AFROTC for yrs has made it incredibly difficult, almost impossible to change from STEM to non-tech, I would say at least 4-5 yrs.
Another reason to stress to candidates that if they are using STEM because 85% of scholarships for AF/NROTC recipients have this to re-think it if they believe they can after the 1st semester change to business and keep the scholarship.
Chances are in this day and age of budget constraints they will say NO.
I suspect the attrition rate will drop drastically, not only due to changing majors, but the inability to maintain the gpa required.
My curiosity is more about AROTC since their cgpa is much lower than sister services, but their cut in troop sizes are much higher due to the DOD budget.
Can they maintain a 2.0 cgpa for scholarship recipients, or will they push it up? Will they go to the 85% STEM like AF/NROTC? Will they go to something like NROTC where as their end of soph yr they need to be on scholarship? Will they do AFROTC where end of soph yr you must attend field training to become a POC?
Maybe they will do none of this, maybe they will do parts of it, maybe they will do their own thing. I don't know. I am just a citizen like all of us, and wondering how the Army will downsize 15% in manpower from their current AD level.
I know it seems like I am dogging on AROTC, I am not. I am thinking about this as a parent, like gojira, and feel that before you as a candidate makes a choice, or you as parent believes you have 4 yrs of college paid for to understand that both gojira and I have seen as parents kids within months get their commissioning revoked and for gojira as she stated in other posts it is just not about emotionally hugging her child and moving on.
For me this is not A/AF/NROTC, it is about understanding there is no guarantee. NONE.
Crap happens...1 bad semester gpa, low PFT, and it can equate to 4 yrs of a different life after graduation.
We as parents want the best for our kids, but sometimes we as parents are naive.
One thing anyone in the AD world will say is TIMING is EVERYTHING. Imagine gojira if he was born 2 yrs earlier, this wouldn't have been issue. It may be hard for him to understand, but with time comes wisdom, and he and you will realize it wasn't about what he knew or how good he was at it, it was poor timing for him with the Navy. I hope that helps.