<p>Two things:
- Have you thought about looking at non-traditional student programs? They’re supposedly easier to get into and cut veterans a lot of slack. Anybody should cut you a lot of slack, really, for serving; that’s a big damn deal.
- Just apply and make the best case possible; don’t listen to the people on here who tell you ‘no’ because, more often than not, they’re cowards. I’ve seen so many people on here be discouraging about the stats of others while applying to the same schools with the same numbers. It’s no different than asking a rival for a boy/girl how you look or if (s)he thinks your crush likes you. They’ll say some nice things, but they’ll subtly throw in blows to your ego so that you’ll jump out and decrease the competition. While this doesn’t apply to all CC-ers, at least a quarter of them are sneaky enough to give Lucy Steele of Sense and Sensibility a run for her money.</p>