<p>There is one constant in the Army - that is change.<br>
The three year scholarship is “almost” better than nothing.<br>
Ask if she would be contracted and still receive the book allowance and monthly stipend. If not - then it’s no different than showing up freshman year and scheduling the ROTC class.
Also - you might want to ask if there is a chance later in the spring it can be converted to a 4 year; i.e. if one of the 4 year winners backs out.</p>
<p>I <em>could</em> be that they had 10 excellent candidates but only a few slots. The top candidates got the 4 year scholarship and the others got a 3-year.</p>
<p>Just checked the AFROTC scholarship site and my daughter’s status has changed to the following:</p>
<p>“Your application met the board and you were not selected for a scholarship. However, based on your rank on the board, your application will be meeting the next board. You will be receiving written confirmation via mail within the next few weeks.”</p>
<p>Hopefully anybody else that is waiting will have better luck. Happy Holidays!</p>
<p>Hi Aglages, since this is an ongoing discussion with the battallion I will PM you with an update. If anyone else has the 3-year AD show up instead of the 4-year, let me know and I’ll share what I know.</p>
<p>Our child received the same message on the AF ROTC page. Does anyone know the success rate of applicants who are referred to the next board?</p>
<p>post from aglages:</p>
<p>"Just checked the AFROTC scholarship site and my daughter’s status has changed to the following:</p>
<p>“Your application met the board and you were not selected for a scholarship. However, based on your rank on the board, your application will be meeting the next board. You will be receiving written confirmation via mail within the next few weeks.”</p>
<p>Hopefully anybody else that is waiting will have better luck. Happy Holidays! "</p>
<p>sixmcc: Don’t know if it helps, but on another forum every person (except possibly one) that was awarded a AFROTC scholarship from the December board also had applied to the Air Force Academy. If nothing else, they should have been about as strong of candidates as will apply for AFROTC. Many (most) of the Air Force Academy candidates also apply to AFROTC as a “safety” in case they do not get accepted into the AFA. If your child is in the “Average Scores of Recipients” range on the Academic Requirements section of the following link, I think he/she has a very good chance in the next couple of boards. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Why do people want to join the army? Yeah I here the whole serve your country blah blah blah. But honestly don’t people think the country would be better served by having more doctors or teachers than military men? </p>
<p>Joining the military seems like a waste of a brain.</p>
I’m sure people join for mostly patriotic reasons, but some probably join to get away from unappreciative and self centered elitists. Just a guess…</p>
<p>Josh158 is not required to have actual knowledge of ROTC before posting. After all, he has “close” freinds that he thinks are in ROTC for the “fake set of ranks that you pin to your shirt”.</p>
<p>Ahhh! Christmas vacation. Time for the ■■■■■■ with nothing else better to do to come out and try to bait the rest of us.</p>
<p>Too bad that they don’t know that many Emergency Room techniques and protocols that save many a life were developed by Military Doctors trained by the Military. Yup, the Military is a waste and contributes nothing to the society (other than protecting the right to ■■■■■ on CC).</p>
<p>And those drills and boring lessons… Why would you ever want a trained and disciplined military force? Uh huh. </p>
<p>"But ROTC just adds more stress to your life. it’s better they focus on their school work. "</p>
<p>I was opposed to my S joining ROTC when he first mentioned it. He joined as a junior in college, and qualified for a 2 year scholarship. I now believe that ROTC actually helped him become the man he is today. He is more focused, more organized, and much less self absorbed. He is using skills he learned in ROTC in a combat zone as we speak. He will be promoted to First Lieutenant on Jan. 4, has a staff working for him, and is doing some amazing work in Baghdad.</p>
<p>So Josh, please do not speak of something you know nothing about. ROTC is a much better activity in college than beer-pong. Was it a waste of time? Not for my son.</p>
<p>ROTC also encourages physical fitness. That is something that is much more valuable than many other college activities as well.</p>
<p>Okay I have to step in to defend beer-pong. Beer-pong builds character and team spirit probably just as much as any athletic endeavor does. A good beer-pong team requires that two partners have each others back and know what sequence of cups to hit and when. </p>
<p>So don’t go around insulting beer pong. The next thing you’ll say is that marijuana is bad too.</p>
<p>And I doubt ROTC is that great. People are always commenting on how the military builds discipline but I proffer that education can as well. School certainly instilled in me work ethic and dedication when I was up to two in the morning studying for finals. And I do think that one’s mind would be much better cultivated by reading and studying rather than in pursuit of a some combat readiness or whatever it is that ROTC teaches.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that he didn’t participate in a game of beer pong or two…;)</p>
<p>On a relative scale of valuable college extracurricular activities, beer-pong is rated below ROTC for Josh’s benefit. S may have developed some skills there as well, but unable to use them now because of the no-alcohol policy where he is currently living.</p>
<p>By the way, he studied as well. Graduated with a dual degree, and will continue his studies after his military tour (4 years). I’m not worried about his mind being cultivated…the two activities (ROTC & education) are not mutually exclusive.</p>
Yup all those time management skills you failed to develop not being in ROTC, sure came in handy. I’m sure your beer pong teammate appreciated your dedication throughout the term.</p>
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I’m amazed how an alleged Yalie can make such an argument. Since you clearly lack any knowledge about what education and training goes on in ROTC, how can you say that it is inferior to generic reading and studying, considering some of the stuff that passes for academic pursuit at college today.</p>
<p>You do a great disservice to Yale by continuing to post such stuff. Take your ■■■■■■■■ someplace else, please.</p>
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It is called a country with laws restricting the use of alcoholic beverages. It is considered culturally sensitive to respect the laws of a country that you are trying to bring stability to. To address your sarchasm, some people choose to be serious about dealing with the world, some just choose to be smug about their own selfish, secure (by the efforts of others) piece of entitlement.</p>
<p>Sweetie, this post is a perfectly clear indication of how woefully uninformed you are. Run along now and find a thread where you can actually make a meaningful contribution to the topic.</p>