Summer Classes NOT covered by scholarship

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Hello,
Since the summer training was cancelled, my cadet rearranged his schedule and signed up for courses over the summer in order to finish a semester early. We were told that ROTC will not cover summer courses even though the courses count towards his major. Is anyone else in the same boat? Why would the scholarship not cover courses simply due because they were taken during the summer semester?

Thanks,
Copenhagen
 
Same reason why ROTC won't pay for music lessons, even if they're offered as a "class". They're not needed to graduate so the Army/Navy/Air Force has no interest in paying extra for them.

Normally you could petition for funding, but we were told that demand was so high this summer that NSTC made an NROTC wide decision not to offer any funding.
 
Copenhagen said:
Hello,
Since the summer training was cancelled, my cadet rearranged his schedule and signed up for courses over the summer in order to finish a semester early. We were told that ROTC will not cover summer courses even though the courses count towards his major. Is anyone else in the same boat? Why would the scholarship not cover courses simply due because they were taken during the summer semester?

Thanks,
Copenhagen
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Why does he want to finish a semester early? Isn’t the ROTC program based on 4 full years?
 
DS is in a similar situation BUT in his case he was approved for 4.5 years and is looking to graduate in 4. So from a cost perspective he would be asking the Army to pay for summer classes INSTEAD of a 9th semester... would actually save them money ...
 
Common sense x 30,000 cadets is alot of paperwork.
Moving from December Earlier to May also changes your fiscal year / mission set. Which might mean the program misses mission for your original mission set. There is lots of beer math moving cadets around to make mission every year. And you figure it out 2-3 years out. Once cadets are set you don’t move them.
 
Hi this has been approved now by his cadre. Is there anything else he needs to do/know since this seems to contradict what you said?

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Common sense x 30,000 cadets is alot of paperwork.
Moving from December Earlier to May also changes your fiscal year / mission set. Which might mean the program misses mission for your original mission set. There is lots of beer math moving cadets around to make mission every year. And you figure it out 2-3 years out. Once cadets are set you don’t move them.
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wernerbro said:
Same reason why ROTC won't pay for music lessons, even if they're offered as a "class". They're not needed to graduate so the Army/Navy/Air Force has no interest in paying extra for them.

Normally you could petition for funding, but we were told that demand was so high this summer that NSTC made an NROTC wide decision not to offer any funding.
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Yeah. Then they decided they would only offer funding to select MIDN. In a bizarre twist, my GPA was too high to need summer paid for apparently lol.
 
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