catlover99
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Hi! I'm new to the forum and just recently made an account here, but I've been reading theads for a while now.
I have a fews questions regarding the AFROTC Scholarship:
1) When you list three majors on the application (if it's not three, please correct me) is the scholarship tied to one of those specific majors? Like, does the AF decide what you major in? (Ex. If I listed Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering, and Physics as my three, and does the AF tell me I'm only awarded the scholarship if I'm a Engineering major, like how A/NROTC Scholarships are tied to specific schools? Or is it just awarded and I can major in any of the three I listed?)
2) Does the Air Force have different "tiers" of Tech majors like the the Navy does (Engineers are Tier 1, all other tech is Tier 2) or do all the majors listed as Tech on the AFROTC website received the same consideration, in terms of who receives a scholarship? (Basically, is a Math major just as likely to receive a scholarship as an Engineering major since they're both Tech? [not accounting for GPA, ACT, leadership, etc] Or is the Engineering major more likely to receive one?)
3) In college, is it difficult to get approval to switch from one technical major to another? (I know going from tech to non-tech is frowned upon, but what about going from tech to tech? Engineering to Math? Math to Engineering?)
4) How much does the PFA factor into the Whole Candidate Score? I know you have to pass it to activate the scholarship, but when you're applying, how much consideration is your score given? (An Army ROTC recruiter who presented at my school said that AROTC boards pretty much don't consider the fitness assessment score at all, so I'm wondering if AFROTC is like that as well).
Thank you in advance to anyone who replies!
I have a fews questions regarding the AFROTC Scholarship:
1) When you list three majors on the application (if it's not three, please correct me) is the scholarship tied to one of those specific majors? Like, does the AF decide what you major in? (Ex. If I listed Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering, and Physics as my three, and does the AF tell me I'm only awarded the scholarship if I'm a Engineering major, like how A/NROTC Scholarships are tied to specific schools? Or is it just awarded and I can major in any of the three I listed?)
2) Does the Air Force have different "tiers" of Tech majors like the the Navy does (Engineers are Tier 1, all other tech is Tier 2) or do all the majors listed as Tech on the AFROTC website received the same consideration, in terms of who receives a scholarship? (Basically, is a Math major just as likely to receive a scholarship as an Engineering major since they're both Tech? [not accounting for GPA, ACT, leadership, etc] Or is the Engineering major more likely to receive one?)
3) In college, is it difficult to get approval to switch from one technical major to another? (I know going from tech to non-tech is frowned upon, but what about going from tech to tech? Engineering to Math? Math to Engineering?)
4) How much does the PFA factor into the Whole Candidate Score? I know you have to pass it to activate the scholarship, but when you're applying, how much consideration is your score given? (An Army ROTC recruiter who presented at my school said that AROTC boards pretty much don't consider the fitness assessment score at all, so I'm wondering if AFROTC is like that as well).
Thank you in advance to anyone who replies!
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