<p>From an IU admissions specialist:</p>
<p>Thank you for your interest in Indiana University. We do not include scholarships in our admissions decision, but I can give a bit of guidance for how you should proceed. Based upon the information you provide here, you would not be a strong candidate for admission at this point. Your military training will give you some college credit, but we would most likely require some classroom work at a community college for 2 semesters before being able to consider you for admission as a transfer student. Generally, we require that students not admissible based on their high school record complete 26 credits before we will consider only their college record and not consider high school grades or test scores. I know this would delay your attendance at IU by a year, but at this point it is probably the best option at this point. If you have additional questions, you can write back or call me at 812-856-3967 and I can discuss your situation in more depth.</p>
<p>Delaying college for yet another year (three years since high school) is not something I want to do because:</p>
<p> I have a critical MOS and if Im not in a ROTC program, Ill likely get deployed which will certainly derail my plans of going to college and becoming an officer.
I may lose my scholarship if Im not going to use it for a year while Im at some community college and Im not sure if it is transferrable.
Im simply tired of waiting and watching my college friends grow more distant. </p>
<p>Before I joined the military I tried to acquire some college credits from Ivy Tech. Unfortunately, there was some error with my name and SSN not matching and my FASFA didnt get corrected before classes started so I couldnt attend.</p>
<p>I know IU is a servicemember opportunity college (SOC member) and recognizes CLEP and DANTES. Im thinking that may be a way to help accumulate some needed credits. The admissions specialist also mentioned my military training would transfer into credits, but he probably meant I wouldnt have to go through the first two years of military science in the ROTC. That would only grant me about four credits. I would rather do the first two years because I want to work myself up as a leader in the battalion, and those years are actually pretty fun.</p>
<p>I keep hearing the idea of transferring, but being a first-gen I really dont understand how the process works. From the looks of things, I stand a better chance of being admitted to a university like Ball State or IUPUI. While neither have the major I wish to pursue, at least they both have ROTC programs. If only for a year, I could be involved in ROTC while taking core classes that would transfer to IU, then the idea doesnt sound bad at all. However, Im not sure how transfers work or if my scholarship would support it.</p>
<p>Contacting the ROTC staff, ARNG scholarship POC, and even my recruiter are on my to-do list. Perhaps by fate I received an email yesterday from Military.com titled Guide to Using Your Military Education Benefits. I remember some topics on military adults going to college that I would like to discuss with military personnel.</p>