How hard is it for me to get active duty through ROTC.
Also could I get a list of the entire officer branches that are available.
Cole --some great advice from Capt MJ and Navy Hoops . . .
How are you doing in school? Are you in middle or high school? college? do you have good grades? are you a Scout? are you in Junior ROTC? Do you play a sport?
In order to earn a "national" ROTC scholarship right out of high school takes a good school record with good grades, good SAT/ACT scores, a good Physical Fitness Test score, and evidence that you have leadership and teamwork abilities. Typically if you complete your "national" ROTC scholarship you are then able to commission as an officer upon college graduation
Another path is to earn an "on-campus" ROTC scholarship through your academic performance at college and your participation and performance as part of your college ROTC detachment. Again, typically those that complete the awarded on-campus ROTC scholarship are able to commission as an officer upon college graduation.
There are also some that participate as part of ROTC at their college, perform well, but not well enough to earn a ROTC scholarship, but are offered to "contract" with ROTC and they are also usually able to commission as an officer upon graduation.
As Capt MJ stated, be sure to look into the SMCs. For the Army, SMC graduates have a codified priority for commissioning over non-SMC ROTC graduates.
There is also an "Early Commissioning Program" for the Army through some of the nation's Junior Military Colleges.
You can find a lot of information on all these things on line as well as in threads here on the forum. Use the search tool in the upper right on this page.
Best wishes to you.