<p>Hello, I'm currently a sophomore in HS and I'm trying to figure out my options :)
So, I just had a few qs about the NROTC program
-Is there a reason why we must have a state school in our top 2?
because I want to major in International Relations and very few colleges have good programs in IR, the only good IR Public schools are in the CA system, but I really would prefer to attend the 3 main IR schools (w/NROTC) on the east coast (Tufts, Cornell, or Georgetown). So I was wondering how strict they were about the PU rule.
-How many scholarships are there?
I think I once read there were 1000 but I cannot find anything to back that up
-How competitive are the scholarships?
-If you are assigned to unit x but you are only accepted at Univ Y what happens?</p>
<p>Thank you very much =D</p>
<p>The state school is (I believe) because that way you likely have at least one school in your top 5 that you will for sure get into (not that everyone gets into state schools- but they are typically easier). I'm not sure how strict they are on that rule, however.
I believe, if you are assigned at unit x, but only get into univ y- they will try to work with univ y and see if you can get a spot in their unit.
Not sure about the number of scholarships- and it's hard to say the competitiveness without knowing specific stats.
Hope that helped (and sorry if any of it is wrong... I don't think it is :)</p>
<p>The reason that you must have a state school in your top three is because the Navy would much rather pay for you to go to state school than an extremely expensive private school. I didn't even apply to the state school that I put on my application, so it doesn't really mean anything. </p>
<p>Scholarships are much less competitive than USNA. The competitiveness usually comes from the getting a spot in the actual unit that you want.</p>
<p>If you put a unit as your first choice and you are assigned to another unit, then you can be put on a waiting list for the first unit. If you don't make it in off the waiting list, then you can't be a scholarship member of that unit starting out. If, however, you get your first choice, but decide that you want to attend one of your other choices, then you request to have your scholarship transferred to the second unit and the process begins anew. </p>
<p>You can get a lot of extremely questionable, while good intentioned answers on this forum, so your best bet is to give your local NROTC recruiter a call.</p>
<p>dan is correct. It's ... as usual ... $$. They can do 3 or 4 Mids at Penn State for the price of 1 at Cornell.</p>
<p>so i assume there are less spots at the pricy(er) schools?</p>
<p>well thank you very much everyone :) you were all very helpful</p>
<p>Still can't figure out the mystery of the NROTC scholarships. My son had the resume and desire and chose a good variety of schools but no go. All the recruiters and coordinators told him he was a lock for a scholarship, but he got the thin letter a few weeks ago. Since you are so young, do as much research about this process as you can. Good Luck!</p>
<p>oops- sorry if I gave wrong information :)</p>
<p>kevinsmom:</p>
<p>What was your son's intended major? From what we have been told there is a huge disadvantage this year if you are not an Engineering major.</p>
<p>In my S's NROTC class, quite a few started out as engineering majors but did poorly and changed majors on the advice of their NROTC advisors.</p>
<p>Iron Maiden, he applied as a history major.</p>
<p>Are you sure that In-state must be in the top 2? I thought my son listed University of Texas as third on his app (we live in Texas). The first two were Illinois and Purdue. </p>
<p>I really don't know how many are offered each year, but I know he did get the NROTC scholarship to Illinois and their out-of-state tuition is extremely high, especially for Engineers.</p>
<p>From the NROTC status page:</p>
<p>Note: College choices are used for placement at a particular NROTC unit only. Placement at a unit does not guarantee you admission to that college. We strongly suggest that you apply to all of your listed choices.</p>
<p>NOTE: Any change to school assignment must be approved by NSTC (Naval Service Training Command). Your request must be in writing and provide justification for the change.</p>
<p>Kevinsmom:</p>
<p>I'll bet the fact that he was a History major was the issue. If he had been Engineering that decision might have been very different.</p>
<p>Illini_Fan, it's top 3. </p>
<p>There must be a state school in your top 3 choices.</p>
<p>I put UT as my third as well.</p>
<p>They're also plenty flexible about changing your top picks. I switched my second pick out for one that hadn't even been on my list before, and they had it updated without a problem within a week. Two of my top three were state schools btw.</p>
<p>What if you "change your mind" about your major? Like I put Engineering down, but decide I don't really want to do it, can you change on your own?</p>
<p>Yeah, your unit my make you talk to your adviser first, but you can switch as much as you want. Most guys in our unit come in as engineers and end up in the business school.</p>
<p>I'm currently signed up for the USMC enlisted route, but I am also putting the paper work in for the USMC NROTC scholarship.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if all the info in the preceding posts is the same for the scholarship or if it is different because it will apply to me being a USMC officer?</p>
<p>Count on it being the same. If you check the USMC option, you are still applying for a NROTC scholarship. Kind of like if you want to go MC out of USNA, except here you have 3 years to decide, with ROTC its do I or don't I check the USMC box. That's about how I understand the process.</p>
<p>Some of you might have read my thread on this but i'll probably post it here since no one replied to me:</p>
<p>The class rank info I have right now is from the end of my junior year. I moved high schools and now I do not know my new class rank or class size. Should I just put what info I have into the scholarship application?</p>
<p>I’m a high school senior and applied for the NROTC scholarship in October and am waiting for the response. My question is, does getting an NROTC scholarship improve my chances of getting accepted to a specific school?</p>