<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have heard rumors that it is incredibly hard to get into the Naval Academy if you already have an 4-year NROTC scholarship due to getting some waiver because I already have a commissioning route. Is this true?</p>
<p>Any knowledge on the subject would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.</p>
<p>wouldn’t asking someone on the staff in your program be a good idea? My guess someone employed by the Navy knows more about Navy programs than random HS kids on the internet.</p>
<p>It is incredibly hard to get into the Naval Academy, period. A boy who graduated from my son’s high school last year was rejected by both the Naval Academy and West Point, but got into Harvard.</p>
<p>Got a kid that has a 25 on act, 3.762 GPA an 81 on military entrance exam. Says he will be blue chipped by coach, what does this mean? He is a 2 year starter at QB with a 3-12 record with 29 turnovers himself. Does this sound like a candidate?</p>
<p>@Airforcebacker9 try not to hijack other people’s threads. Your question is different from teh OP’s. Let your thread run its course. You can also post in the recruited athlete’s forum or the Academy forums. </p>
<p>Yes it is VERY difficult to get into the USNA. Having a four year NROTC scholarship will neither help nor hurt your chances. They are independent of each other and an acceptance (or decline) from one does not effect the other. You do not need a waiver…but if you are currently in college and in a NTOTC Unit you will need to get your Commanders recommendation. Good Luck!</p>
<p>No, having a NROTC scholarship, in itself, is not a barrier to getting an appointment to USNA. Never heard of such a waiver. As @aglages suggested, if you are currently in NROTC you will need your unit CO to give you a recommendation. Also, you can get a nomination through the NROTC program.</p>
<p>However, there is a limit of only 20 USNA appointments, nationwide, which can come through NROTC and that number includes Junior NROTC (high school). In other words, this path is even more competitive than the normal process. That might be where this idea of difficulty comes from.</p>
<p>Also, if a person already has an NROTC scholarship and is in college, I do wonder why they would want to start college all over again at USNA. After all, yes, both lead to a commission and in such a case, the NROTC will get you there faster. Only makes sense if you just gotta have that “academy experience.”</p>
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I could be mistaken (often am) but I think the limitation of 20 applies to nominations that come from NROTC. I don’t think there is a cap on how many NROTC Mids can receive Appointments to the USNA with a MOC nomination. </p>
<p>@aglages
Correct. I guess I did not make that clear. NROTC mids can still go through their MOC, with the normal limitations.</p>
<p>I actually talked to one NROTC mid who thought that his only option for USNA was the NROTC nomination process and that he could no longer go through his MOC. I personally emailed USNA and they said that was not true; and that he should pursue all available nomination sources.</p>
From my interview with my blue and gold officer during the admissions process for the naval academy, he did mention to me that if you do get an ROTC scholarship if does make a difference on whether they will offer an appointment. He told me that if there were two kids who were about the same in academics, leadership, and physical ability but one had an rotc scholarship and the other didn’t, they would mostly likely offer the appointment to the kid without the rotc scholarship. This is because the other kid with an rotc scholarship already has a good opportunity whereas the other kid does not.
@jankuan
That is very interesting. Yet, I wonder how often that situation occurs – two equally qualified candidates, one with scholarship and the other without one, competing head to head for an appointment.
I suspect that most people who apply to USNA also apply for the NROTC scholarship. Seems like not applying for the scholarship would reflect a lack of firm commitment to a Naval career. They would have to be an otherwise stellar applicant, in my opinion.
I’ve never heard that getting a NROTC scholarship would be detrimental to receiving an appointment. They are 2 completely different boards that review the separate packets. My DS got a NROTC early for this cycle and has received his appointment to USNA. I think neither has a bearing on the other.
Agreed. All the BGOs, AOLs and MALOs that I’ve ever spoken to, or heard about actually recommend applying to BOTH the SA and the ROTC program. I would be amazed if a SA admission committee would consider this a detriment. It seems somebody has either misinterpreted what they’ve “heard” or a BGO is putting out incorrect information.