AROTC Engineering

Noot

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I received a 4 year AROTC scholarship to Virginia Tech, and on the letter they sent me, it said that my Academic Discipline was Engineering. I heard from Virginia Tech that I got into the school, but did not get into the School of Engineering. What does this mean for me? Is my scholarship still valid?
 
If it helps, my second choice major for Virginia Tech was Physics, after General Engineering
 
What will be your major? So long as it is a "TECH" major (essentially the same as STEM), there should not be a problem.

Physics should definitely do it. Simply tell your detachment what your major is once it is finalized.
 
I received a 4 year AROTC scholarship to Virginia Tech, and on the letter they sent me, it said that my Academic Discipline was Engineering. I heard from Virginia Tech that I got into the school, but did not get into the School of Engineering. What does this mean for me? Is my scholarship still valid?

http://rotc.unlv.edu/Cadet Forms/High School Scholarship Application.pdf

Go to pages 17-18

According to this, the majors are grouped into academic disciplines. Physics and Chemistry are not in the same group as Engineering. I know this because DS looked at switching from Chemical Engineering to Chemistry. He could have switch from ChemE to MechE, the switch from Chem E to Chem would have required approval at a level above the Battalion level.

Many Engineering Schools are very protective of their status and even have their own admissions process.

Best of luck.

Whatever you do, don't give up. I am sure that some on this forum will give you some good advice.
 
As long as your Freshman year courses match general Engineering I wouldn't expect a problem. You should discuss with V Tech cadre. Some state universities don't even let you "declare your major" until sophomore year with a minimum GPA. I know PSU requires a 3.0.
 
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