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VMI reports record applications and faster financial-aid processing; ROTC scholarship gaps remain
Summary
Virginia Military Institute officials told the Board of Visitors that applications for the Class of 2029 are the highest in three decades, the school automated financial-aid awards to speed paperwork, and ROTC scholarship limits and competition with service academies remain a recruitment pressure.
Virginia Military Institute officials told the board on May 2 that admissions and financial-aid operations have shown measurable improvement this cycle while ROTC scholarship limits and competition from the federal service academies continue to affect recruiting.
The institute reported 2,258 applications for the Class of 2029, a total officials said is the highest the school has seen in about 30 years, and said women now make roughly 24% of applications. The admissions office has offered 1,657 conditional appointments and recorded a steady flow of deposits; the presenters said VMI was tracking toward its target but did not assert a final at-matriculation total.
Shannon Eskom, identified in the meeting as a staff member leading enrollment work, told the board the school has automated its financial-aid awarding…
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