<p>I just submitted my NROTC scholarship but I'm doubting that I'll recieve it because I feel less qualified that most other applicants and I have a tier three major. I was wondering how difficult it is to join NROTC in college if you don't have a scholarship? Because I'm very interested in joining the Navy after college.</p>
<p>It is not too difficult to join the NROTC in college without a scholarship. After you find out whether you have received a scholarship you might want to call the NROTC office at the colleges you are considering and ask them what the process is for joining their unit.</p>
<p>Thank you so much (: you eased my mind a little.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, why would you join NROTC without a scholarship? I wouldnt. I’d go OCS if that was the case.</p>
<p>so you dont have to do ocs? and there always the possibility of picking up a scholarship while in nrotc, although that has become tougher to do as of late</p>
<p>1390- I’m not quite sure what you’re asking. OCS is for people to get a commission who did not do ROTC or a service academy. My perspective is doing ROTC without a scholarship is just silly. Why give up that time and effort when the military is only paying you a fraction of what it pays people who are doing the exact same thing on scholarship? This is especially silly when you can just go to OCS after you graduate and get E-5 pay and get it done in 12 weeks.</p>
<p>its really not that much effort. 1 uniform day per week, 1-2 days of pt. who cares if you get a scholarship</p>
<p>You’re right, it’s not that much effort, but why do the same amount of effort as scholarship folks and not get the benefits of it? It’s like working the same job as the guy in the cubicle next to you and only getting paid minimum wage when he’s making six figures. There’s absolutely no advantage to going to NROTC over OCS when you don’t get a scholarship.</p>
<p>1390hopeful you are right- there is an advantage to going to NROTC even if you don’t get selected for a scholarship. As a College program midshipman you will start drawing a Stipend worth approximately $5000/yr for your Junior and Senior years, plus you are eligible to compete for 3 and 2 year scholarships; and You will get commissioned immediately upon graduation.</p>
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interesting perspective. There happens to be a biblical parable about the exact same circumstance… about a land owner who hired one worker early in the morning, another at mid-day, and another in the afteroon. At the end of the day, he paid all of them the same full day wage. </p>
<p>in the end, if the early morning working is getting his/her just wages, what difference does it make if the land owner gives extra pay to the workers he hired later? Equity is not sameness.</p>
<p>i wouldnt want to go to ocs. i’d much rather play navy for a couple years and get commissioned right after. plus you get to hang with a quality group of people in the unit and develop friendships that will last your career and more. not saying that you cant do that at ocs but just sayin :)</p>
<p>Dunnin - thanks for the parable, very interesting. You’re correct that equity isn’t sameness and everyone is getting paid justly, however, the smartest guy is the one who did the least work and got the same result. It pays to be smarter than the other guy sometimes.</p>
<p>1390 - I dont know what your background is, but based on your screen name and your comments, I’m guessing that you don’t have much experience with commissioning sources. “Playing navy for a couple years” gets you nothing. No brownie points, no gold star in your record, not a thing. So if you dont get anything for it, why would you want to do it? If you just want the satisfaction of putting on a uniform, that’s your choice and everyone is entitled to do whatever they want. </p>
<p>Your friendships you develop throughout your career are not limited to the folks you went to college with. In fact, I’m closer with the guys that I served with on a ship in wartime, than guys I sat in next to in a classroom. Each commissioning source pumps out officers that are all equally prepared and competent. I’ve known superstars from OCS and I’ve known turds from the Academy and ROTC. There is no “quality group of people” as you say, just all folks with equal potential to succeed as leaders when those butter bars get pinned on. After all, that’s what really matters, not whether someone got an A on a navigation test, can march around with a rifle, or do a few extra pushups at 5am.</p>
<p>Hard work makes you a good officer, not your commissioning source.</p>