ROTC

Colleges and Universities A-Z James Madison University
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<p>I am strongly considering doing Army ROTC when I go to college. However, many of the resources that I've found are very vague with the whole application and scholarship process. Would anyone be able to tell me (with as much detail as possible) how, when and what I need to do to apply for JMU Army ROTC and how and what I need to do to apply for a scholarship? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’m going to be doing ROTC at JMU next year. The service academy forum, and Clarkson’s Golden Knight BTN blog are great resources.</p>

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<p>Start the application itself ASAP, I believe it opens in June sometime.</p>

<p><a href=“ROTC Scholarships | goarmy.com”>http://www.goarmy.com/rotc/high-school-students/four-year-scholarship.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Good luck on the application process, feel free to PM me if you have any questions.</p>

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<p>An Army ROTC staff recruiter told me that the scholarships are “locked” to individual colleges. In other words, you cannot take your scholarship wherever you want.</p>

<p>On the other hand, unlike Naval ROTC, you can be awarded more than one Army ROTC scholarship (each to different schools).</p>

<p>My advice, do not set your heart on James Madison. Pick at least five or six more colleges and apply to both those colleges and to their ROTC programs. If I am not mistaken, you have to interview with each ROTC program you hope to get a scholarship from. So, also don’t overload yourself. Be very targeted about the colleges you want. NOW IS THE TIME to start researching other colleges, so that you know what you want when you start the ROTC scholarship application process.</p>

<p>Also, since the ROTC scholarship covers 100% of tuition, there is absolutely no need to restrict yourself to state universities in your home state (presumably Virginia). You can attend almost any good college in America on the Army ROTC scholarship. Stretch a little. Apply to say, Wofford College in South Carolina or Tulane down in New Orleans. Both are private, and very good, and offer FREE room and board to all ROTC scholarship winners.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>That is not entirely correct. You only have to interview at one college, and it can be the closest college to you, or your top choice college. I personally interviewed at JMU.</p>

<p>On the ROTC application page, you pick up to 7 colleges, and rank them in order of where you want to go. If you get a scholarship to a college, but want it somewhere else, you can apply to get it transferred by cadet command.</p>

<p>Make sure you look at colleges’ room and board costs and policies, because the AROTC scholarship covers tuition OR room and board, and only some colleges offer free room and board to ROTC candidates. </p>

<p>I agree with NROTCgrad, don’t overload yourself, and do your research on not only the school, but the ROTC program there. Don’t be afraid to contact the ROO at the ROTC programs that you would like to be a part of, in fact, its good to have contact with the ROTC BTN you would like to participate in. And finally, get your application in as soon as you can, so you can be on the first board. You can always update your profile later, for the later boards.</p>