<p>In my congressional interview, one interviewer told me about 3 year ROTC program that I should consider in case I don't make it into USNA. I'm a college freshman right now and I will most likely transfer into a different school anyway even if I don't get into USNA. Is this 3 year ROTC program available in most schools and is it too late for me to apply for them for the schools that I'm considering to transfer? I'm currently studying Journalism at University of Missouri at Columbia and plan to submit transfer apps to top notch Ivies, Stanford and Amherst. Also, how much scholarships do they usually grant? Any info is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>NROTC is very new to me, so I'm kind of confused at this point. Do all NROTC midshipmen receive full tuition scholarships for college? They said "Applicants selected from students already attending or accepted by colleges with NROTC programs" so if they give it to only a few, then how selective is this program? Do we apply before or after we enroll for college? I'm really interested but right now it seems really perplexing.</p>
<p>It really is all explained on that website, except the numbers and competitiveness won't be there. For 4-year NROTC scholarships, this year is supposed to be down to around 700 nation-wide. I have no idea how many 3-yr and 2-yr are made available per year, but I'm sure they are quite competitive.</p>
<p>Each Unit (1 main college plus cross-town affiliates in most cases) has a quota, so even if you get your first choice unit, changeing to another unit later can exceed their quotas resulting in losing your scholarship unless you take the original assigned scholarship.</p>
<p>The numbers are always getting shuffled.</p>
<p>$$ wise...4-yr scholarships cover tuition and fees, books and then they pay you enough of a stipend to cover most school's room and board. I assume the 3-yr and 2-yr scholarships are similar.</p>
<p>green09: I can understand your situation -- been there, and it is confusing. Here's what I know:</p>
<p>Not all NROTC midshipmen are on scholarship. You can enroll in NROTC without receiving a scholarship, and it is possible that you will then become eligible for a scholarship for your upperclass years as a result of good performance (academic and military.) For someone interested in pursuing a commission after graduation, NROTC, even without a scholarship, is an excellent opportunity.</p>
<p>A subset of NROTC students in each unit receive scholarships. The scholarship application process asks you to identify a set of schools you intend to apply to (and rank order them in preference.) You might get an offer of a scholarship to one of these schools long before you even know if you are accepted! It is important to understand that the scholarship is SPECIFIC to a given unit, as Dad2B decribes. Exercising the scholarship is contingent on acceptance to the school or a cross town affiliate. </p>
<p>HOWEVER: if you are not accepted to a school served by the unit that offered your scholarship, you MUST request that the scholarship be transfered to a school you ARE accepted to. There may not be any scholarship openings at that school, so you can be put on a waitlist. </p>
<p>My kid's experience:
-Received an NROTC scholarship to school A but was waitlisted there.
- Later offered admission at school A, but had already decided to attend School B
- Asked to transfer scholarship to School B, but B did not have a scholarship open
- Got put on a waitlist for a scholarship at School B
- A few weeks later, after everyone's admissions, transfer and declination decisions were made, was offered the scholarship spot at School B. </p>
<p>It was late June before this was finalized, but kid could have joined the battalion at School B without a scholarship and reapply the following year. This whole process would have been a nightmare if the scholarship was the only way to afford School B!</p>
<p>If you are in the middle of applying to a number of Ivies as an alternate to USNA next year -- contact your local NROTC recuiter and ask about opportunities. I don't see any info on the NROTC site about 3-year scholarships, but you never know until you ask. Even if you can't get a 3 year scholarship, you could join NROTC for your sophomore year and apply for one of the available 2 year scholarships for your junior and senior year.</p>
<p>Since the scholarship covers 100% of tuition (paid directly to the university) thats a lot of $$ if you go to an Ivy. The monthly stipend is paid directly to you and it MAY pay for room and board, but probably not completely. Even at our local state school, the stipend that 1st year NROTC kids get only covers about 1/2 of typical room & board charges.</p>
<p>There are some schools that will grant room/board to NROTC 4 year recipients. USD has this offer and there are several other schools that do as well.</p>
<p>Has anyone else heard bout their NROTC scholarships because it seems like my son and only one other person have heard anything. Don't most students apply for the NROTC in addition to the academy?</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, this is very informative. Could you evaluate my chances for NROTC scholarship at least based on 4-year NROTC? (I don't know if it is different depending on schools I apply, and if it is, I'm applying to top-notch schools nationwide)
I wouldn't need an NROTC money here as I am already on a full-ride (although without books and housing) although I still pay only about $3000 max per semester. I'm sure I would definitely need it everywhere else.
My resume in a nutshell
High School GPA: 4.36
High School Class Rank: top 5% of very competitive public
SAT I: 1410 (630, 780) SAT II: 760, 730 APs: Mostly 5s but 4s in European History, US Gov't and English (Self-studied for 1/2 of APs taken)
College GPA: I think the minimum I would get this semester is 3.94
Sports: (to-be) 3rd Degree Black belt in Feb. in Martial Arts
Varsity Ice Hockey in Boys HS team (I'm a girl)
I had about 20+ clubs HS and had leadership positions in a lot of them, primary interest being Debate (Runner-up State and Nat'l Q) and Model UN(secretariat and best speaker, etc).
Many awards, most prestigious being Glory of Missouri award by MO House of Representatives
Others: I am(or like to think I am) a history buff and in my recommendations last year, my teacher who is a history dept. chair rated me mostly "best few in career" rankings so I'm counting on good recs and I'm confident I can surivive best political science programs.
Schools accepted after HS: Boston College (with half FA scholarship) and WashU</p>
<p>Very nice resume! What organization are you in for MA? I'm getting my 3rd degree B-belt in May in the ATA.</p>
<p>Thanks Hornetguy. I practice Taekwondo, obviously a 2nd degree right now but I've taken it since I was 8. Unfortuantely, Mizzou doesn't have any TKD organizations and lack a lot of club opportunities I like to see despite its huge student number but I want to compete competitively at another college.</p>
<p>I'm a TKD person too, been doing it since I was 10. I started it to help me get into the Academies, yes I was a strange little kid. :D </p>
<p>Competition is so much fun, if I had time I'd love to do it again this year. If you get to compete, I'm sure you'll love it too!</p>
<p>Thinking about service academies admission factors at age 10? Damn...haha I think I'd really love competing competitively in college... Right now it's mostly teaching little (or really old) people without any competition so it can get kind of boring at times.</p>
<p>lol, I know what you mean. I cut my weekday teaching to make more room for homework. I only teach 3 hours on Saturdays now. Leaves room for my job and internship, I figure 7 years means I can do other things.</p>
<p>Teaching can get very old with boring groups...</p>
<p>For competing, would you be more interested in sparring for forms? Or weapons?</p>
<p>Def. sparring... lol haven't done much with weapons and forms are just about doing a lot of the picky things. Sparring definitely has more action and competitiveness I think. You? And yeah, I teach usually weekends for couple hours(pretty much whenever I have time) but sometimes it's not the most fun thing in the world</p>
<p>I'm a weapons and Forms person, have a couple titles. Only lately have I edged up my sparring, mainly cause I'm in much better shape now.</p>
<p>I love forms, I'm a precision person, like style too. Weapons I'm in love with. My closet is filled with nunchukus, sticks, staff, sam dam bong, sai, and I use the school's sword when I'm there. My friend and I run our demo team, so I get to have fun with the weapons A LOT. So much fun. My favorite thing to do are fight scenes with sticks/samdambongs/staffs. Looks so fancy. haha, I'm rambling here.</p>
<p>green09 - I live in Columbia (I'm still in high school) - do you apply through the congressmen here?! That would mean there are at least 5 of us competing for the same spot (ok, ok i realize that's not a lot compared to, like, Texas and California, but still, last year I thought there were only two of us and the number keeps growing...)</p>
<p>Why do you want to transfer from MU?</p>
<p>green09: to your question about chances for 4 years based on your credentials. From what I can tell, your record is quite similar to my kid's. Received a 4 year NROTC scholarship to Duke. Seriously: If you haven't done it yet, call your NROTC recruiter (or just apply online and the recruiter will call you!) Applying for NROTC won't in any way hurt your chances at USNA (in fact it helps -- shows how serious you are about becoming an officer.)</p>
<p>Thanks oiixxg. and Marmadillo, I am in fact a MU student, but my permanent residency is at 2nd district or St. Louis county so I apply through Rep. Todd Akin. I do believe we are at competition for Senatorial though!</p>
<p>Anyone else want to comment on my chances? I'm definitely calling up NROTC tomorrow. yay~</p>
<p>Chances look good. I don't know if its too late for particularly competitive schools. My son was told by his BGO that it was a good thing to apply for NROTC because it demonstrates committment to military service. He applied in June and even though he hasn't received an LOA, he recieved the 4 yr. nrotc scholarship last month.</p>
<p>It is true that the scholarship offers for some of the most competitive schools are extended in Nov/Dec (thus the problem of not knowing if you are accepted there yet) but it is also true that, since there is no commitment until you show up for orientation in August, scholarships may stay in flux. If I'm remembering correctly, there were actually scholarship $$ still available in Sept of '04, and there were students who were extended scholarship offers up to the Sept. 30 deadline (apparently that was the deadline to spend the money!) The point is, its never too late to try, and if necessary, get on the waitlist, keep calling, etc.</p>