<p>Hey guys- my parents and I just had a few questions about this scholarship. There is a decent chance that I will be attending a Civil prep school next year and have been told that I will be going on an AOG scholarship. We were under the impression that this was a full ride to the prep school, however, were informed tonight that it will only pay for somehwere around half. I was wondering if army ROTC will pay for the other half, or if it should come from my family or how this works. Has anyone delt with an AOG scholarship before? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Civil prep is not the prep school, its the military junior colleges like Marion and NMMI. Those school's cost a decent ammount to go to, but at least when I went to NMMI, whatever AOG gave me, NMMI matched it. In addition, I was involved in the National Guard/ROTC SMP program which picked up all my tuition and uniforms; it is my understanding, however, that at least at NMMI, West Point preps are no longer able to do this. Does anyone have any more current info? When I was a AOG scholarship guy, I ended up getting paid to go to NMMI in the end, so it really wasnt that bad.</p>
<p>At NMMI there are a few ROTC contrated cadets that are self preps but none that are AOG preps. However we are getting paid almost a thousand dollars by the Army for participating in MS I. There are also many scholarships awarded/offered on basis of merit and desire.</p>
<p>yeah, I'm pretty sure that us west point preps at NMMI can't be in ROTC at the same. However, there are many other scholarship opportunities available that you can look into. good luck and if given the chance to go to a prep school, take it.</p>
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<p>you can dual track here (guard and service academy prep) at mmi but not with an AOG scholarship. mmi gave us something like 20 grand and it ended up costing 6-8 grand for most AOG's here.</p>
<p>it is not impossible to get extra money though, fill out the fafsa (student aid), you can get a couple grand for playing in the band i think, and you can always get money for playing a sport</p>
<p>AOG scholarship is not a full scholarship, at NMMI it is matched, but it will still cost you/family a few thousand dollars a semester, plus allow for transportation etc.......I Will look for my letter from last year (actually two years now)</p>
<p>The total out of pocket cost for a cadet that is not from Alabama to attend Marion Military Institute with AOG scholarship is about $6,000 to $7,000 for the year. As Frijoles pointed out that number can be reduced by either need based federal financial aid or money from a sports scholarship. I haven't included in the total cost above transportation costs or an allowance which I give my son. My analysis last year was that New Mexico Military Institute was more expensive than Marion.</p>
<p>The main benefit of the AOG scholarship isn't really the money that the Association of Graduates provides to its candidates, it is the fact that an AOG scholarship winner doesn't really compete with the regular applicant pool for a spot in the upcoming class at West Point. While an AOG scholarship is not a guarantee of admission in the upcoming class, I have frequently heard that it is the scholarship winner's spot to lose. From what I understand over ninety percent of the scholarship winners go on to West Point. That is a considerably greater percentage than cadets that get in from the regular applicant pool.</p>
<p>A second advantage of an AOG scholarship at a civil prep school is that the candidate has a year of military school experience under his or her belt. They are generally in better shape and have a better idea of what to expect than the cadet that goes straight from high school to West Point. Consequently, the drop out percentage of cadets that attended a civil prep school is less than the drop out rate of candidates that go to West Point straight out of high school.</p>
<p>If you are offered a civil prep spot, consider it an opportunity and not a slap in the face. I know its tough to not get into West Point immediately after what has been in all likelihood a wonderfully successful high school career, but if you truly want to go to West Point an AOG scholarship is a great opportunity. My son had a full academic ride to a great university for this year. I wanted him to take the full ride and forget about West Point. He made the decision to go to Marion becuase he wanted to go to West Point. Having visited my son at Marion I can tell you he is truly happy, he has never looked back on his diecision to go to Marion and has made friendships with a truly amazing group of kids.</p>