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Patrick Shahverdian is a fellow classmate here at Virginia Military Institute. An interesting fact about him that would confuse allot of people as to why he is attending VMI is that he does not plan on commissioning. One may ask, “Why would you attend a military school if you did not plan on commissioning”, or “What is different about you that you don’t want to commission”. In our interview I analyzed what makes him different from a fellow Brother Rat.

Patrick is from Corona California. A small city located near Los Angels. Here he enjoys fishing, weight lifting, and designing cars with his free time. This sounds very similar to the activities of other Brother Rats; so it must be something else. His Parents are originally from Armenia (a country near Russia and Iran) and has one brother. Once again a similar story from some of our other Brother Rats. So what does make Patrick different from other Brother Rats?

The answer is that He isn’t different from other Brother Rats at all. In fact he has the same reason as to why He is going to VMI as all our other Brother Rats. He wanted no ordinary College and a degree that means something. The fact that VMI has a regimental system clouds peoples thoughts of this place so that they think all Cadets that attend here want to Commission. When in fact the reason we come here is to give us the skills to succeed in our goals be it military or in the case of Patrick attending Law School. Patrick Shaverdian is no different then any other Brother Rat. It is clear to see that we are all almost the same.

Interview Questions:

Where are you from?

What is your family like?

Did you have a job?

What are your hobbies?

What is your Major?

Are you Commissioning? If not why VMI?