<p>i chose NMMI for West Point civil prep. if anyone else here did, post now!</p>
<p>My son chose it for USNA prep. Have you visited?</p>
<p>nope, have you?</p>
<p>Yes. My son and I went last June. Nice campus, nice folks was our initial impression. Spider liked the ropes course and the weight room. I liked Col. Steil who apparently is in charge of the academy preps. </p>
<p>We are in Annapolis right now, met with the Captain in charge of the USNA Foundation (the equivalent of Army AOG). He had really great things to say about NMMI and the quality of the graduates who come to USNA.</p>
<p>One impression about Roswell. It was my sense that you wouldn't want to go out in town too much. It looked like a rough town where the kids probably look to fight with the NMMI cadets. No evidence...just my spidermom-sense tingling! Guys at NMMI, can you confirm or deny?</p>
<p>happy to hear you say that about the weight room, i was nervous that theirs woudn't be to nice.....i figure, there cant be that much to do in NM, might as well get big!</p>
<p>i hear that!</p>
<p>Yeah, when I was at NMMI the locals used to do drive by paintballings at cadets when they were off post. You have to go everywhere in uniform, so it kinda sucks.</p>
<p>The key to NMMI is to leave Roswell as much as possible. New Mexico isn't all that bad, with the exception of Roswell...Go to Riodoso, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, just get out as much as you can. You'll go nuts if you kick around Roswell and live at Sonic and the mall. I do hear they put in a new Super Wal Mart...</p>
<p>its true, they did. Its huge and alien themed.</p>
<p>And yes, leave Roswell as much as possible. Its a good feeling, because your prep year is going to be pretty stressful, for a number of reasons. </p>
<p>I am out of here in 35 days. Thats only 19 regular class days. oh boy.</p>
<p>demosthenes, wow man, I remember being that short when I was there. I couldn't do any work and I just thought about what I was going to do when I got home. Think of it like a deployment. Are you sticking around for graduation or do they still extort 75 bucks out of you to leave early?</p>
<p>Congratulations man, you made it. Trust me, it will all be worth it.</p>
<p>what kind of transportation is available to cadets who want to leave post?</p>
<p>you gots to use those feets, boy. Your first semester youll be whats known as a RAT (recruit at training), and youre not allowed to have a car. Second semester, youre a yearling, and youre still not technically allowed to have a car, but I have mine here, so thats what I use now. First semester, it was all by foot. There is a bus system here, and its free to use, but its sort of unreliable and theres a huge amount of time between pickups at each stop. Eventually we never bothered with it. </p>
<p>i have a feeling it will all be worth it. But jeez, its getting hard to concentrate these days... :D</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, has anyone ever seen Georgia Military College. I got a letter from them today saying that they would give me a scholarship that would make it essentially the same as the other prep schools. It looks like this school is a little more laid back than the other prep schools. If anyone knows anything about it, please post. thanks.</p>
<p>I know last year, that GMI , was not a civil prep option ... so there may be little history with it -on this website. It is a known military prep/jc...</p>
<p>best of luck with your decision</p>
<p>it looks hard to get out of town very often ... but as someone said view it as a deployment ...could be (and probably in the future some deployment will be) worse</p>
<p>Quick word of caution about Col. Steil. Make sure you triple check to make sure all of your application components are in. She isn't always as upfront about it as she should be.</p>
<p>Cadets are allowed to use the city bus for free... still mostly walking as the school won't allow you to have a bike. You can have a car on campus if you register it with the campus police and a couple of school based standards. i can't remember but i think you need to be a yearling or above to be able to use your car legaly (NMMI rule) unless you're leaving town.</p>
<p>Hey- quick question with NMMI and all the other prep schools. I know that when you apply to USMA, USAFA, or USNA they look to see how qualified you are and then determine if you get a straight slot into the academy or go to a prep school. Just wondering, is it just as incredibly hard to get into the prep program? My resume leadership (extra-circ) stuff is very, very solid along with athletics. However, my academics are just average (graduate with probably about a 3.5 gpa with 3 AP and 1 Honors class. Not sure on ACT scores yet... but yeah, I'd be estatic if I got into a prep program which then allowed me to go into one of the academies... anyone know how they select those? Probably the people who need a little work on one area... just a guess, so don't take that the wrong way anyone. Good luck to you guys!!!</p>
<p>By the way I'm a junior in high school... just thought I should let you guys know lol</p>
<p>The reason the academies have a civil prep program is to hold on to the fully qualified cadidates on the NWL who didnt make the cut for this year. These cadidates could still get into the academy this year but there are others who simply have stronger files and therefore get priority. The academies dont want to lose these cadidates because of their potential, so they give them the scholarship and place them in a special category so when they apply next year they wont have to compete with other people around the country. as long as they maintain a certain GPA they get an appointment. Im not sure if i answered your question but i hope this info helped :-)</p>
<p>good luck guys.....good luck</p>