I actually think Contracting is taken way to casually at most Battalions, per what I have read here over the past three years.
A cadet is committing to (AROTC) four years of active duty if on scholarship and three if not scholarship. And that's about all most know. However, if you sit down and actually read the "Scholarship Cadet ROTC Contract", you learn that a scholarship cadet who washes out (grades, DOR, failure to pass APFT, wreckless driving, getting drunk on campus, etc.) incurs a repayment obligation to the Army of all the scholarship, book, Subsistence money, specialized summer training, etc. the Army has paid the University and cadet during that time.
That is a HUGE deal, and I am really dumbfounded that some Battalions take this contract signing as casually as they do, and that they do not go over all the parts of the Contract carefully before a cadet signs it. I almost think that the contract signing should be notarized, the way most important legal contracts are, such as entering escrow for a home purchase, or getting a marriage license, with special instructions to the notary to make sure the cadet has actually read the contract they're signing.