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Posted on 12/29/17 at 3:58 pm to Pavoloco83
Posted on 12/29/17 at 3:58 pm to Pavoloco83
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Kings Point, the US Merchant Marine Academy, is a damn fine school.
It really is. That and the Coast Guard Academy do not get the respect they are due.
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Posted on 1/2/18 at 4:12 pm to Arksulli
The Service Academies have a more difficult science based curriculum. The Citadel, VMI, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and Corp of Cadets at aTm or Va Texh are all great commissioning sources as well. I personally think The Citadel is the best of them all based upon rankings but then again I am biased (El Cid Tango Co 1994)
Posted on 1/3/18 at 2:57 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Texas A&M was originally a military-only school.
It's one of the Senior Military Colleges. In the same class as the Citadel, VMI, Norwich, Virginia Tech, etc. Always forget the sixth. I think it's in Georgia though.
Also produced more officers during WWII than any other school, including the military academies. 14,000.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 5:47 pm to VooDude
I'm surprised I didn't notice this thread earlier.
Umm... I was in the Corps, was commissioned into the Army, and I never thought of A&M as a "military school". So your question doesn't make sense to me.
A military scholarship in my day paid for tuition and books, along with a $100/month allowance in '79. Notably it did NOT pay for room and board. I have no idea what it pays now. The main reason to apply for the scholarship is I knew I wanted to go into the Army, so why not allow the Army to pay some of the way? Back then there weren't that many on scholarship, though. I'd guess about 10%, 20% if you only count the cadets who were eventually commissioned. And yes, it counted as ROTC your first two years, and your next two if you signed a contract to go into the military. This was mostly a military science class plus weekend shenanigans.
Have fun and all, but I've never understood people poking fun at A&M about the Corps with respect to the military. But carry on!
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In all seriousness, what is the reasoning behind pretending you're a military school?
Umm... I was in the Corps, was commissioned into the Army, and I never thought of A&M as a "military school". So your question doesn't make sense to me.
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Are there incentives for students joining e.g. scholarships, free room and board, does it count as ROTC? I just want to understand.
A military scholarship in my day paid for tuition and books, along with a $100/month allowance in '79. Notably it did NOT pay for room and board. I have no idea what it pays now. The main reason to apply for the scholarship is I knew I wanted to go into the Army, so why not allow the Army to pay some of the way? Back then there weren't that many on scholarship, though. I'd guess about 10%, 20% if you only count the cadets who were eventually commissioned. And yes, it counted as ROTC your first two years, and your next two if you signed a contract to go into the military. This was mostly a military science class plus weekend shenanigans.
Have fun and all, but I've never understood people poking fun at A&M about the Corps with respect to the military. But carry on!
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