Mentoring graduating cadets

Cheatham Chapel (photo courtesy of HMA)

Hargrave's 2006 graduating class consists of 78 cadets. Thes eindividuals have received letters of acceptance from 117 different colleges and universities. Does anyone know if Hargrave has some sort of "mentors" program that brings together alumni and graduating cadets, so that alumni can share information and insights about the colleges/universities they attended?

Seems like this could be helpful in better preparing students for what to expect. It would also be a good additional marketing point for the school. It wouldn't take much to match those alumni who attended a particular college/university with the students who plan to attend that same institution... especially now that we have the Hargrave Alumni Forum.

For example, there are three universities on the list that I attended: American University, George Mason University, and the University of Richmond. I graduated from the University of Richmond and took graduate courses at American and GMU. There are four graduating cadets this year who have been accepted by these three universities, including Philippe-Olivier Armand, Stephen Kendall, Walter Whitt and Michael Wheeler.

I would've been glad to drive down to HMA during one of these past weekends (ideally Homecoming weekend) and spend a few hours with these cadets, fielding questions about the universities and the cities of Fairfax, Richmond and Washington, DC, where the schools are located.

It's just one more thing that Hargrave can offer its students that would give them even more of an "edge" than they already have.