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    Army ROTC 2023-2024 3rd Board

    Maybe he misunderstood and thought you were asking if the college would upgrade it?
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    AROTC Advanced Camp 2023

    You can call one and they will put you wherever they have availability. When I went one hotel had rooms with 2 beds and one had rooms with one bed.
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    AROTC Advanced Camp 2023

    Yes, go. I found that more parents attended than I expected and my son was actually happy to see us! You can book a room right on base at the IHG. The day before graduation is a free day where you can take them off base for several hours. My son went straight to CTLT from Ft Knox but we did get...
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    Army ROTC/SA Timeline

    Not for my son, and he was fully qualified. He contracted first week or so of Soph year. His college did pick up room and board for all 4 years, though.
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    Army ROTC/SA Timeline

    Can’t say for sure, but my son did not have the option of contracting until sophomore year when his 3 year scholarship kicked in.
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    Army ROTC 2023-2024 2nd Board

    All applicants are ranked. The 2nd board leaves some 4 years to be awarded on the 3rd board. those new 3rd board applicants are placed in the ranking order and 4 year scholarships are awarded from top down. If you got a 3 year on the second board you may or may not be near the cut off for 4...
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    Army ROTC 2023-2024 2nd Board

    Remember that some schools will pickup the 1st year tuition for 3 year scholarship winners and/or pay room and board. My son had a 3 year and his school paid 4 years of room and board and with scholarships, his first year tuition was reasonable. Once the scholarship kicked in his Sophomore year...
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    End of Camp Commissioning - Questions

    I believe that the commissioning can be after camp or at the college at a later date. Our school had 3 cadets who went to advanced camp after graduating college. 2 (both went reserves) commissioned the following fall at the school, and I don’t know when the third (went AD) commissioned. my son...
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    FY24 Branch Commandant Ratings AROTC

    My son was one of the first in his battalion to find out his BOLC date and Duty Station in early April. But most of his class didn’t find out until much later. He was not eligible for Gold Bar because his MIBOLC date was early September. He did not volunteer for Ft Knox but got orders in May...
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    FY24 Branch Commandant Ratings AROTC

    Congrats to your son! I remember how exciting Branch night was for my son last year. Now the next big news will be BOLC dates and duty station. Good luck!
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    ROTC Active duty/Reserves came out today.

    He didn’t choose BRADSO at all or his 4th choice was with BRADSO? I didn’t think he could get a BRADSO if he didn’t put it as a choice.
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    FY24 Branch Commandant Ratings AROTC

    BRADSO doesn’t bump you up from P to MP. There are a certain number of branch slots dedicated to BRADSO. So, for example, if there are 40 slots and 10 are reserved for BRADSO, the first 30 MP cadets (ranked by OML within each group) will get placed in the first 30 slots and anyone who BRADSO’d...
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    ROTC Active duty/Reserves came out today.

    DMG is top 20% of all cadets, regardless of whether or not they are AD. My son’s class had 6 DMGs and 2 or 3 went reserves. DMGs seem to get earlier BOLC dates, but I don’t know for sure if that’s the case. My understanding is that the DMG designation stays on the military record for the entire...
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    ROTC Active duty/Reserves came out today.

    @franknd This is my understanding of how it works. (Simplified) 1- after interviews, branches rank cadets in one of 3 groups - most preferred, preferred, least preferred 2 - cadets submit final order of branch preferences, 3 - cadets are ranked by OML within each of the three groups. This is the...
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    Parents - ask me your mom and dad questions

    First, Capt MJ always gives the best advice, so pay attention to those responses. My advice is although your daughter doesn’t need to talk to the AROTC rep at every college, my son did and it helped him order his college preferences. I would not recommend your daughter choose a school based on...
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