<p>Can anyone clarify current policy for me- My daughter has received a Army ROTC Scholarship to one school, which requires her to sign an acceptance letter by 17 DEC. This week she recieved an appointment to West Point. She has not made a decision on what she wants to do.<br>
I have told her, sign the ROTC Acceptance Letter and send it in to keep that option open; if she later accepts the West Point option, she will not be liable to ROTC. IS this correct?</p>
<p>Once your daughter accepts an appointment to USMA, your daughter is going to USMA.
If your daughter still wants to have an option of going ROTC, she might have to work it out with that specific school’s MS professor or representative.
but when you have USMA appointment, why not going with USMA? :D</p>
<p>eodltc: You are correct. Your daughter can accept her AROTC scholarship now and hold off on making a decision about the USMA appointment until the due date on her letter (probably about May 1st). Good luck to both of you!</p>
<p>but remember one thing… accepting other’s ROTC slot that you are not going to use later(possibly) is somewhat selfish thing to do… ROTC school needs to know who is really committed to come as well!</p>
<p>Forget about “accepting other’s ROTC slot that you are not going to use later”. The AROTC offers more scholarships than they have with the full knowledge and expectation that some students will not accept them. Both the USMA and AROTC want you to take your time and make the correct decision for YOU. That is one of the reasons they allow you so much time to consider your options. If you don’t use your AROTC scholarship there are kids standing in line waiting for it…both before college (High School) and students already in college that have joined AROTC without a scholarship. Take your time and make the RIGHT decision for YOU.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments- the system is what it is. My daughter has not made a decision but has to accept her ROTC scholarship this week to keep it, and make her decision on USMA later.
As a 27 year Army Officer with the deployments and battle scars to prove it, I think I know what is selfish and what is prudent decision making. I don’t view this as selfish- my daughter will come to a decision within the next couple months (after an overnight visit to USMA) and will take appropriate actions to free up one or the other opportunities with plenty of time for someone to be given a slot to either.
Thanks</p>
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Good move. It is not selfish - it is prudent. This is how the system is set up and how it works. If she were to turn down the scholarship now she probably would not be able to get it back. If she decides to accept her appointment she can turn the scholarship back at that point.
Good luck to her.</p>
<p>i agee wit eodltc … I am sure most in the Army (and you have more expereince than I ) would recommend USMA… but they want dedicated officers and if ROTC is the individuals prefered path --the Army (the ultimate client) will work with it.</p>
<p>As eodltc, probably knows another myth that I like to bust is that the army is some sort of robotatron machine (i have heard it called the green machine–but ) …I think accepting and then looking at USMA is a good idea</p>
<p>Also, for others without the ROTC idea in mind… we did accept and then slowly let go our sons back up option (graduate usma 2010) --even though he only wanted usma --and did prep at nmmi to get there… It cost us about $1000 at UT-austin…but thought that was good insurance</p>