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    OML Planning

    DS has asked advice on academic planning his second semester of MSIII year. He is an engineering major and has two more Humanities type of classes left, everything else is engineering. I know there are some minor benefits for taking a foreign language class for establishing points. However...
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    AROTC Marksmanship requirement?

    I am seeking some advice. DS recently transferred AROTC battalions. His last battalion did not have access to a rifle range and the only time he has shot a gun was when handed one during Ranger Challenge last year. (Didn't do so well.) He came home this weekend and said he miserably failed...
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    ROTC Transfer Spring Semester

    My basic question is? Is it possible to transfer a Army ROTC scholarship in the middle of a MS III year. I already am aware its not advisable but MAY be neccesary to attemp in DS case. Brief Background. Original engineering schoarship was transferred to a non-engineering school within...
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    AROTC Xmas Gift Watch Suggestions

    I thought I'd seek the advice of some of my advisors for when we were learning about ROTC. My son is a Army ROTC MSII this year and told me one thing he may want is a watch with a compas function. Any advise? I'm assuming small, simple and black is better than big with lots of flashing...
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    2011 Room and Board Dispersal

    Is anyone else from last year still waiting for Room and Board to be paid as part of the AROTC scholarship? I'd seen a thread on this in November so I knew we were not alone. And the cadet leadership is asking questions of my son to see if he has recieved payment. So it seems they are looking...
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    What does "Contacted" mean for a freshman

    I'm new to this and trying to help my DS with some of the new Detail. He is a freshman and was awarded a Army ROTC 4 yr scholarship. He did a bunch of paperwork at orientation and took the APFT the second week of school. He passed. They had a ceremony for contracted cadets that he was...
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    Transfer Advice

    OK our worse case scenerio has happened. DS was not attmitted to Georgia'Tech's Atlnat Campus. THey offered him an "Aliance program: starting in Savannah and finishing at Tech either Atl or thir satelite campus in Savannah. There is ROTC there, but he knows nobody going there. The ROO...
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    How to handle 5 years?

    DS recieved a 4 year engineering scholarship. Hawving been through engineering school myself, I know it is difficult to accomplish in 4 years, especially when adding the ROTC load. That being said how is the 5th year handled? And if the answer is that he pays it on his own, can he take care...
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