Maybe Norwich?

Ghostjwm said:
If your son is looking to wrestle also consider the Coast Guard Academy. My DS is a wrestler recruited by them and will be attending NAPS this year. The CGA wrestling team and coaches are excellent and well worth your consideration.
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Thanks we are surely going to check out the USCGA. He wants to fly and the Air Force there is more chance of that but we are looking at everything right now during this year-his sophomore year. We are ranked 5th in state and hope to improve on that the next two years!
 
Good luck with your visit my DS also hopes to be a pilot and looked to the Coast Guard Academy because he knows several pilots who graduated from CGA including one of his former HS wrestling coaches. Wrestling is a great sport and my DS has several friends who wrestle for the USAFA, USNA and CGA currently plus wrestling friends who were recruited this year for USMA and USNA. It's really great how the academies support wrestling as a sport.
 
novanews76 said:
I visited Norwich recently, as an accepted student, I knew it was at the top of my choices over my very indecisive career here on SAF.

Anyway, doing the research of the school, leading up to my visit... All I can say is, how beautiful of a campus it is, and not just Northfield, VT itself, but the nearly 1 hr drive from BTV Airport to the campus was all beautiful, the mountains in the background, the scenery was all lovely.

They offered me a great financial aid offer, hence I decided to choose them to attend!

I have 77 days till reporting to campus, and I'm looking forward to the challenging road ahead!
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haha... freaking out a bit now... Iooking at this post I had 77 days left, I know have a mere 47 days left :bounce1:
 
I am glad I did not have internet when I was preparing to report to Norwich. I had no clue what was going on when I reported in 1990. @novanews76 - I am going to give you some real world advice. Your grades and test scores were not even close to qualify for an ROTC Scholarship or an appointment to USNA. You got a great financial aid package at Norwich - now you need to be a stud in the classroom, a stud at PT and everything in between. If you don't, you will not pick up a sideload or a PLC slot. If you want to be a Marine, you have the chance - get to work! And good luck!
 
EEBTTF said:
I am glad I did not have internet when I was preparing to report to Norwich. I had no clue what was going on when I reported in 1990. @novanews76 - I am going to give you some real world advice. Your grades and test scores were not even close to qualify for an ROTC Scholarship or an appointment to USNA. You got a great financial aid package at Norwich - now you need to be a stud in the classroom, a stud at PT and everything in between. If you don't, you will not pick up a sideload or a PLC slot. If you want to be a Marine, you have the chance - get to work! And good luck!
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I appreciate the honesty, I am grateful to Norwich for what they have given me... I have faced the reality of my stats not being competitive for the ROTC and USNA applications. I will do my best... Do you have any information in-regards to PLC at Norwich?
 
EEBTTF said:
I am glad I did not have internet when I was preparing to report to Norwich. I had no clue what was going on when I reported in 1990. @novanews76 - I am going to give you some real world advice. Your grades and test scores were not even close to qualify for an ROTC Scholarship or an appointment to USNA. You got a great financial aid package at Norwich - now you need to be a stud in the classroom, a stud at PT and everything in between. If you don't, you will not pick up a sideload or a PLC slot. If you want to be a Marine, you have the chance - get to work! And good luck!
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I know a former Army ROTC ROO at a large traditional state school. I was told every year her Army MS1 class is filled with former AFROTC and NROTC cadets who were not picked up for contract by their JR year. Many AFROTC/NROTC cadets enter their programs non-scholarship and don't realize due to grades, majors, and PT scores how hard it is to contract.
 
Michael_T said:
I visited Norwich recently, as an accepted student, I knew it was at the top of my choices over my very indecisive career here on SAF.

Anyway, doing the research of the school, leading up to my visit... All I can say is, how beautiful of a campus it is, and not just Northfield, VT itself, but the nearly 1 hr drive from BTV Airport to the campus was all beautiful, the mountains in the background, the scenery was all lovely.

They offered me a great financial aid offer, hence I decided to choose them to attend!

I have 77 days till reporting to campus, and I'm looking forward to the challenging road ahead!
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This review has still managed to hold true... :bounce1:
 
I’m so glad to hear you’re loving it! DS is enrolled in class of 2027, trying for AROTC scholarship and enjoying the rest of his senior year. Send any advice you have for him to be ready when he shows up in August!
 
Milarmymarinelady said:
I’m so glad to hear you’re loving it! DS is enrolled in class of 2027, trying for AROTC scholarship and enjoying the rest of his senior year. Send any advice you have for him to be ready when he shows up in August!
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I'll private message you!
 
Milarmymarinelady said:
I’m so glad to hear you’re loving it! DS is enrolled in class of 2027, trying for AROTC scholarship and enjoying the rest of his senior year. Send any advice you have for him to be ready when he shows up in August!
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That is great that he committed to joining the Norwich CC. Norwich is an SMC, as you have figured out now. Attending any of the SMC's is a very immersive military experience, unlike so many other schools that have ROTC where cadets are in uniform only 1 or 2 days a week. Joining the Corps of Cadets at an SMC is as close as your son will get to being in an SA. Did he look at VMI or The Citadel? Those schools don't have any civilian population whatsoever. I only mention that because your DS was put off initially about Norwich for that reason. I have been to Norwich 3 times with my DD in the last 6 months. The civilian population is massively overshadowed by the Corps of Cadets there.
 
Not my DS you’re thinking of, maybe one of the other posters in this thread? He actually really likes that Norwich has all branches represented and civilians. He didn’t look at any other SMCs since he didn’t want to be that far from home for college. Norwich was just the right feel for him after visiting twice. We toured so many other colleges that had Army ROTC, but he wants the Corps of Cadets to be a part of. I appreciate this forum for all of the information and encouragement. Everyone’s stories are so great!
 
Milarmymarinelady said:
Not my DS you’re thinking of, maybe one of the other posters in this thread? He actually really likes that Norwich has all branches represented and civilians. He didn’t look at any other SMCs since he didn’t want to be that far from home for college. Norwich was just the right feel for him after visiting twice. We toured so many other colleges that had Army ROTC, but he wants the Corps of Cadets to be a part of. I appreciate this forum for all of the information and encouragement. Everyone’s stories are so great!
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I have a cadet in Army ROTC at Norwich. Feel free to message me if you have any questions. He's had a great experience so far and so many things about it that I love as a parent.
 
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