so after first hoping for this, and then not hoping for it, i received my big envelope from the Citadel today.
when i was originally applying for my nrotc scholarship, i decided that my 1st choice was VMI, 2nd was the Citadel, 3rd was Texas A&M, 4th was Virginia Tech and 5th was Embry-Riddle. since then, i got accepted to my 1st and 5th choice, and after getting input from a bunch of places, including AW, i revised the order to be 1 vmi, 2 embry-riddle, and the others. but now, since i got my envelope from the citadel today (which i had dreaded a bit recently), now i have to decide where the citadel sits in my list, or more importantly, if it can compete for 1st, since i can only go to 1 college!
now i've already visited vmi in an official overnight visit, i was very impressed. but the citadel official overnight isn't until april, and then it takes up 2 school days. my highschool only gives seniors 3 excused absences to visit colleges and i've already used up one with vmi. i'll definitely go look at the citadel, but i don't think i can afford to use up the last two excused absences on visiting them in their special event- although i'm not admitted yet to Texas A&M, aggiecorps has already invited me to their overnighter also. but i don't think i will be able to do the citadel justice an random 1 day visit.
so...
i thought i would ask you current and former vmi and citadel students what made you decide on one versus the other? now, this is NOT FOR SCHOOL BASHING! these are two excellent schools, both better than usna i'm sure! (ok! that was a j/k! :icon_wink) i just would like to hear some opinions from people, especially any that had gotten accepted to both, on what were the things that made their decision.
(and if you would rather not post your opinions, you can send a note to me in a PM.)
thanks much!
by the way, i'm posting my question here on AW instead of serviceacademyforums.com because i've been on here long enough to see that people on here have strong opinions. on serviceacademyforums.com, i'll probably get a bunch of wishy washy answers!
when i was originally applying for my nrotc scholarship, i decided that my 1st choice was VMI, 2nd was the Citadel, 3rd was Texas A&M, 4th was Virginia Tech and 5th was Embry-Riddle. since then, i got accepted to my 1st and 5th choice, and after getting input from a bunch of places, including AW, i revised the order to be 1 vmi, 2 embry-riddle, and the others. but now, since i got my envelope from the citadel today (which i had dreaded a bit recently), now i have to decide where the citadel sits in my list, or more importantly, if it can compete for 1st, since i can only go to 1 college!
now i've already visited vmi in an official overnight visit, i was very impressed. but the citadel official overnight isn't until april, and then it takes up 2 school days. my highschool only gives seniors 3 excused absences to visit colleges and i've already used up one with vmi. i'll definitely go look at the citadel, but i don't think i can afford to use up the last two excused absences on visiting them in their special event- although i'm not admitted yet to Texas A&M, aggiecorps has already invited me to their overnighter also. but i don't think i will be able to do the citadel justice an random 1 day visit.
so...
i thought i would ask you current and former vmi and citadel students what made you decide on one versus the other? now, this is NOT FOR SCHOOL BASHING! these are two excellent schools, both better than usna i'm sure! (ok! that was a j/k! :icon_wink) i just would like to hear some opinions from people, especially any that had gotten accepted to both, on what were the things that made their decision.
(and if you would rather not post your opinions, you can send a note to me in a PM.)
thanks much!
by the way, i'm posting my question here on AW instead of serviceacademyforums.com because i've been on here long enough to see that people on here have strong opinions. on serviceacademyforums.com, i'll probably get a bunch of wishy washy answers!
