<p>timely,
I respect your perspective and you are the best judge of your son's potential to succeed at a service academy or a civilian college. Good Luck to your son!</p>
<p>Thanks wstcoastmom. Actually, we aren't the ones making the decision. He is. Don't get me wrong....we have our opinions about it, and we've talked about all the pros and cons, but we keep reminding him that in the end, it's his life and he needs to be the one to make the decision. The girl is actually only one of a number of factors he is considering. He doesn't even have an appointment yet, but I'm pretty confident he'll get one (typical proud mom!). If he does, then he'll need to look at everything and make his final decision.</p>
<p>timely,
You're wise to allow him to choose his path to higher education. My daughter chose her high school program from seven different high schools in our district because it was the most rigorious and demanding. I knew I'd never hear the end of it if I made the decision and it didn't work out. She has been very successful as a student athlete and she gets to take all of the credit! My daughter has good judgement and she is very responsible. Some of the parents forced their kids to enter the same program and the kids were not motivated to take all honors classes,10 AP classes, and compete at a very high level. At this point dd had many top tier universities to choose from and she is thrilled to accept an appointment to USNA! Again, wishing your son the best! </p>
<p>P.S.dd's grandfather (my father) retired from USAF--seven Bronze Stars, Distinguished Flying Cross, etc., WWII B-17, B-24 pilot (maybe it's genetic!)</p>
<p>My son had the same dilema last year--Academy or ROTC --What helped him decide was attending the Orientation session for new appointees. (I believe they are held in April) We went with him, the first day is a series of informational sessions for appointees and parents--the presentations were excellent. Both General Rosa and General Weida spoke in a very candid manner about what to expect. They also had cadets give presentations. At the end of the day the appointees were hooked up with cadets and spent the night in the dorms and shadowed their cadet hosts the following day. When we picked our son up the afternoon of the second day, it was obvious that he had made his decision.<br>
General Rosa mentioned during a presentation on Parents weekend that of the cadets that left the academy during BCT all but 2 had not attended the orientation. I highly recommend attending the orientation session to help in the decision process.</p>
<p>Odd question for any of you out there who might have looked into this. My 2'nd choice if I don't get into the academy is ROTC, and I am looking at Embry Riddle as my first choice college there. My question is over flight instruction costs. Embry Riddle's flight classes cost extra $ past the normal tuition, but would that be covered under the type one ROTC scholarship? It claims to cover all fees...but I'm not really sure if this would apply. If anyone knows any more about this, their help is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I don't know, but I'd call AFROTC and ask. They've been pretty helpful when my son has called there. Also, you could call the ROTC dept. at Embry Riddle and ask for someone who knows about ROTC scholarships. He could tell you.</p>
<p>yay! i got my rotc acceptance! type 7, tier 2. exactly what i wanted!</p>
<p>Another question. UCSD is the school I'll be attending. SDSU is where the host detachment is at. How do I sign up for the classes at SDSU?</p>
<p>Talk to someone at the ROTC detachment at SDSU and ask them how to do it.</p>
<p>I'm currently arranging transportation between the two universities.</p>
<p>What obligations would I have with afrotc? I have the class (and leadership lab) once a week.. what else is there? I keep hearing abht PT sessions.. whats the schedule on that? What else is there that i don't know about yet?</p>
<p>from my understanding, every detachment has their own policies and schedules regarding PT leadership labs etc. but the rule of thumn is PT 2~3 times a week, (I'ver heard some school's it's optional depending on your AF physical fitness test you have to take every semester or so)
Leadership lab once a week, ROTC classes (military leadership, ethics, military history etc) twice aweek. </p>
<p>call the detachment your interested in and ask them b/c every detachment is different</p>