Herman_Snerd
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I see some threads about keeping on-track to graduate and commission. Just wanted to point out that, to stay on-track or even finish early, some NROTC / ROTC students may benefit from exploring taking winter or summer courses at a local community college, and transferring those credits back to their school. This could be done for example in a 3 week Winter course or sessions of summer courses that start in Mid-May and early July, that run for either 6 or 10 weeks at some schools. These can be done around Cortramid or other summer commitments. Especially for students who are paying their own way for any combination of tuition, room, board, fees (some programmers and yes some scholarship winners do pay for room and board for example), or those from a school that will not pay more than 8 semesters (check with the school), it may be a MUCH cheaper option to take courses while on-break from fall or spring semesters to stay on-track, or to finish early if you prefer.
You may have to pay for these courses out of pocket, but potentially that may be a much cheaper option than tuition/ room/ board for an extra semester or year. If you can negotiate the school covering an additional semester, and don't mind starting your commission later, then great.
Another benefit on this is if you have difficult courses like for Calc/ Physics remaining, you could also take these in a more focused window when you're not "distracted" by all of the wonderful activities of college, classes, and ROTC training.
You may have to pay for these courses out of pocket, but potentially that may be a much cheaper option than tuition/ room/ board for an extra semester or year. If you can negotiate the school covering an additional semester, and don't mind starting your commission later, then great.
Another benefit on this is if you have difficult courses like for Calc/ Physics remaining, you could also take these in a more focused window when you're not "distracted" by all of the wonderful activities of college, classes, and ROTC training.