<p>(i moved this from another thread.)</p>
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However, college participation is still very important. Those in a Cadet program at a Senior Military College most likely have less expected of them - as far as campus involvement goes - than "civilian" college students (after all, some of those schools can rival the academy in time demands). Participating in a sport of some kind is a still a must, though.
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<p>i have a question about sports. so say that you're in a corps of cadets program (say at VMI or the Citadel). to be in a varsity sport (NCAA!) will take a minimum of 25hrs/week of practice. that combined with drilling and PT is time away from studying. i think between cadet programs and NROTC, there is 15-25 hrs/week right there. so sports, cadet-stuff, and NROTC could suck up 40-50 hrs/week.</p>
<p>is it really that important to be an NCAA athlete if you are applying from a college NROTC corps of cadet program?</p>
<p>or could you make up for it in some other way?</p>
<p>i definitely have enough varsity-level sports (i think) to have applied to USNA directly from high school, but next year in college, i'm not sure, since to be an NCAA athlete is a huge commitment which will certainly hit my grades, especially at an NCAA division 1 school (VMI is div1). i pretty sure if i run 50mi/wk during the off-season, i could make the 20:45 time needed on 5km for me to make the girl's cross-country team at VMI, but i'm afraid that this could entirely backfire on me.</p>
<p>do the BGO's here have any advice about this? how important is this if you were an athlete in high school, but then go to college and are not one?</p>