 R // Megan Vandehey // 6/A/1 // The John Hopkins University
#1 R // John Bergman // 7/A/4 // University of Kansas
#1 R // Daniel Oesterheld // 8/A/4 // Northeastern University
#1 R // Edward Echohawk // 9/A/1 // Oklahoma State University
#1 R // Douglas Palmer // 10/A/2 // University of Connecticut
#1 R // Cole Herring // 11/B/5 // University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
#1 R // Dalton Fuss // 12/A/3 // Texas A&M University
#1 R // Matthew Upshaw // 13/A/3 // North Georgia College & State University
#1 R // Jennifer Cigler // 14/A/2 // Pacific Lutheran University
#2 R // Kristen Moores // 3/B/2 // University of Virginia
#2 R // Carl Springfels // 4/B/2 // Florida Southern College
#2 R // Ryan Silver // 5/A/5 // University of Illinois at Chicago
#2 R // Amberly Glitz // 6/B/2 // Providence College
#2 R // Katherine Register // 7/B/1 // North Georgia College*& State University
#2 R // John McRae // 8/B/2 // Oregon State University
#2 R // Christopher Kaiser // 9/B/1 // University of Toledo
#2 R // James Greene // 10/B/4 // Wheaton College
#2 R // Keegan Wisehart // 11/A/5 // Purdue University
#2 R // Stefan Gazda // 12/B/4 // Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville
#2 R // Kevin Bubolz // 13/A/2 // Marquette University
#2 R // Zachary Betts // 14/B/3 // University of Nevada – Reno
Do you see any pattern in which schools are sending the #1 or #2 Cadet ranked at LDAC for each Session? I don't. In fact, none of the 7 schools listed on my daughter's Applicaiton in 2011 had any of these schools listed. The school she ended up choosing had the PMS of the Year in 2010, but that school isn't listed here either.
Do you notice that none of the US News and World Report ranked schools, #1-#30, are listed here except for Johns Hopkins?
Do you notice that just two of the SMCs are listed here? Where is the Citadel? VMI, Norwich, VaTech? If the regimental lifestyle of the SMCs is better than non-SMC colleges, were are the results? Those Battalions are huge in number and one might expect to see more of those names on that list. (edited)
Next, I decided to take the same published cadet awards, and divide by School/Battalion that trained them. These are the schools that had at least 3 cadets receive an award for #1 Regiment, #2 Regiment, #1 Company, #1 Platoon, or Best Innovator award.
Name of School/Battalion // # of Awards (total)
1st Brigade -- North Georgia College & State Univ // 10
8th Brigade -- Gonzaga University // 5
4th Brigade -- Campbell University // 4
6th Brigade -- University of South Florida // 4
4th Brigade -- Appalachian State University // 3
5th Brigade -- Cameron University // 3
6th Brigade -- Georgia Southern University // 3
6th Brigade -- Northwestern State University // 3
1st Brigade -- Texas A&M University // 3
5th Brigade -- University of Texas at El Paso // 3
Now here, two of the SMC's do show up in the top ten, so maybe there's something to it.
One way of answering that question, among many ways, is to list the #1 Cadet, and Battalion they come from, in each of the 14 LDAC Sessions held in Summer, 2011. The LDAC had a facebook page that listed, for Sessions #3 -14 (#1 and #2 seem to be missing) the #1 Cadet in a Regiment, #2 Cadet in a Regiment, #1 Cadet in Company A, #1 Cadet in Company B, Best Innovator, and finally #1 Cadet in each of the Platoons.
I'm showing here the #1 Cadet, and #2 Cadet, for Regiments #3 - #14.
Order // Cadet Name // R/C/P // School Name
#1 R // John Burris // 3/A/2 // Auburn University at Montgomery
#1 R // Noah Russell // 4/A/4 // University of South Florida
#1 R // Marcos Gutierrez // 5/B/4 // Austin Peay State University
#1 R // Megan Vandehey // 6/A/1 // The John Hopkins University
#1 R // John Bergman // 7/A/4 // University of Kansas
#1 R // Daniel Oesterheld // 8/A/4 // Northeastern University
#1 R // Edward Echohawk // 9/A/1 // Oklahoma State University
#1 R // Douglas Palmer // 10/A/2 // University of Connecticut
#1 R // Cole Herring // 11/B/5 // University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
#1 R // Dalton Fuss // 12/A/3 // Texas A&M University
#1 R // Matthew Upshaw // 13/A/3 // North Georgia College & State University
#1 R // Jennifer Cigler // 14/A/2 // Pacific Lutheran University
#2 R // Kristen Moores // 3/B/2 // University of Virginia
#2 R // Carl Springfels // 4/B/2 // Florida Southern College
#2 R // Ryan Silver // 5/A/5 // University of Illinois at Chicago
#2 R // Amberly Glitz // 6/B/2 // Providence College
#2 R // Katherine Register // 7/B/1 // North Georgia College*& State University
#2 R // John McRae // 8/B/2 // Oregon State University
#2 R // Christopher Kaiser // 9/B/1 // University of Toledo
#2 R // James Greene // 10/B/4 // Wheaton College
#2 R // Keegan Wisehart // 11/A/5 // Purdue University
#2 R // Stefan Gazda // 12/B/4 // Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville
#2 R // Kevin Bubolz // 13/A/2 // Marquette University
#2 R // Zachary Betts // 14/B/3 // University of Nevada – Reno
Do you see any pattern in which schools are sending the #1 or #2 Cadet ranked at LDAC for each Session? I don't. In fact, none of the 7 schools listed on my daughter's Applicaiton in 2011 had any of these schools listed. The school she ended up choosing had the PMS of the Year in 2010, but that school isn't listed here either.
Do you notice that none of the US News and World Report ranked schools, #1-#30, are listed here except for Johns Hopkins?
Do you notice that just two of the SMCs are listed here? Where is the Citadel? VMI, Norwich, VaTech? If the regimental lifestyle of the SMCs is better than non-SMC colleges, were are the results? Those Battalions are huge in number and one might expect to see more of those names on that list. (edited)
Next, I decided to take the same published cadet awards, and divide by School/Battalion that trained them. These are the schools that had at least 3 cadets receive an award for #1 Regiment, #2 Regiment, #1 Company, #1 Platoon, or Best Innovator award.
Name of School/Battalion // # of Awards (total)
1st Brigade -- North Georgia College & State Univ // 10
8th Brigade -- Gonzaga University // 5
4th Brigade -- Campbell University // 4
6th Brigade -- University of South Florida // 4
4th Brigade -- Appalachian State University // 3
5th Brigade -- Cameron University // 3
6th Brigade -- Georgia Southern University // 3
6th Brigade -- Northwestern State University // 3
1st Brigade -- Texas A&M University // 3
5th Brigade -- University of Texas at El Paso // 3
Now here, two of the SMC's do show up in the top ten, so maybe there's something to it.
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