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Admissions Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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To be accepted to VMI extra curricular activities, SAT or ACT scores,
GPA, physical fitness, and overall potential are considered. Interviews
are ... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The admissions process was comparable to most other institutes of higher
education. The current statistics say that VMI has an over 60% admission
r... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The admissions process if fairly straightforward. When I was applying
the average student was a B to B+ student. Average SAT scores were
probably ... READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Academics are outstanding. Class sizes are usually under 20 students.
The learning environment is very structured and personal. The workload
is i... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The academic program is not as diversified as other places, we have less
than fifteen major fields of study. However, the fields we have are top
no... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Acadmically the programs are challenging but not just for their content
but for the environment in which you are expected to learn. The first
year... READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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VMI has one of the most respected reputations in the nation. Roughly half of the graduating cadets commission into the US Armed Services. The rest se... READ MORE
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Current Student
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VMI grads enjoy a privileged network of other alumni who have become sussessful in their chosen fields. This is not to say that alumni hire each othe... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Employment prospects are good depending upon your major. The VMI alumni network is extensive and they always seem to help fellow alums find good emplo... READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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The VMI post is extremely secure with gaurds posted 24/7. Cadets live
in barracks. For the first 6 months freshmen will be subjected to the
ratlin... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The living conditions of the VMI Barracks, where all cadets are required
to live for their entire cadetship, are spartan. Each room comes
equipped ... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The quality of life is probably in the bottom 1% of schools nationwide.
I won't sugar coat it. It is difficult to make it through VMI and that
is ... READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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The VMI Corps of Cadets is mostly self contained. Cadets go to the
Palms Bar and Grille and to Washington and Lee University Parties.
There are ma... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Social life at VMI is severely lacking in the traditional sense. There
are greek fraternities in name only, and only as academic honor
societies. ... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Social life is non-existent on Post (Post-miliarty term for campus).
Your social life revolves around hanging with your roomates and friends
durin... READ MORE
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