Reviews

This school is definitely one of a kind. The Ratline that all freshmen must experience is the hardest thing I have ever done, but it is so rewarding one you get through it. It teaches you the important lessons that are so vital to a successful career in the real world, such as time management, self-confidence, discipline and responsibility.

This is a difficult time for anyone going through the Ratline, but in the end it is worth all of the hard work and sacrifice.

The lessons one learns at VMI are lessons that are quite rare in today's society. Although it is tough and requires alot of sacrifice, every ounce of effort is worth the outcome of becoming a VMI graduate.

Anything worth having requires sacrifice and hard work. But you can not lose your sense of humor in the process. Learning to cope with stressful situations is much easier when you can find the humor in them.

Students who want to become the best person they can possibly be and want to get the most out of life. Although VMI is a small school, there are so many opportunities available for anyone who attends. It requires motivation, perseverance, and dedication, but anyone can do much more than they thought they ever could, and VMI proves that to you.

There's not many degrees to choose from (15ish), but the keydets and cadre referred to it as the toughest education in America.

Cannot wait. It's going to be hard, but you just have to embrace the suck.

Out of state is expensive, but I'm going for the ROTC and NROTC scholarships.

Make sure you're squared away before going here. The intensity level is off the charts similar to a service academy, so knowing how to drill, being in good shape give you a huge advantage going in.

Highschoolers interested in the military or bettering themselves in general. The unlocked room policy is incredible, the 4th I was staying with introduced me to all of his BR's all over the barracks. We would just walk in and it was completely normal. GO KEYDETS!

What an amazing institute! VMI is not for the faint of heart and spirit. Beautiful campus, awesome faculty and stunning parades!

Read admissions instructions carefully and be prepared for a thick stack of health paperwork. An alumni interview is not required, but I suggest you have one. I interviewed with alumni and made a friend, probably for life.

Faculty tells you to come to VMI prepared to work hard!

LOL, if you don't mind sleeping on a rack with a 2 inch mattress then VMI is for you! Barracks life is not a typical dorm, but a brotherhood.

I ate in the dining hall and the food was good and plentiful.

Rats get to strain. PT, PT, PT, PT, sports and club sports.

Alumni joke and say VMI is a wonderful school to have graduated FROM. The experience is not typical college life, but a commitment, mind, body and soul to a meaningful education and Brother Rats.

Deeply historic and rooted into civil war traditions. Rats march across the battlefiled of Newmarket.

Serious, loyal and hard workers.

Corps of Cadets is the life of a VMI cadet. Sports, PT, PT, PT and PT.

Cadets do not lie, cheat or steal. Enough said!