<p>So why Coast Guard?</p>
<p>I'm being recruited for sports and hadn't really paid attention to any of the military colleges until now. Any reason why you'd go there? Or you could post the cons too. </p>
<p>My other schools: Boston College, Carleton, Clarmeont McKenna, Swarthmore, UPenn, Wash U, U Washington, Western Washington.</p>
<p>Well, you’ve come to the right place! We have a senior member who is an expert in Coast Guard Academy Athelic Recruiting.</p>
<p>“CA” or “CA59” will sound off shortly and fill you with his saged wisdom.</p>
<h1>1 and most important reason for going to a service academy…because you want to serve as an officer in the military.</h1>
<p>The rest of the reasons really should be secondary, imho, and they are numerous. Top of son’s list was superior education, small classes taught by full time professors whose primary job was teaching, not research, and of course the guarantee of a job at graduation. The latter, in this economy is quite the bonus! </p>
<p>Good luck in your decision. Know that if you choose CGA you are in for the ride of a lifetime…lots of ups and downs, tons of hard work and personal sacrifice, hours and hours of homework each night, and relationships that will last a lifetime. If you can hang with that, then CGA is the place for you.</p>
<p>That’s quite a range of schools. Are you D-1 material? What is your sport? If not D-1 then the CGA is a good choice for you. The athletics are excellent but above all you will get the education of a lifetime. Post more about yourself and I’ll comment further. Good luck!</p>
<p>Now Boss he may be D1 material and still attend CGA. We should let the Recruiting expert “CA” or “CA59” chime in when he gets off vacation.</p>
<p>I’m a tennis player. I’m not top D1 material, like I could get in maybe as a walk-on for weak D1 schools. Definitely none of the big name universities for sports like Stanford. Even if I could make a top D1 school, I’m not sure I’d want to go there for sports because there’s no way I would make it as a pro. </p>
<p>But, I really enjoy competition and would to play tennis in college, no matter what level.</p>
<p>Some other info that might help would be that I have a 3.91 GPA unweighted, 34 ACT, 2150 SAT but I’m taking it again in October. Well I wanted to cancel but it would’ve been like $20 so I’m like what the heck might as well just take it again can’t hurt.</p>
<p>My interests for a career would be law or business. Are there any special programs or anything that would be nice to know about?</p>
<p>OK thanks for the info. The CGA has a good tennis program which you would likely fit into nicely. Your SATs are more than adequate.</p>
<p>As far as special programs, they have a Mock Trial team, Model UN, they send a team to the world legal “tournament” in San Remo, Italy to compete against other military schools.</p>
<p>The management major is very good, accredited by the business group. The government department is excellent with a lot of law courses. Capt. Glen Sulmasy is the head of the department. He is nationally known for his writings on law and security issues. He is an attorney and was a visiting lecturer at Cal-Berkeley Law School(Boalt).</p>
<p>There are countless opportunities to travel, interesting internships and a LOT OF HARD WORK. :)</p>
<p>There are also opportunities, once you’re commissioned and in the fleet to attend graduate school (or law school) at the government’s expense, and thus advance your credentials even more.</p>
<p>How does the grad school thing work?</p>
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<p>From: [United</a> States Coast Guard Academy - Cadet Life: Advanced Degree Programs](<a href=“http://www.cga.edu/display.aspx?id=460]United”>http://www.cga.edu/display.aspx?id=460)</p>
<p>Every junior officer in the Coast Guard can apply for the opportunity to obtain advanced education at Coast Guard expense. These educational programs generally range from 12-24 months in length and come with an additional service obligation of three months for each month of education for the first year and then a one-for-one after the first year of education received. </p>
<p>While in school, you continue to receive full pay and benefits - your only job is to study and earn your degree.</p>
<p>While acceptance into these programs is based on job performance and academic potential, there is such a broad range of opportunities offered that any Academy graduate has a good chance of being selected for one of the programs. For instance, in the last 10 years, every Academy engineering graduate who has applied for an engineering post-graduate program has been accepted and has gone on to complete a master’s degree.</p>
<p>:cool:</p>
<p>Thats pretty cool, but that can add up to lots of service!</p>
<p>Alright,CA or CA59 is off vacation. Give em the recruiting gouge!</p>
<p>Haha yes I want to hear this!</p>
<p>NuclearPenguins, I guess CA or CA59 went back on vacation. He’s the best at recruiting questions which was your original post. Don’t know why he didn’t answer up on your original inquiry. I guess he only discusses USNA recruiting…</p>
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yep. If you get then you must give. It’s only fair.</p>
<p>cga82 - ;)</p>
<p>it’s also a lot of tuition paid by the government.</p>