Money on the table

Mikeandcris

Parents of 2014 Grad and F-15 Pilot
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My son received a type 2 technical scholarship of $18,000. He's been accepted to Colorado and is waiting to hear from UCLA. If he were to go to UCLA, the in-state tuition/fees is about $9,000. Room and board is about $13,000 per year in a dorm. (Total expected cost for in-state, living on campus =$27,000) My understanding is that AFROTC will pay the $9,000 tuition,plus books and a monthly stipend, but nothing toward the room and board. Does this mean the remaining $9,000 is unavailable to make up the $13,000+ difference. I don't want to sound jaded, and we realize the scholarship is a tremendous honor and difficult to obtain, but there is still a good sized gap to fill. (We also know there are many other colleges that have additional help for ROTC students, but the UC system isn't one of them.)
 
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You are correct. The Type 2 will pay only the tuition part ($9000 in your example) and unless the college offers some special R&B incentives for ROTC scholarship awardees, you are responsible for the R&B costs. You cannot apply the "extra" $9K to your portion of the R&B costs.

FWIW - the Army ROTC program does give you a choice of using your scholarship for either tuition or R&B.
 
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