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    Personal Questions Regarding ROTC

    Ding ding ding :-) I frequently have prospective cadets and their parents express concern about whether being a cadet will be too big of a commitment, and therefore a detriment to their GPAs / academic success. My answer is always as follows: Sir/Ma'am, being a cadet will only improve your /...
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    Can anyone just anyone award you your ROTC Scholarship with the big check?

    You were just now notified you received a 4 year national scholarship? Or you were just now notified that your 3 year national scholarship you already knew about was upgraded to 4 year?
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    Personal Questions Regarding ROTC

    The selection rate for active duty is extremely high. Over the last few years there have been roughly 300-350 AROTC cadets nation-wide who wanted active duty but were not selected (or were selected as alternates). It is entirely possible that the math changes on that by the time your accessions...
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    3-Year AD Army ROTC randomly awarded

    The $ for 3.5 year upgrades is controlled at the brigade level and can only go to current 3 year winners who are medically qualified (another reason for cadets to stay on top of getting requested info for medical waivers in as soon as they possibly can). Some schools have scholarship $ through...
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    What are my chances of getting a full ROTC scholarship?

    Absolutely correct shock-n-awe; the applicants can pick up to seven schools (if I remember correctly), and those selected are generally offered the scholarship to three of those schools (though it is possible to get it transferred to another school). Monetarily, a 3 year national scholarship is...
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    AROTC Medical Disqualification - Hope?

    There is truly only one way to find out, which is to go through the entire waiver process. Without getting into the details of your condition/diagnosis, unless you see your issue in what Falcon provided above there is certainly a chance. We get several waivers signed a year so just be patient...
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    What are my chances of getting an army ROTC scholarship?

    Tough to give you a realistic estimate until you know your cumulative GPA after your junior year and have an actual SAT/ACT score. I would highly recommend running track as varsity letters get you points on the application and JV frisbee won't. Elected positions in a school club or organization...
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    What are my chances of getting a full ROTC scholarship?

    You will be highly competitive for a national Army ROTC scholarship assuming you do well in your PMS interview. Bottom line: finish the application process and hope for the best. As mentioned above, your SAT score is fine but will be among the low end of those selected. If you are not selected...
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    AROTC 3 Year Winner 1st year ?

    University of Idaho offers the Tuition Bridge for out of state 3 year scholarship winners. Those cadets get in-state tuition for their freshman year and are also given a $5000 credit towards room and board for as long as they live in dorms.
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    Arotc contracted vs scholarship

    While I have not yet had to go through disenrollment with a non-scholarship cadet, for scholarship cadets the stipend is not paid back, with the exception of any stipend payments made erroneously after the cadet has already broken their contract. While I cannot guarantee the same is true for...
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    I am new here and work in the Army ROTC Recruiting World.

    I assure you the Army has more doctors than any of the other services (as we are the largest service); can't speak to other services' chances of becoming a doctor through ROTC, but can tell you that for the 2018 accessions Army ROTC put no cap on the number of selections for Educational Delay to...
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    I am new here and work in the Army ROTC Recruiting World.

    If I'm understanding you, your son is about to graduate HS and enroll at UNT as a freshman in the fall? If so there's no longer an 'application process' but still lots of opportunities left to earn a 3 year campus-based AROTC scholarship. He needs to contact the Recruiting Operations Officer...
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    ROTC reserves to active duty?

    His ROO and the program cadre should help him better understand his options. As he's already enlisted and completed basic training, if he wants to go active duty there are two options: 1) contract as a non-scholarship SMP cadet, which increases his drill pay and also gets him a monthly stipend...
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    AROTC questions

    It's definitely part of the calculus, and each ROTC brigade may manage their scholarship budgets a little differently. Ultimately the brigade has a mission to commission a certain number of new 2LTs each year and they divide that mission up amongst their senior ROTC programs. Out here in 8th...
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    I am new here and work in the Army ROTC Recruiting World.

    Chrisman Raiders!! Tell them to send us a note sometime to let us know how they're doing!
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