You have no idea about VMI. That is a great school. Excellent network when you graduate. And many do well as officers in the military.
Agree VMI is an excellent school, but by all reasonable measures, it is not as strong as Wesleyan which was used in the example. You can be very successfully having attended VMI, but your odds are greater with a degree from Wesleyan. It is all about probability.
Wesleyan review in ForbesVMI review in ForbesIf your son is militarily inclined and has an option to do ROTC at VMI or a NESCAC school which would you guide him towards?
If academics were not something you cared about would you advise your son to play at a school that regularly is in the bottom 10% of D1 lacrosse rankings or a participant of last year's D3 Final Four.
