Norwich vs The Citadel

[EEBTTF]

Just wondering, does the commission rate take into account graduate students as well? If so, that would skew the numbers downward.

VMI '90 & DS VMI '26

Good question. I'll do some research on that.

 

[RBI90VMI]

Jeremy...Norwich has a rather large CJ department and many of our Cadets are CJ majors. As Fuji said though...many students will change their majors over time. My youngest son started out in Mechanical Engineering. That lasted a year. Today he is loving life as a Math major. (I have no idea where he gets it!) Consider...that at Norwich we graduate more Geology majors every year than we enroll. Students take Professor Westerman's Geology class as an elective...and all of sudden it's all about Rocks! Hope we are helping you through the maze!

A long standing joke at VMI is that ME, EE & CE really stand for Maybe Economics, Eventually Economics and Certainly Economics.

We always matriculate many engineers but graduate more Econ majors.

 

[banjoppd]

Biggest biggest difference between Norwich and the Citadel. Culture

The North is very different from the South, whether you wan to admit it. We are all Americans but very different. All you have to do is look at all the picture and monuments on both campuses.

Leaving the Texas and getting an education in a "Yankee" SMC has been a great life experience for our DS. Texans really do think the world revovles around us. Attending El Cid would of been good, Southern school, southern conservative values, and a hell of alot easier on transportation.

Spending 4 years up North is priceless, the Norwich FA helped too. Lessons learned there that will carry him throughout his Army career and corporate career.

My 2 cents.

An Aggie Dad with a Norwich son.

 

[Kilroy]

I've googled and googled but I can't find a direct comparison (besides yahoo answers) between Norwich and The Citadel. I'm hoping there are some grad's here that can help me out a little on what both schools are like. I've been accepted and visited to both but now comes the decision to choose between the two. I have no ROTC scholarship (plan on trying to get a 3 1/2, Navy ROTC w/ Marine option) and I chose a Physics major but may be switching to Computer Science.
So I'm just wondering about the pro's and con's for both schools.
Thanks for any and all help everyone.

Coming from a current first-year Norwich cadet, I highly recommend this school if you seek a "whole-person" approach to military education. There are no academic or institutional barriers between members of differing ROTC units or civilian students, so you'll likely end up living and working with people with completely different perspectives and goals than you- something I have learned is critical as a follower AND a leader. We have all branches of military education, including the Space Force and Coast Guard (the former is rolled into AFROTC with one full-time SF instructor). Additionally, our community is tight-knit, and we have a fundamental heritage that other military colleges lack. We are the oldest private and second oldest military college in the United States.

To put it briefly: Norwich has a unique, powerful heritage that influences its culture, from the ideals and personality of each graduating class to the support and constant cheering-on from prior generations. Ask any Corps Alumni about "Jack Abare." I truly believe Norwich has something special. It is a unique combination of desirable institutional attributes and a prominent "civilian" population that gets along surprisingly well with the military dress-up folks.

Cheers,

Kilroy