<p>at USC gives a full ride if you join it there. What are the stipulations fo this?</p>
<p>Read the letter, there are details in the letter. One requirement is that, upon graduation, you go into the Army as a Captain, for some minimal number of years. I very much admire, and appreciate those who join the military, and who serve to protect the freedoms of our country. My son has not shown interest in signing up, so we will not be accepting the A-ROTC offer. My hat is off to those who are interested in serving in the military, and if so, what a great offer, to get a full ride at USC.</p>
<h2>It actually was an email, not a letter. I cut and pasted the contents below for anyone who may be interested:</h2>
<p>Congratulations, On your acceptance to the University of Southern California, One of the most prestigious schools in the nation with a distinguished history of producing leaders of specialized fields including Industry and Business.</p>
<p>The AROTC program here at the University of Southern California also maintains a proud history and tradition of producing Officers in the United States Army in both the Active Component and National Guard and Reserves. </p>
<p>Army ROTC offers 2, 3, and 4 year full tuition scholarships to qualified individuals as well as $950 per year for books and a monthly stipend ranging from $350-$500 </p>
<p>ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS</p>
<ul>
<li>Be a U.S. citizen </li>
<li>Be at least 17 years old before the scholarship is effective </li>
<li><p>Participate in leadership, extracurricular and athletic activities. </p></li>
<li><p>Scholarship students must be less than 31 years old on December 31st of the year they expect to graduate and receive an officer's commission. </p></li>
<li><p>Non-scholarship students must be no older than 38 years old on the day they graduate and commission.</p></li>
<li><p>Be a high school graduate or have equivalent credit </p></li>
<li><p>Pursue an Army approved academic major (All Majors accepted at USC)</p></li>
<li><p>Agree to accept a commission as an officer in the Army </p></li>
<li><p>Meet required physical standards</p></li>
</ul>
<p>If the Army is not for you, you can still enroll in our leadership and management classes MS101, MS201 and receive credit which fulfills your General Education and elective requirements.</p>
<p>To find out more information please feel free to contact me either by phone or via e-mail at the number and address below.</p>
<p>Again, Congratulations and look forward to you becoming part of the Trojan Family!</p>
<p>V/R </p>
<p>CPT Joe Selken
Enrollment and Scholarship Officer
USC, Army ROTC
213.740.1850
<a href="mailto:selken@usc.edu">selken@usc.edu</a>
Visit us at: <a href="http://www.trojanrotc.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.trojanrotc.org</a></p>
<p>I believe you get commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant, not as a captain.</p>
<p>I'm actually getting a full tuition scholarship from the Navy ROTC, which is a very similar program. If you accept the scholarship, you incur a service obligation of 4 years in Active Duty and then 4 years in Reserve.</p>
<p>If you decide it is not for you, you can also withdraw from the program after your first year without penalty.</p>
<p>You are probably correct. I'm not sure where I came up with Captain. Maybe I saw the title of the individual who sent the email. When I read it again, i do not see any mention of Captain. Oops. Good luck to you sfgiants.</p>
<p>What are the physical requirements..?</p>
<p>Army ROTC, as well as other military ROTCs, require that you major in chemistry, math, computer sciences, and technical degrees.</p>
<p>I'm not sure about the Army, but I know in the Air Force they strongly prefer somebody with a technical degree. I think they hand out something like 90% of their scholarships for engineering and other technical degrees. It is probably similar in the Army.</p>
<p>However, with the Navy, they told me I can major in whatever I want :) This was one reason why I chose the Navy scholarship over the Air Force scholarship (I was offered both)</p>
<p>If you read the note from the A-ROTC above (that was directly cut & pasted into this thread) it states: </p>
<ul>
<li>Pursue an Army approved academic major <a href="All%20Majors%20accepted%20at%20USC">b</a>**</li>
</ul>
<p>Whoops, you are totally right lovetocamp. :)</p>
<p>It might be too late to apply for the 4-year scholarship for any of the branches though. I had to apply for NROTC and AFROTC back in December/January. </p>
<p>I checked the Army ROTC app and on the bottom is says
[quote]
Initial application deadline is 1 December and all updates are required to be entered/postmarked by 31 January.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Maybe you can only pursue the 3-year scholarship? I'm not totally sure.</p>
<p>I want to apply for the AFROTC but I don't want to major in a technical degree.</p>
<p>Help?</p>
<p>They still award some scholarships to people who aren't majoring in technical degrees-just not many.</p>
<p>I was actually in the same position, since I want to be a pilot. I soon learned that there are still opportunities in the Navy to be an aviator (on carriers, etc) so that made my decision easy. :)</p>
<p>I got a 4 year ROTC scholarship and I said I would be majoring in either psychology or history</p>
<p>"If you read the note from the A-ROTC above (that was directly cut & pasted into this thread) it states: </p>
<ul>
<li>Pursue an Army approved academic major (All Majors accepted at USC)"
<ul>
<li>lovetocamp</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>Yea...but just because Army approves it does not mean you're guaranteed a scholarship. They recognize that it is legitimate major, and that's it. End of story. </p>
<p>And yes, in AFROTC, it's difficult (though not impossible) to obtain a scholarship if you're not majoring in a tech field. From what I've heard, around 5 or 6 years ago they just handed out scholarships as long as you could read, but then everyone signed up just for the money, and consequently, the Air Force now has a surplus of officers. Also, I've been told by some fellow cadets that it is easier to get a scholarship once you're actually in the program than if you're still a HS senior. Once you're in, the cadre will have a chance to get to know you better and rank you higher (assuming that you do well), and this weighs about 50% of your total score. The remaining % are allocated equally bewteen your GPA, PFT and SAT scores (or AFOQT for Air Force). </p>
<p>Speak with the cadre about whether it's too late to apply for a scholarship at this point. I'm not sure about the other branches, but for AFROTC, there's another scholarship board meeting in late may/early june (though I think that's for students who are already in college).</p>
<p>Oh and yes, you're commisioned as a 2nd Lt. upon graduation. It goes....2nd Lt, 1st Lt, then Captain, etc etc</p>
<p>A friend's son is majoring in Biomedical Engineering at USC on a full ROTC scholarship, tho I can't remember which branch of the service. He did an internship in NY & will be graduating this winter after 4 1/2 years at USC.</p>
<p>For the physical requirements of joining the service or ROTC, I believe you have to be in good general physical health. They also used to exclude ALL folks with asthma, but I'm not sure whether that has changed. It's best to contact the service you're interested in for more details. Some recruiters lie & say it's fine to have all kinds of chronic medical conditions & still be in the service, but I would question that as it could endanger your comrades.</p>
<p>I noticed someone was asking about getting an AFROTC scholarship in a NON-Tech major...
VERY difficult.
I have a 1380 (old sat), top 5% of class, NHS, 3.8 GPA, a billion ECs, several sports, part time job for 3 years.....</p>
<p>and guess what I applied and was DENIED.</p>
<p>I was shocked & ****ed.. to say the least.. I was accepted at every college I applied, including a few Ivy's, but I decided on Tulane (scholarships)..</p>
<p>The moral of the story is when I was talking to a few of the people incharge at the detachments.. I told them I was denied a scholarship.. and they looked at me funny for a minute and then they were like are you sure you applied correctly? I mean you turned everything in right?</p>
<p>Yes, I turned everything in...
The Air Force has no use for non-tech majors so they put them at the absolute bottom of the barrel in handing out scholarships...
A friend of mine was accepted with a 3.2 and 1150 SAT (yes I was <em>ed) and another friend went to USAFA last year with a 1020 and a 3.7....
They really need to change that bullsh</em>.. I think they are doing a huge disservice to those who have tried hard in HS.
Other branches (Navy & Army) both offered me full rides... I decided not to accept them, but that goes to show you that they are much more receptive to people taking other majors...</p>
<p>good luck to the guy who was trying to get a AFROTC scholarship in a non-tech I hope you do better than me...</p>
<p>BTW, I was wondering if anyone on here knew if it is any easier to get an incollege scholarship (my plan for now i guess..) or any of the details on how you might go about doing that?</p>
<p>nonsense...half of my friends are non tech majors and they are on scholarship...however, most of them received scholarships AFTER they had been in the program for at least a semester. as I said in my earlier post, your rank in your detachment is extremely important, so as long as you do well/take charge/stand out/show your dedication and kick butt in college, it's not impossible to get a scholarship even if you're not a tech major.</p>
<p>"however, most of them received scholarships AFTER they had been in the program for at least a semester"</p>
<p>Exactly....sorry if i wasnt clear... i was talking about 4-year scholarships...
which to those who are going to very expensive schools that extra year can be the difference between an extra ten years in loans.....</p>
<p>hey i dont know if i can help you out any...but i was in the an enlisted member of the air force for a couple of years... and before i got out they were tryingt to downsize the number of officers they had. for example in my field.. which is air traffic control (or should i say was) they were cutting out a lot of officers because they had too many in that field. i dont know if this is a cause for them to be more strict as to what major youre considering but even while i was considering going on the officer side, they still had limits with all the majors...
hopefully that helps somewhat...sorry if it doesnt</p>