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...around the track, Williams is one of the front runners. She’s on the track team and has no trouble keeping up with her male counterparts.The female cadets say that the only time they are held to different standards is during the periodic physical fitness test, which scholarship cadets must pass in order to stay in the program. The number of sit-ups men and women must complete in two minutes is the same, but men have to complete the two-mile run faster, and they must do more push-ups in a two-minute period. The female...
...first three months of training were no walk in the park. “A lot of people come out with injuries, heat stroke, broken bones, broken ankles,” he says. Myat San left the army after two years to attend Harvard on a military scholarship. When he returns to Singapore, he plans to complete his term and work for the government for five years. Shira Kaplan ’08, an Israeli, only had to commit two years. She knew from childhood that the army would be part of her life. Both of her sisters served...
...Wednesdays, the first-year cadets start the morning in a small classroom decorated with posters emblazoned with words like integrity, honor, and excellence. There are 15 cadets from different colleges, as well as an MIT pre-frosh applying for an ROTC scholarship. Four of the cadets are women, and it appears to be a racially diverse crew. Captain Brian Sullivan, who teaches the cadets military science, sits on a desk and sips coffee as he clicks through slides of weapons: M-4s, night vision devices, different kinds of grenades. “Look through the optical device here...you basically...
...pledging seven years: three more in ROTC, and then four in the Army. Students choose when to contract. If they decide they don’t want to stay in the program, they can leave after one year, and they do not have to pay back the scholarship money they have already received. “When you’re contracting, you’re joining a lifestyle. It’s not just a job,” Captain McKinney says. “Morning, Paul Revere,” Lieutenant Colonel Leo R. McGonagle says...
...Even in my dreams, I never thought I could get a scholarship to America. This is my first time here. I was surprised how friendly the people are, because I didn?t think that they would be. It goes back to the stereotypes: I heard from people at home that Americans don?t like Arab people. After Sept. 11, I heard that Saudis were not welcome in America anymore...