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I would check your university’s AP credit policy. Even if you don’t get credit hours for certain courses, you may still be able to count them towards pre-requisites, which means you can bypass quite a few courses early on and spend that time later doing research to close out your undergrad...

If I’m not mistaken, that is something you can do after undergrad regardless of this specific decision (the option would be a conventional med school or USUHS out of USMA/college). For OP: Only 2% of each class can go on to medical school from USMA, whereas an educational delay through ROTC...

Second bump on Purdue. Take a look at their income share agreement program - it’s a pretty interesting take on tuition assistance that has the school invest in the student’s success. Purdue has an NROTC program that your son can join and if it’s like Army ROTC, he can still be awarded at least...

Hey man, same here as an MS1. As a Chem major, taking multi and OChem in my first semester was not the best experience. Taking OChem 2 this semester has been slightly better, but it’s still a rough time. Just remember that while GPA matters for OML, your cadre’s evaluations, camp evaluations...

Lmao, yes. Just keep your grades up, do decent on the PT test, and be confident in your interview. Aside from the normal “tell me about yourself” and predictable “why do you want to serve” questions, your interview will have questions directly drawing from an ROTC scholarship interview form...

Duty station is a competitive process at USMA. As for ROTC, you can put in your preferences, but it’s really just random (I believe HRC aligns unit vacancies with BOLC and additional school dates). My method for when I get to that point: just expect to end up at Polk and you’ll be happy...

Not sure if NROTC has something worked out, but at Duke AROTC scholarship winners get an ED 2 option.

LTC Hurd is a pretty awesome guy.

I have a previous post on not picking schools based on ROTC programs. As far as the three schools are concerned, NCSU is the best of the three. I’m a NC resident from Raleigh, so many of my friends have gone to all three. Even if your DS isn’t big into Econ, NCSU has many engineering and...

I wouldn’t say that there is a “best program.” It comes down to what you want out of ROTC. The larger, more pronounced programs like Virginia Tech or Texas A&M will make ROTC take up a larger part of your life/personality - which some people like. Other programs (mostly smaller ones at liberal...

That’s what I was getting at: he was using his uniform for popularity. Sure, it wasn’t in the specific TikTok, but in people’s minds, they see him as the “Army TikToker.” I just don’t like the use of the uniform in any TikTok (see the TikTok Boots Instagram for my reasoning), much less this guy.

One thing would be to get a practical internship and/or job experience over the Summer in something you’re interested in. I had 2 recommendations from physicians that I shadowed and whose teams I also worked with.

I’m no expert, but this seems like a valid response. The guy was posting in uniform to a large audience. My (albeit lowly) standing is that if you’re in uniform, you represent the American military. You shouldn’t be using your uniform for internet fame, nor should you be doing/saying something...

Cool thing about Duke: they offer and ED 2 option for 4-year scholarship recipients. I’m not sure if the deadline has passed for RD applications, but if your DD applied, they should look for an email from Duke about that. I basically got informally accepted to Duke last February this way.

I will say that Sandhurst is a lot cooler than Ranger Challenge. For RC, the top 1- 2 teams from each brigade’s Ranger Challenge go on to compete in Sandhurst - so it’s kind of higher on the order of “military skills” competitions. Company teams and the Black&Gold Sandhurst team also seem to...