<p>Which will be important; Accreditation of the program I'll be pursuing vs School's overall ranking/prestige, etc...</p>
<p>There are some good schools that have the accreditation of the program, but because of the high cost out of state tuition and other reasons it is hard to decide. </p>
<p>There are programs many good schools offering the program but are not accredited. </p>
<p>So if you guys think just the two option accreditation vs school's reputation, which one would you go for?</p>
<p>Note about this accreditation is that the accredited programs lets you to take the registry exam right out of school whereas non-accredited program needs at least 2 years of field experience to take the exam. Also the accredited programs are approved by the military, which is why I'm more concerned as I'm willing to signup in rotc and want to commission as an officer for my career.</p>
<p>What program are you talking about? what accreditation? What schools?
ABET? AACSB?</p>
<p>What year are you in? Are you talking about colleges you’ve been admitted to or colleges you’re looking into?</p>
<p>Hey MYOS1634, I’m looking on EHAC.</p>
<p>I’m in junior level in credit wise, but thinking about transfer credit and all I’ll be in my second semester on Sophomore.
I’m currently looking into colleges for application.</p>
<p>In the list there are good schools too, but most are that not known widely or are famous for other programs. I’m not the strongest candidate so, will it be better to go for the accreditation, or by the name of the school?</p>
<p>EHAC? You have to be more precise - is this a school accreditation or a major accreditation, is this what you’re talking about?
<a href=“http://www.ehacoffice.org/accred-prog/under-prog.php”>http://www.ehacoffice.org/accred-prog/under-prog.php</a>
I’m afraid I can"t help you - for ABET it really matters, for AACSB not so much, but EHAD 
I have no idea so I’m just typing this to bump your thread.
If you could specify with actual numbers what you mean by “not the strongest candidate” and what’s in-state for you, it’d help. :)</p>
<p>For ROTC, you do not need to be concerned about accreditation nor prestige. If the military – whether Army, Navy, or Air Force – has ROTC at that school then the school is good enough for the military. It is that simple.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, this does not mean that you will get a commission. Only ROTC scholarship recipients are guaranteed duty in the regular (not reserve) branches of the military. If you are “not the strongest candidate” then it might be best to go to a relatively easy school, then work really hard to impress the ROTC staff. This might help you get that commission.</p>
<p>Also, consider this… the Army and the Marines care at least as much about your physical fitness as they do about your academics. If you are very physically fit (perhaps even a good athlete), but a hard worker, your grades will be less of a liability when they consider commissioning you. On the other hand, the Air Force and Navy really want engineering majors and good grades.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>