Pima
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Coach, I think Pima is saying that Princeton does not have a ROTC program on campus, but the Rutgers program allows Princeton students to enroll in their program, cooperatively. While this can work, it is logistically more difficult for a cadet as now travel time is involved and there may or may not be PT programs on their own campus.
Absolutely! A Princeton student will travel to Rutgers for PT and LLAB as a ROTC cadet/mid. That means for academics they go to Princeton, but will drive 20 miles for PT and LLAB weekly for ROTC.
~ I am from Jersey. Rte 130/1 can be a bumper to bumper issue. If PT is at 6:00 am, they will need to leave by 5:30. If LLAB ends at 3:00 pm it can mean that they will not be back at their dorm before 4 pm. It will also impact their class schedule on those days. PT ends at 7:00, get back at 8, than 1st class will be 9. LLAB at 2, than theoretically their last class would be at 12 to make it to Rutgers for 2.
~ Same is true for Columbia students going xtown. Harvard and Yale going to MIT. MIT is the host det.
~ xtown needs to be placed into the equation.
Typically Ivies are not what is called a "host" detachment. There are high tier colleges like UNCCH, UVA and Notre Dame that are host dets., thus ROTC PT/LLAB will be held on campus.
The way it works for composite is they take the 4 components and avg the score. You are missing 1 component, which was probably a 33, thus he has a 34.He has a 35 in both math and science and only one 33, I think that was reading? So I'm not sure how that average works out.
You should plow forward. I know reading some of these posts may have been a WOW moment, and maybe even an OMG moment. Nobody impo is trying to take away from the great things he has accomplished, but many of us also have walked the path and are trying to illuminate you why this might be more difficult than you assume.
Regarding the cgpa.
My kids were military brats, we moved during their HS years. My eldest was AP/Jump start in NC. APs were 6.0 weighted. His wcgpa was recalculated by not only the colleges, but SA and AFROTC.
~ I know this because during an interview they flat out said, we do not use a scale higher than 4.5 for weighted. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from HS, top 7%.
DD was in the Cambridge Program (AICE), it is a "test in" program. I am thinking it is akin to your Laureate program. She too graduated Magna and top 7%. 4.5 was the highest wcgpa anyone could obtain. She went to HS in NC and VA.
DS2 did not do a direct program, he took all APs though as a senior. (Physics, Stats, Euro, Spanish and Lit. his easy courses were computer oriented). He went to VA only. 4.5 was as high as any student could achieve.
My point is to illustrate that there are over 2K HS in this nation. Colleges ask for a sealed transcript because typically it will include a school profile. That includes the weight for their AP/IB/AICE programs.
~It also includes:
~~ % that take AP/IB/AICE
~~ % that go Ivy vs 4 yr vs 2 yr
~~ Scale for grading. A school that uses 7 pt for A means that a 92 is a B. 84 is a C. A school, like my DDs can use a college system. A 92 on a 4.0 scale would be a 3.68. The kid from a 7 point scale with a 92 on a 7 pt scale would be 3.6
~~ Median BEST sitting for the school. In Fairfax, 1350 is the avg best sitting, not superscore. That is @30/31 composite. I get his score is higher, but the key word is best sitting.
~~ % that are National Merit Semi Finalists. That comes from the student PSAT scores that they take their junior year.
Finally, I think you get it. Now, he needs to spend this weekend filling out the ROTC applications so he can have that plan B in place. If he buckles down, maybe he will be board ready before Thanksgiving.
~ But he also should be prepared to contact the PMS (interviewer) at one of his colleges to set up an appointment.
~~ Under no certain terms should you do this as far as I am concerned (opinion).
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