<p>Is anyone doing ROTC?</p>
<p>If so what branch...</p>
<p>do you think it will really time consuming?</p>
<p>Go to OCS after you graduate. You really don't want to be one of the stuck up rotc kids that know absolutely nothing about military history.</p>
<p>636</p>
<p>It does consume some time. Most detachments have several morning PT sessions per week, a class, and a leadership lab. It can take a relatively modest amount of time, or it can be a main activity. It depends on what you put into it.</p>
<p>As for an academy vs OCS vs ROTC debate, I think it depends greatly on maturity. Each program can develop great leaders in various ways...or not-so-great leaders. Knowing what you do and do not know is more a sign of maturity to me than a sign of anything else.</p>
<p>The Academy route was my first choice. I got in but couldnot finish the DODMERB.</p>
<p>so I see ROTC as another path for me</p>
<p>what exactly do you mean "could not finish" the dodmerb?</p>
<p>were you disqualified?</p>
<p>I spent my Senior Second Semester overseas...They wanted me to come back to finish it. Since the trip was incredibly expensive I could not come back thus not being able to finish the DODMERB</p>
<p>i was in a unique position. i enlisted in the air force and then transferred over to the reserves. while in the reserves i was able to hook up with an afrotc detachment at a crosstown university while i was at a cc. </p>
<p>i start usc this fall and am transferring over to their detachment. it does consume a considerable amount of time, especially when you are an upperclassman. for me friday's are pretty much dedicated to rotc up until about 5 pm</p>
<p>as far as commissioning goes, rotc is by far the best way. it is a direct commission. going to ocs/ots is a long process. one of the officers in my current unit went to ots, but it took him 2 years after he graduated to finally get to ots. </p>
<p>with rotc you go to field training either before your jr. or sr. year and after you graduate from college, you automatically get your bars. the only problem with rotc that i have seen is that in the actual operational air force, they definately have a stigma, but that's trivial.</p>
<p>as far as comparisons go with army rotc and afrotc, i have noticed that the af is much more tight with their scholarship money than the army. there are very few type 1 full scholarships given out in afrotc (mainly to engineering majors). with army rotc all of their scholarships include full tuition (even to private schools).</p>
<p>Army ROTC here. It's fun stuff.</p>
<p>I will be doing Army ROTC at UNC-CH this year. From what I've been told by people I know is that its a class, lab and PT every other day. There is also a training exercise once a semester. WestPoint was one of my options at first but I decided I'd rather have a life than be in prison basically for two years.</p>
<p>i forgot to mention that another major difference from rotc and ots/ocs is that even though you fill out a dream sheet for job choices, your job is chosen for you in rotc. before you go to ots/ocs, you choose your own job based on availability</p>
<p>I was told by someone in ROTC that it is harder to study abroad your junior year due to the commitments. Not sure if its true, but it might be a consideration.</p>
<p>ROTC is a huge time commitment if you want it to be and stay active but past the 4 - 5 hours a week of class and PT its largely voluntary. Don't do ROTC unless you have a genuine desire to serve or think you may have one or odds are good you won't last in the program. It takes a certain amount of dedication and drive to make yourself wake up for early morning PT when all of your classmates are getting to stay up late and party. Think long and hard about the career you're embarking on if you decided to do ROTC, the military isn't a 9 - 5 job. That said, for me I know the military is the career I want to pursue, I'm really enjoying ROTC and can't wait to commission.</p>
<p>Is there any comment on the study abroad issue?</p>
<p>As I understand it, the summers between 3rd and 2nd class, and 2nd and 1st class are spent training. This would leave no time for "study abroad." However, after you get commissioned, there's a good chance you will not be in the country (if you don't want to be) over the next few years.</p>
<p>So... what's the issue? Go now, go later, same same.</p>
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<p>Study abroad is definitely possible in Air Force ROTC, but each branch and detachment handles it's program a little differently. You'd be best served by directly contacting the detachment at the school you're attending or going to be attending.</p>