citadel chances

[jamzmom]

VMINROTChopeful, LOL. Trust me. You are the kinda Cadet The Citadel begs & hopes for! You ARE that special & thats why they wanted you. Too bad its their loss & VMI's gain! But, you are sooo gonna knock 'em dead up there. I can't wait to hear how you love it! Well... maybe after the first few weeks anyhow.... When do you officially check in? Should be soon I'm thinking. Getting nervous yet? I bet you 20 bucks that you have a leadership position by the end of summer. And I'm thinking I should go move El Cid's cannon a few inches that is pointed in your direction just while you're there. (That is if I didn't think the world would actually come to an end.) I don't like prison either so just remember to duck & cover.

 

[bruno]

"but when 3 of the 4 ppl I talked to also had gotten offered full rides at El Cid , I started feeling not very special after all! haha. [/QUOTE]

Gee- I don't think that's the lesson you are supposed to learn- you should be pretty flattered that they were going to spend all of that money on you- you clearly were the bullseye in their target which is why they offered it to you. As far as why VMI didn't offer as much- not sure and the beauty of being in the College scholarship and admissions world is- you get to make decisions and never have to explain them to those affected so you probably never will figure it out. (Although- missing the application deadline is probably a data point in that decision- don't miss it next year)
Enjoy your couple of weeks home after STP!
Cheers!!

 

[Rabbitt]

I appreciate the input from everyone. I'll probably start the application process in august when I go back to school, so I can get it to them as soon as possible. I guess I'll find out for sure when they see my application, but many peopple I know, including a few marine recruiters, say I have a good chance of a scholarship to the citadel, especially because of my financial need and my all-around involvment. However, Im not so confident about West Point or Annapolis, but I guess it wont hurt to apply.
-Thanks Again

By the way, congatulations to VMINROTChopeful!

 

[Maximus]

I have to admit that the only people i've spoken to about Citadel scholarships are:
1 me
2 a new friend who is now starting with me at VMI this year and has a VMI "Institute Scholar" scholarship
3 a girl from my high school who is now a 3rd yr student at El Cid
4 a guy on this forum

and 3 of the 4 of us had been offered full-rides at El Cid, and 1 of us accepted it and went (my former highschool classmate). And at least I didn't get offered full-ride at VMI (although I did miss the date for applying for the VMI Institute Scholar scholarship), so i definitely got the sense its easier to get a full-ride at El Cid than at VMI. so no, i don't have a lot of data points. and yes, jamzmom might be right. that would make me feel better actually LOL. I felt pretty good about getting offered a full-ride at El Cid , but when 3 of the 4 ppl I talked to also had gotten offered full rides at El Cid , I started feeling not very special after all! haha.

Just a question but were the 3 of the 4 friends getting full rides at The Citadel women?