<p>First of all, I am super excited because it is my first post on CC!</p>
<p>For a long time, I have wanted to join ROTC. (It is a big goal for me.) So I have heard, many of these elite schools (including Yale :]) have tried to get ROTC students to their school.</p>
<p>If I am a freshman in high school right now, regardless of the other components of my application, will ROTC still considered to be a hook in years to come?</p>
<p>It’s not a hook now. It’s a program which Yale has re-instituted to allow its ROTC students to not have to travel to another campus for ROTC training. For Yale, it’s another feature to attract certain students. But there certainly is no shortage of students who may take this option.</p>
<p>BTW: you shouldn’t just “want to join ROTC” but instead, train to become a leader of men & women at a time of (reduced) war.</p>