<p>Hey all, Im a candidate for the Navy ROTC Scholarship and Im startin to wonder what my chances might be. Its hard being a liberal arts major choice but some feedback would be great to hear! Here is what I have :
- Caucasion Male Student from a Massachusetts Public High School of about 1750 students
- Father that served in the Navy for 20 years, as well as a grandfather for 30 years
- Put down Polical Science for major (looking to do pre-law for professional program as I want to be a Navy JAG)
- 3.81 GPA, solid A's and B's with 1 C in high school, mostly B's for sciene/math grades
- SAT of 540 critical reading, 530 writing, 480 math, 20 ACT Composite
- Class President (10,11,12)
-High School Marching Band drum Major (10,11,12) trumpeteer for 9 years
- 2 varsity sports, playing each sport all for years of high school with one at captain
- Community Service at school and town, involved in 3 clubs
- National Honor Society, History National Honors Society
- Boys State delegate from school, MASSstar youth leadership summit representitive
- Had a solid interview with letter of recomendation from fomer Navy Captain
-schools are:
1. Fordham 2. UMaine Orono 3. College of the Holy Cross 4. Auburn University 5 Villanova
- not a candidate for LREC that I believe</p>
<p>Anything helps thank you!</p>
<p>I hate to tell you this but right now your chances are zero. Your SAT and ACT are below the minimum to be even considered. [Naval</a> Reserve Officers Training Corps - Scholarship Selection Criteria](<a href=“Naval Education and Training Command - NETC”>Naval Education and Training Command - NETC)</p>
<p>The other thing working against you is your major since it is a Tier 3 major. Only 15% of scholarships can go to Tier 3 majors. So you will be up against applicants with 2000+ SAT and 30+ ACT. This is one of the most competitive scholarships right now. Being at the minimums (and you need to get your scores up to get to that) won’t cut it. </p>
<p>Finally you can’t get to law school and JAG out of NROTC. NROTC commissions officers to non-restricted line billets only. Means aviation, subs, or command on something that floats. JAG is restricted line and is not even a selection for NROTC. You would have to finish your initial commitment of 5 years active duty first and then go to law school. </p>
<p>What year are you? Sorry to give you bad news but I’m not one to sugarcoat things. I have a lot of experience with NROTC and selection process.</p>
<p>One other point. Even as a PolSci major you will have to take a full year of college calculus and then a full year of calculus based physics. These are the regular classes with Engineering students not special classes for NROTC. You have to have at least a C in these courses.</p>
<p>I just sent you a pm.</p>