Marion Military Institute

[Malst0rme]

Hey everyone. Curious about the above topic, specifically the experience that other Falcon Foundation Scholars have had there. Hoping some of you can shed some light on the good, the bad, and the neutral. Interested in hearing about some of the quality-of-life things, such as: are civilian clothes allowed? Can you have a car? What are some good ways to spend your free time? Can we decorate our dorms? How is their flight program? And anything else you have to offer! Thank you!

 

[Wooda]

If you go to their website, the LTC has his number and email listed, super nice guy with a lot of great information. I think it’d LTC Bowen but I can’t remember. I was considering MMI for self prep and he gave me a lot of great information.

 

[ARMARINE03]

I can't speak to a Falcon Foundation Scholar, but our DS was self-prep (USNA 2028) at MMI. He had civvies. You can have a car, several do, you can decorate your room. It is about 45 minutes south of Tuscaloosa, almost in the middle of nowhere. That can be an advantage. It is isolated but not out of reach. Birmingham a couple of hours up the road. It's a proven SAP program with success. You will want to contact Lt.Col. Bowen for particulars with respect to the flight program. You may want to take a look through their FB page as well. I would suggest looking into other SAP programs, GMC, NMMI etc. The SAP program is large around 70-80, I could be off on the numbers, but there's a lot of them.

 

[Malst0rme]

I can't speak to a Falcon Foundation Scholar, but our DS was self-prep (USNA 2028) at MMI. He had civvies. You can have a car, several do, you can decorate your room. It is about 45 minutes south of Tuscaloosa, almost in the middle of nowhere. That can be an advantage. It is isolated but not out of reach. Birmingham a couple of hours up the road. It's a proven SAP program with success. You will want to contact Lt.Col. Bowen for particulars with respect to the flight program. You may want to take a look through their FB page as well. I would suggest looking into other SAP programs, GMC, NMMI etc. The SAP program is large around 70-80, I could be off on the numbers, but there's a lot of them.

Wow! Thanks for all the info haha. I kind of jumped the gun on MMI and opted to go their because it was the only one available with the flight program, and I got a buddy going on a FFS as well

 

[J.Romero]

Wow! Thanks for all the info haha. I kind of jumped the gun on MMI and opted to go their because it was the only one available with the flight program, and I got a buddy going on a FFS as well

If you have any other questions, I'm currently a self-prep here at MMI who will probably be here next semester (assuming I don't get off the NAPS waitlist), so I can provide a 1st person perspective for you of what to expect going in. DM me if you're interested

 

[Runnerthirteen]

My DS has just a couple more days at MMI. He went there on an AOG scholarship. If you have any specific question about life at MMI, feel free to message me. More than happy to help!! Congrats!

 

[franknd]

My son is also finishing up at MMI as a self-prep. He did the Aim High Flight Academy last summer (if that's what you are referring to) and received appointments to AFA and West Point. He ended up choosing West Point. If you are referring to flight training during the school year, my impression is that it's difficult to get a lot of flight hours with everything else going on.