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    Book Recommendations for Succeeding in NROTC or ROTC ?

    Thank you all for the advice. Conditioning is and has been on his agenda. As for my screen name, no worries. These are two of the worst car manufacturers in the history of car manufacturing. I hope no parents ever stick this name on an unsuspecting, innocent child. :)
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    Book Recommendations for Succeeding in NROTC or ROTC ?

    Hi All, DS will be starting NROTC next year. I saw a book advertised on Amazon, Ultimate ROTC Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Excelling in Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and wondered if you all had any thoughts either about this, or another resource, that I could give to my son...
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    c/o 2019 NROTC

    DS -- Rice University -- Navy Option. I couldn't be prouder!
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    NROTC AP Calculus Question

    Sadly, no story that bears repeating. Trabi_Skoda.
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    NROTC AP Calculus Question

    Touché! In fact, boy#1 says it explains 'everything' which is closer to the universe than it is to the world. It is funny to see boy #2, whose intellectual interests run more to social science and politics, still work hard enough to show that if he wanted to, he could do math and science as...
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    NROTC AP Calculus Question

    Thank you all for your replies. DS came home after the DODMERB exam looking fit as a fiddle, and we chatted a bit about your answers on calculus. He's going to get in touch with the battalions at the schools he's applied to and see what they think. At the worst, he's better prepared for...
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    NROTC AP Calculus Question

    Thank You All. DS should at least have an easier time of it after the AP. Certainly calc-based physics will be easier with college calculus under his belt. Even as I write this, he is doing his DODMERB physical.
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    NROTC AP Calculus Question

    Hi All, I was wondering, if a student takes AP BC Calculus and scores a 4 or 5 (enough to exempt from college calculus), do they still have to take calculus for NROTC, or does the program view AP credit as sufficient to meet the requirement? I ask because DS will be a Tier 3 student, and is...
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    ROTC/waitlist

    My son received an NROTC scholarship, but his first choice school (a reach school) won't announce acceptances/rejections until April 1. He contacted the battalions at the other schools on his list to tell them about his situation and they informed him about the likelihood of slots being open...
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    NROTC Scholarship awarded today

    Congrats to all who have heard! DS was awarded a tier 3 scholarship to Rice. We're all very excited for him.
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    Info: NROTC Scholarship Funding Article

    And I totally agree with Kinnem. Some majors will bring something special, even vital, to the mix, and these might be worth extra points. Limiting tier 3's to such a small percentage, though, especially when they can be made to show/learn scientific/math skills, might be a mistake. I also...
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    Info: NROTC Scholarship Funding Article

    I agree that technical skills are necessary, but even the humanities and social science majors will need to take a significant amount of calculus (2 semesters) and physics (also 2 semesters). If there are certain skills that they navy feels are necessary (math, science, etc.) these could be...
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    My Chances of Receiving the NROTC Scholarship

    USMAROTCFamily, Oddly enough, your numbers give DS and me a bit more hope than we had earlier. He's applying tier 3, but if the numbers hold, then he just has to be at the top of the 8%. His SATs are 1600 GPA is 4.0 Captain of the wrestling team. Co-founder of the high school's...
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    How long does NROTC application processing take?

    Dear All, I'm curious. From your experience, how long does the following stay on the site until an applicant is ready to be assessed? I'm assuming that this means that candidate's file isn't even ready to be looked at yet. DS finished his application in August. He's really cool about it...
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    NROTC Selection Status Question

    Could you all tell me if the following means that the application is 'Not' quite board ready yet? Thanks. Application has been submitted online Your electronic application has been received and is being processed ... Your application is at Naval Education and Training Command for final...
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