Drexel rotc

<p>i’m not sure if you get priority housing as a freshman but you definitely get it as an upperclassmen. As far as living with other nrotc marine options, you’d have to request to live with them to housing. (right now housing doesn’t know who’s who) I would suggest e-mailing or calling LCDR McNiven and asking him for any M.O.'s contact information coming into Drexel on scholarship.</p>

<p>zack do we intl students have military classes? if so, how?</p>

<p>no, you don’t have military classes.</p>

<p>hey im just curious what do you do after you graduate?</p>

<p>you get commissioned as an officer of one of the branches of the military: Navy, Marine Corps in Naval ROTC or Army/Army Reserve/National Guard if in Army ROTC and you have at least a four year commitment. let me know if you have any other questions</p>

<p>as a reserve right?
and do you choose what you want to do?
for example I want to do AFROTC at Polytech NYU and major in computer science and then go into satellite communications or Air Force Combat Controller</p>

<p>i don’t know much about the air force rotc program, it’s better off you give their unit staff a call to ask them questions. at least for army/navy you never “choose” what you go into the military, unless its a specific program that you can get guaranteed (eg: programs like navy nurse community, or marine aviation guarantee), however, you put in a dreamsheet and they select where you are going from that and your aptitude/academic scores. mostly people end up getting what they want. You also have to make sure its a community with officer positions. I believe (but not 100% sure) that the air force combat controller/pararescue guys are almost entirely enlisted</p>

<p>“Zack, another question relating to what you just said. I am kinda confused when u wrote of the naval science classes fitting in to your schedule. Are u saying that you have to take more then the normal scheduled hours to be able to fit in your naval science courses? Also, as you may have figured we live in Ga and son would probably not bring a car. How do you travel to UPenn to attend the classes? As time passes and we get further into the process I am sure I will have other questions.We are just beginning investigating the various schools that offer NROTC.”</p>

<p>gamom, answering your question from another post, your son does not need a car at all at Drexel. UPENN is right next to Drexel (literally, just across the street). I can walk to the ROTC unit casually in less than 15 minutes. the naval science classes does not conflict with Drexel classes because they are in the morning before Drexel classes begin and after PT or military drill. If for some reason there is a conflict, we have priority scheduling and we can just switch classes around to fit. Feel free to ask if you have any other questions</p>

<p>I just want to clarify something here, all Drexel ROTC students have a full tuition scholarship? I’ve heard this obliquely in a few places but never said outright.</p>

<p>hi WiRP, all Drexel Navy and Army ROTC students who get on scholarship get full tuition scholarships to Drexel. You won’t pay a dime, the military covers all the billing directly. Drexel also gives ROTC students free housing scholarships, discounted meal plans, and you get a book stipend as well as a monthly stipend that increases by year. You can get a scholarship right out of high school or you can get a scholarship during college if you decide to join ROTC then. Either way you compete to get the scholarship and your PT scores, academic grades, and aptitude are used to determine it. In the past year, there has been a lot of scholarship slots available and usually if you get passing PT scores and decent grades in either branch of ROTC you’ll get the scholarship during your first year.</p>

<p>I’m already in the DEP (Delayed Entry Program, pre-enlistment), and at this point it’s pretty much either Drexel with a full ride NROTC scholarship or straight to recruit training in Great Lakes (do not pass go, do not collect an accredited college degree), and from the to MM school and Nuke Field training. Do you know of any members of the NROTC unit who were previously in the DEP? Additionally, if I qualify for the scholarship in my first year, does that mean it pays for my first year as well, or just the subsequent year?</p>

<p>Thanks for the info.</p>

<p>WiRP, have you already been accepted to Drexel or are you entering your senior year of high school. Even though your recruiter might tell you not, an ROTC Scholarship actually nullifies an enlistment contract… its actually a small loophole. There are many prior enlisted guys who have been through boot camp and even assignments before they took the NROTC scholarship. You just have to realize if you drop out of school or ROTC somehow you’ll have to finish your enlistment contract. Unless you are on the DEP for the navy reserves, you won’t be able to go to drexel and compete for a scholarship because you’ll obviously be on active duty. Let me know if you have any questions and you can obviously call the NROTC unit and ask them yourself.</p>

<p>I am transferring to Drexel from WPI after two years of Aerospace Engineering. I was planning to enlist for a while and only considered Drexel after a short visit a few weeks ago. I’ve been accepted to Drexel already, so the only standing issue is whether or not I can get the scholarship. Having to finish my enlistment contract due to some unforeseen circumstance does not bother me, as I was already dedicated to that course of action before considering Drexel.</p>

<p>Two more questions: should I complete the online NROTC application now, or should I come to the NROTC office once I get to Drexel? and, were the apartments you referred to earlier the University Crossing apartments mentioned here? [Residential</a> Living - University Crossings](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/housing/Halls/UC/]Residential”>http://www.drexel.edu/housing/Halls/UC/)</p>

<p>hey bud… i would suggest calling the upenn nrotc unit and speak to LCDR McNiven right now and figure out what you are eligible to do.</p>

<p>check out this video about the drexel navy rotc intramural football team
[Drexel</a> University | POWERADE College Intramurals 2009 | POWERed by Sportsvite](<a href=“http://www.cbsintramurals.com/powerade/drexel/video?vid=4093]Drexel”>http://www.cbsintramurals.com/powerade/drexel/video?vid=4093)</p>

<p>Hey i got a question for you I’ve looking into rotc for a while now and im doing my first year of college at a local community college that doesn’t support an rotc program. If i would transfer to Drexel after my first year would i be able to get a three year scholarship and be able to finish the program in three years or would i have to do the ltc course and try to get a two year scholarship?</p>

<p>darkness, you are in a great spot right now. As you know Drexel is a 5 year school with three six month co-ops for most students. You can actually apply for a four-year scholarship through the route you would take like you are applying right out of high school. I am not positive, but believe having a year of community college under your belt with good grades would look very favorable. Therefore, you would transfer into Drexel as a sophomore immediately starting scholarship whether you do Army or Navy ROTC. I would recommend that you call the ROTC units now and work things out with them and the area ROTC recruiter contacts as well.</p>

<p>You could also just transfer into drexel anytime without a scholarship and then compete for a scholarship as a college programmer. What that means is you start out without a scholarship and pay tuition to go to drexel but participate in every aspect of the rotc program. from your grades, pt scores, and aptitude, and how many scholarship slots are open right now, you will either get or not get a scholarship. In the past two-three years, there has been a lot of scholarships available usually with people getting scholarships within a year. I think that all is changing though with Barack Obama as president and I’ve heard recently with the last selection board there is a lot less spots. (of course i’m no official source so don’t take my word) I actaully did this and started as a freshman without scholarship because my high school SAT’s/grades/etc weren’t high enough for a 4 yr scholarship straight off the bat, however from good grades in college i got a scholarship halfway into freshman year and the military even backpaid me for my tuition once I got on scholarship for the previous term. (eg: i got a 20 something thousand dollar check in the mail that i used to pay off my student loans)</p>

<p>Remember that if your goal is just to become a military officer, there are other routes, including just going through college without any ROTC at all and going through OCS. If you go this route, the military just doesn’t pay for any of your college, its all on you. Also, a big benefit of ROTC is the summer trainings and other programs you get as well which you won’t get through an OCS-type program. There also some OCS type programs where the military will pay you a salary per month leading up to going to OCS and still going to school… eg, see the BDCP program here: [Navy</a> Officer info on Scholarships, ASTB, BDCP, Pay, and NUPOC](<a href=“http://www.navy-officer.com/scholarships.html]Navy”>http://www.navy-officer.com/scholarships.html)
However, I also heard that slots for these types of programs are evaporating from the Obama presidency just fyi.</p>

<p>Lastly, I know in Navy ROTC you can go to a leadership training course halfway similar to OCS in newport, RI, and just spend the last 2 years in ROTC as a college programmer, but I don’t know too much about this and probably wouldn’t recommend this route over others. not sure if there’s a route like this in the army.</p>

<p>one thing is sure though start looking into all your possibilities right now and start making phone calls, filling out applications, taking the initiative.</p>

<p>Zack, do you have an idea about how common it is for an AROTC candidate receive a scholarship to his first-choice school?</p>

<p>wow thanks for all the info that’s right what i was looking for. i have heard that navy and air force spots were getting cut, but i heard that army was getting expanded but as you said dont hold me too that because im not completely sure i do know that the army started an officer recruitment drive i would think that would mean more funds but hey you never know.</p>

<p>I am extremely interested in Drexel nrotc. I have already applied to nrotc and Drexel. My question is, how tough is it to get a spot in Drexel nrotc? What are my odds of acceptance?</p>

<p>I have a 3.5 GPA unweighted out of 4.0.
1250 out of 1600 on the SATs
I have played a few JV sports throughout high school
I take mostly honors classes and one AP class
Class rank 92 of 360 (at 25% line)</p>