Army 3 Year AD Scholarship

[JohnGalt78]

My DD will be a class of '27 Cadet at VT on the Army Track. She was just offered an Army 3yr AD scholarship for VT. If she accepts the offer today, can she still "opt-out" at the end of her Freshman year?

 

[MidCakePa]

Yes, she may. There’ll be attrition after that first year, encompassing both 3- and 4-year scholarship winners.

 

[JohnGalt78]

Yes, she may. There’ll be attrition after that first year, encompassing both 3- and 4-year scholarship winners.

Thank you for that info.

 

[JohnGalt78]

Is there a difference between a school offered Army ROTC 3-yr AD and the 3yr scholarships offered through the national selection process?

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[nature boy]

Is there a difference between a school offered Army ROTC 3-yr AD and the 3yr scholarships offered through the national selection process?

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I received a campus based 3 year advanced designee. The only difference I am aware of is that a campus based scholarship can't be transferred to a different school. Others with more experience may know of other differences.

 

[SchweatyYeti]

My DS is a 3 year ROTC scholarship at Norwich. The way his works is that all Freshmen and Sophomores in the Corps are required to be in a "non-binding" ROTC program, unless on a 4+ year ROTC scholarship. Then you contract freshmen year.

So as a 3 year, he just completed his freshman year, and will contract this Oct. as a sophomore. So for him, there was no binding aspect to his first year. He had to make sure his grades passed above a 2.5, received at 3.0+ on his Mil Science courses, recommendation from the AROTC officer in charge, and pass the PT. (I think there was a Field Training Exercise (FTX) component associated as well.) So freshman year was a really a "prove to me before contracting" scenario. ROTC is not contributing anything to his freshmen year nor does he receive a stipend yet until contracting. So if never contracted, or dropped it, there is no penalty.