How competitive is AFRTOC really?

[EDelahanty]

Not many kids are as thoughtful about their parents' finances as you are. That's a good start. I remind AROTC cadet Delahanty that as a second lieutenant he'll be overseeing financially illiterate 18 year old E1's earning a princely sum of $1,500 a month (pre-tax in today's $) who will have no clue about managing money and may be suckers for payday lenders.

Regarding the commuting between home and campus, I would hope there's some place at your dream school for commuters to relax, re-charge, shower and change. By the end of it you may want to go to court to revise your name to NON DRIVOR, DRIVO

 

[Non Ducor Duco]

Sounds like you've thought it trhough and come the the right conclusion for you. I really admire your willingness to do the commute and your thinking. I hope someday your in a high position and in charge of spending my tax dollars! Good Luck!

Lol thank you sir. Also, I don't think you're heartless for making your son pay for some of his education. You've been generous by paying a good portion of it. My dad told me in elementary school, and constantly reminded me since then, that he would not pay for my education past a few hundred dollars for books and such so I'd better get a scholarship. It makes perfect sense and I don't see it as heartless. Just practical, he'd be working til he died if he had to pay off that on top of everything else. Furthermore, I'm just one down, there are four more to go

 

[Non Ducor Duco]

Regarding the commuting between home and campus, I would hope there's some place at your dream school for commuters to relax, re-charge, shower and change. By the end of it you may want to go to court to revise your name to NON DRIVOR, DRIVO

Lol yeah all the driving can wear you down after a while, but I will be driving through an oddly designed city in a state with crazy drivers so at least it should stay interesting

 

[toddjaro]

If you're interested, I just received an AFROTC Type 2 Technical Major Scholarship, here is part of my resume/stats:

2 year JV/2 year Varsity Cross Country Runner, 2009,2010 State Champion Runner Up
4 year Varsity Track Runner,
4 year Marching/Concert Band Member
National Honor Society
National German Honor Society
~75 hours of community service
1390 Composite SAT, 2020 with writing (Single sitting, not superscored)
31 ACT (Single sitting, not superscored)
~3.5 GPA, ~4.6 weighted GPA
11 AP classes
Everything else honors classes
Major selected: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, attending University of Florida.

Now I just need to get an asthma waiver

 

[Non Ducor Duco]

If you're interested, I just received an AFROTC Type 2 Technical Major Scholarship, here is part of my resume/stats:

2 year JV/2 year Varsity Cross Country Runner, 2009,2010 State Champion Runner Up
4 year Varsity Track Runner,
4 year Marching/Concert Band Member
National Honor Society
National German Honor Society
~75 hours of community service
1390 Composite SAT, 2020 with writing (Single sitting, not superscored)
31 ACT (Single sitting, not superscored)
~3.5 GPA, ~4.6 weighted GPA
11 AP classes
Everything else honors classes
Major selected: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, attending University of Florida.

Now I just need to get an asthma waiver

Thats awesome congratulation: was it from the April board? Hopefully you get a waiver, I hear asthma waivers can be hard to come by

 

[Pima]

Non Ducor Duco and to other cadets/mids, most ROTC units have a lounge. At our DS's lounge they have Xboxes, foosball, crud table. DS will hang there between classes.

His AFROTC det also has GMC night. It is 1x a week, and for the C100/200 cadets. They order in pizza, watch movies, play crud, etc. As a commuter, I would advise you to do this if your det has it.

Commuter students at any college can feel disconnected because they don't live on campus. Many of your peers will live on campus, and creating that connection through ROTC will also create friendships which will spill over into a social life at college.

If they don't have GMC night, check to see if they have military fraternities, such as, Honor Guard, Angel Flight or Arnie Air Society. Again, it will allow you get more of a college experience.

I respect not wanting to go in debt. I just want you to realize even if you aren't on campus there are many ways as a ROTC cadet/mid to get that college life experience regarding "bonding".

Trust me, your HS friends will go away to college, some will go to CC's, but the reality is after your fresh/soph yr many of those friendships die. You grow apart, and all you have in common is re-living the memories of days ago. You will all change/mature to be different people.

I think this is why people support the idea of living on campus if you can. They know from life experience how you change between 18 and 22. If you just come in for ROTC and classes, than go home it can become an issue. All work, no play is not a good equation.