<p>I'm a rising senior from Maryland interested in Harvard. My grades are solid, not half as spectacular as some of the people on here, but I was wondering what type of people Harvard is looking for in their ROTC candidates. Are they going to accept candidates who are more "Harvard material" so to speak, and shape them into soldiers, or would they accept a relatively well qualified academic candidate into their ROTC program? If anybody has any information, that would well appreciated.</p>
<p>ROTC students still have to go to MIT for the program. I don't think Harvard looks for anything different from ROTC applicants than from other applicants or tries to shape them differently.</p>
<p>skunk,</p>
<p>You will have to be accepted to any university before ROTC can offer you a scholarship. It won't really help with Admissions. On the other hand, you may want to consider looking at the service academies. If you are academically strong enough to consider Ivies with leadership roles in your EC's, you could have an incredible opportunity open to you.</p>
<p>I am looking at the service academies, but I just wanted to keep my options open with ROTC. Harvard is probably definitely a reach for me, but a friend of my family's who is a product of NROTC and currently a Marine Colonel said it would be easy to get into tougher schools by applying as an ROTC candidate.</p>
<p>And when I say "the service academies", I mean I'm applying to the Naval Academy. Having lived in Annapolis my whole life, I'd rather die a slow and painful death than go Army.</p>
<p>And you'll all be on the same team after graduation, no matter which SA or ROTC program you choose. Best of luck to you!</p>