<p>My son is considering applying for an ROTC scholarship at Lafayette. If he receives the scholarship, Lehigh would be his ROTC "host" school and he'd come to Lehigh for batallion training, etc. </p>
<p>Considering that Lehigh's ROTC housing probably supports a tight-kint group and rivalry between these two schools is legendary, I have to wonder if Laf cadets are on equal footing in the batalion.</p>
<p>Can anyone describe the culture of Lehigh/Laf ROTC? Is it balanced? Cliquey? Cohesive? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I doubt ROTC would allow cliquish behavior or rivalry since that goes against the military model. Besides, the rivalry between Lehigh and Lafayette is friendly; we aren’t talking street gangs. Your son should be fine. It might even be fun for him to leave campus (Lafayette is small) and meet students from another nearby university.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. </p>
<p>After looking around some more, I learned that the Lehigh ROTC program includes 12 schools: Laf, Lehigh, and 10 others. It’s not just Laf and Lehigh, which is what made me nervous. </p>
<p>No worries. :)</p>