Hello all,
I`ve been interested in the SA`s and am planning on applying to USMA and USNA, but I`ve also really started to consider the SMC`s too. They all seem like excellent schools, and I`ve narrowed it down to the 3 in the title--A&M, Tech, and VMI. I`ve been to the websites, read all the info, looked at their catalogs, etc, and will probably apply to all three and the NROTC-MO scholarship as well as AROTC scholarship, but was looking for some personal experience, or if you`re the parents of cadets, how your child/children like/liked it. VT & VMI are in-state, if that makes a difference.
So my questions are (and if you`re a parent, just substitute the "you" for your child):
1. How do you/did you like it?
2. Besides the Corps of Cadets, how did you feel the academics were?
3. What was the daily schedule like?
3. Why did you choose your school over any other SMC/SA, why SMC at all?
4. What does your SMC have that other SMC`s and SA`s don`t?
4. What branch are you going to/did commission into?
5. Any other experience/advice?
Feel free to add to that. I`m just trying to get a glimpse of life there, since websites only tell you so much. I`m a sophomore, so I probably won`t visit until next year, especially for A&M. I`ve been to Tech`s campus before to go to football games, but never really looked around other than that. I have a guy from my youth group attending VMI right now, but won`t see him for a while, so I thought I`d ask here. I realize this has probably been asked before, but probably not these specific questions.
Thank you all, I appreciate it.
-Alice
I`ve been interested in the SA`s and am planning on applying to USMA and USNA, but I`ve also really started to consider the SMC`s too. They all seem like excellent schools, and I`ve narrowed it down to the 3 in the title--A&M, Tech, and VMI. I`ve been to the websites, read all the info, looked at their catalogs, etc, and will probably apply to all three and the NROTC-MO scholarship as well as AROTC scholarship, but was looking for some personal experience, or if you`re the parents of cadets, how your child/children like/liked it. VT & VMI are in-state, if that makes a difference.
So my questions are (and if you`re a parent, just substitute the "you" for your child):
1. How do you/did you like it?
2. Besides the Corps of Cadets, how did you feel the academics were?
3. What was the daily schedule like?
3. Why did you choose your school over any other SMC/SA, why SMC at all?
4. What does your SMC have that other SMC`s and SA`s don`t?
4. What branch are you going to/did commission into?
5. Any other experience/advice?
Feel free to add to that. I`m just trying to get a glimpse of life there, since websites only tell you so much. I`m a sophomore, so I probably won`t visit until next year, especially for A&M. I`ve been to Tech`s campus before to go to football games, but never really looked around other than that. I have a guy from my youth group attending VMI right now, but won`t see him for a while, so I thought I`d ask here. I realize this has probably been asked before, but probably not these specific questions.
Thank you all, I appreciate it.
-Alice