How do you guys do it? I plan on being pre med, I'll be taking classes like Calc, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc.
Engineering, Pre Med and other students with hard majors who do ROTC, how do you manage time?
Also is it possible to do ROTC, college and have a part time job on the side by the campus? I might work 15-20 hours a week?
I'm just worried about managing it all my freshmen year. I don't know it seems like doing ROTC, College and Working will be hard to manage.
I WAS a engineering major and Army ROTC. I was also playing college baseball. Unfortunately it was too much, I had time to do work, Army, and play ball; but no time to sleep or eat. (Literally ate 1 time a day). I lost 27lbs in 1 semester.
The ROTC program at my old school was moderate to light in terms of hours devoted to ROTC, PT Monday-Thursday. One class a week and no labs (bc we were a satellite school)
After one semester I transferred my scholarship to another school where my major switched to computer science but the ROTC program is in the top 10% of the country. PT 5 days a week (6 days if you mess up or are put on corrective pt) 3.5 hour lab, 2 hour class, along with details, color guards for sports, and "optional" classes.
It did become a lot easier but I did have to give up something I loved. It really depends on the ROTC program. Originally I could have been fine, there are plenty of athletes in ROTC that even might be engineering majors, but my baseball coach and my PMS did not get along, making it impossible because I can only be at one place at one time.
If you have the desire to be an officer and you are passionate about you're major you will be okay. Just plan out everything, give you're self enough time to do you're work. Remember the Military wants you to do well in college, grades come first.
The best tips I can give you are...
-Be organized (time management skills)
-prioritize you're tasks (realistically)
-When it gets hard, stop what you're doing and take 5 minutes to remind yourself what and why you are doing what you're doing
-Embrace the suck, have fun with it