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My son did not get a 4-yr scholarship, so he joined the Army Reserves and went to BCT right after HS graduation so he could do SMP. While there, we received notification he was awarded a 3-yr scholarship. His Reserves pay helped cover that first year of college. He ended up staying in the...

As my son gets closer to graduation in the next couple years, I realize I don't know how the whole Reserves Officer thing works. He is SMP with the Reserves, and took the GRFD scholarship. His current unit is near his college. So what happens after graduation? Does he become an officer in...

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with taking classes during a summer semester and if an ROTC scholarship will pay for it? When we asked our ROO, he said he doubted it would, but would have to see the updated 104R to give a firm answer.

Help! I was on this forum for a year when our son was trying to get a 4-yr scholarship last year. He did not get one. Plan B was to join the Army Reserves, do BCT this summer, start college/ROTC this fall, do AIT next summer, and do SMP beginning his sophomore year. He has been in BCT all...

Our son is enlisting in the Army Reserves (he does testing in a few days) so he can do SMP if his scholarship doesn't come through (his application has been complete since September, so this is Plan B.) Is joining the Reserves something we should try to get added to his AROTC scholarship...

It appears many here have received multiples offers from the different branches, AROTC, AFROTC and NROTC. Congratulations! I'm curious though, what will be your deciding factor on which to choose? My son has always been ARMY, ARMY, ARMY, so he didn't even want to apply to the others. If he...