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    NROTC Marine option Vs. PLC

    I can probably foot the bill or largely if he can get into one of our state schools (California) since we avoid the 3X out-of-state tuition costs. His Early Decision school and obviously top choice is CSU CAL Maritime. So if he doesn't get the NROTC/MO but still gets in to that school, he is...
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    NROTC Marine option Vs. PLC

    "Many of them urge youngsters to enlist to improve their chances of getting a scholarship - DO NOT buy that pitch.:" Yes that must be it exactly. We are working with a Staff Sergeant with title of SNCOIC for the Marines Recruiting Sub-Station in El Cajon (ie, San Diego). Their office...
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    NROTC Marine option Vs. PLC

    So much to learn. You summed up what I have been recently reading about (side load, college programmer, etc). Okay I thought PLC required or meant that he was enlisting in the Marine Reserves. His recruiter talked about marine boot camp in summer '17 so I thought it was connected. My son...
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    NROTC major

    That reply was fast! I feel stupid for even asking because it took all of two minutes cuddling with Google to find that page. Thanks though!
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    NROTC major

    In the attempt to not derail this thread, my son and I had a similar question regarding majors. He has chosen Mechanical Engineering as his first choice but one of the colleges he is looking at does not have that major but they do have Engineering Physics. Looking at the course catalog they...
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    NROTC Marine option Vs. PLC

    Sorry to kick this old thread but as a confused parent I need to get some advice or more importantly, my son does. My son recently applied for NROTC. At this point the application has been completed and he went through the early board interviews. He has been working with a Marine recruiter to...
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