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I will be more careful from now on. I will try to share my experiences with the 2018 applicants.

Yup, you guys are all right. Thank you for the real world advice. Will be going to college next year, class of '17. Thank you.

I don't see the point of this. I am (was) trying to figure out what to do. Posting a thread here may have been one of the worst things I have ever done.

You guys need to chill out. I am trying to most the most of the opportunities available to me. You seem to enjoy criticizing me through your anonymous keyboards and computer screens. Im probably not going to take a gap year now. You've all goaded me into taking the easy and simple route...

Oh Ok that makes sense. Don't count me out yet (that is if I do decide to take a gap year). I haven't made a decision yet--I made this thread to help me decide and to see what my options were. You guys have certainly seemed to enjoy sharing your thoughts here anyway.

Where do you get that impression from? I suppose it could end up being expensive (~20k--but this wouldn't be a record), though the Navy Scholarship would pay for an awful lot of the college expenses. Assuming I can get it again.

I am going to talk to relevant people tomorrow to see if it will be possible to take a gap year and to apply for NROTC Schol. again. I will have to decide by tomorrow at midnight and I will report back with my decision.

I appreciate the advice. Thank you all. (I can tell you guys think I'm crazy though) The NROTC person said that I could reapply to the HSSP again and that he personally thought gap years were a good thing. I would be a much stronger applicant then I was when I first applied and I don't...

To people who were thinking/implying it was selfish/immature for me to want and try to take a gap year: I just wanted to be more ready for NROTC and for college. There will be many opportunities but the 4 years will go by fast. I am just trying to make the best of it. If a gap year would...

The NROTC person said that deferrals are only possible for religious or medical reasons. I would be able to reapply next year... I don't really know what to do now. I think some of you don't really know what a gap year is. This article that gave me the idea to try to take one...

I am not sure why you made this post. I wanted to know a) If it was ever possible and b) What to do next (if it is sometimes possible). I have gained answers to both of those questions, and now I also know that I need to present a coherent, definite, and interesting plan to the people I talk...

I don't have a plan because I didn't really know whether I wanted to take one until colleges acceptances and the NROTC scholarship came in. I was dealing with those other things and just wasn't thinking about it much. I don't want to share more information because I don't want to. Thank you.

Ok, thanks for your help guys. I will let you know what I hear back.

Im a "he". The college I am planning to go to (and its peer schools) is (are) very encouraging of people taking gap years since a) most students have wonderful experiences and b) those students come back to campus and do very well (better than non gap year students) both academically and...

Can't you do it with the Air Force? Can't you do it with the Air Force? I remember seeing the option on one of their forms on the AFROTC scholarship acceptance papers. Why can you do it with the Air Force and not the Navy? And why do you guys think it is a crazy idea? :frown: Thanks!

Is it possible to defer an NROTC scholarship for one year in order to take time off between high school and college? I am thinking I might like to take a gap year to do interesting things and to take a break from academics for a while. I want to make the most of all the opportunities at...

Thanks! Thanks for all of the advice guys. I just meant that I found a lot of information online, and many of the programs sounded good but there were a lot of differences and I wasn't sure which ones to pick. So it sounds like variety is the key concept to keep in mind... i'll get going on that.

Hello guys, I was recently awarded an NROTC scholarship (which I am very grateful for). I have some questions about the NROTC physical fitness standards and I must say that I am a little worried right now since I am not in the best shape. What exactly are the fitness standards for...

Are you talking to me? I am not sure what difference it would make to the navy whether I want a scholarship to Yale (40,000 per year) or someplace like BU (also 40,000). And I am pretty sure I have a chance (a CHANCE) at getting in to some of those top schools to which I have applied. But not...

does anyone have any idea how many scholarships are left? have most of the scholarships already been awarded, or have a majority not yet been awarded? Thank you