<p>I hope someone can help me out with this:
I am currently a junior at a private high school in northern virginia, I have a 3.8 GPA and 1300+ on SAT's Math and Verbal. I have leadership positions and good EC's, also around a 290 on fitness test. Do I have a chance of getting a marine corps nrotc scholarship at either virginia tech or VMI. Thanks so much</p>
<p>We sound like a pretty strong candidate to me. Play any sports?</p>
<p>Yeah I do varisty cross country 2 years varsity track 2 years j.v. beaseball 2 years and play rec league basketball.</p>
<p>Well- there are no guarantees in life but you sound like a very solid candidate all around. good luck</p>
<p>Yes, you sound like a very good candidate. Begin working on your scholarship this Spring. It is good to get your scholarship recommendations at the end of your Jr. year from teachers who have known you as a student this year. If you wait until sr. year, your Jr. Eng. teacher may have forgotten some things about you and your Sr. Eng. teacher won't really know you that well yet. That way you can get your entire app. package together over the summer and submit it early senior yr. My S had his NROTC interview just a few weeks after his jr. year ended.</p>
<p>I am going to be a senior i just applied for nrotc Marine option. what are my chances of getting a scholarship with the following facts
took the ACT 3 times i got a 26, 27, and 27 with math ranging from a 22 to 26 and english 26 to 27 and science 29
4.2 GPA out of 5 points but grades are not consistent i have recieved A’s B’s and some C’s
did cross country every year, Gymnastics for 2 years, and Track for 1 year after quitting gymnastics
held 3 jobs for any where ranging from 6 months to over a year
I am in decent shape
want to major in Construction Engineering or maybe civil engineering
I have no class rank</p>
<p>Do i stand a Good chance of Getting any scholarship?</p>
<p>keydet’s counsel is sound. No guarantees in this game. Every year’s process stands on its own bottom, with previous patterns not always prevailing. It depends on the competition in the pool. </p>
<p>The “good” you can count on is “good luck” as you march down this road. It’s so encouraging knowing that despite the culture you’ve grown up in, you’ve already overcome that. And that too is “good.”</p>
<p>Let me encourage all of you who post to this wonderful and helpful board: “what are my chances?” …that the ultimate master of your destiny is YOU. We can support YOU, but only YOU can make the contacts that count, take the classes you need, work the sport and leadership committments you must, write all the essays, ask for letters of recommendation, sit for the interviews, etc…all in the quest to serve your country as a commissioned military officer.</p>
<p>If anyone is interested in MCROTC I would encourage you all to get on the web - </p>
<p>[Marine</a> Officer - NROTC](<a href=“http://officer.marines.com/marine/making_marine_officers/commissioning_programs/nrotc]Marine”>Become a Marine Corps Officer | Marines)</p>
<p>check out all the information. Contact the local person you are directed to. Be persistent in making contact with this person. Show interest, dedication, determination and a willingness to persevere. And above all do you in humility - the kind of quiet confidence, servant-minded but hard-core balance that makes our Marines the best of the best. </p>
<p>It CAN be done!</p>
<p>Since you are posting on this USNA site - I assume you are also considering USNA. Go for everything…if you are in high school then do all the USNA paperwork concurrently with ROTC stuff. You will discover the amount of work you have to put in to all this is enormous. I always told my kids who were applying to colleges and all the scholarship opportunities ( and my 5 all went directly to college, all with major fundings…our last is a Firstie now at USNA) to think of this as a part-time job. It will consume that much of your out of class-time.</p>
<p>If you need help and/or questions answered - always start with the source…and use places like this one as a secondary source. We are not the deciders of your future- you and the school/program you apply to are. But all of us are more than happy to support you on your journey.</p>
<p>Good luck! and God bless you all.</p>