AROTC Value?

no pilot, he really wants to go special forces. sounds kind of cliche, but the kid is just ultra focused and intense. But not in an in your face kind of way. When he decides what he is going to do, he is totally committed to doing it and everything else becomes secondary. This has really been a goal of his since he has been able to read anything about the military.

Pima, very interesting about the fine print of the AFROTC scholarship. We will definitely take that into consideration.

platypus, as far as his scores go, the army rotc person he interviewed with said he 'maxed out' on all his scores. I found that confusing because I didn't think they were scored until they were boarded. I don't know, I am hopeful his scores will be high regardless.

also, when I said he wants to serve, I meant active duty. No disrespect intended to anyone in the reserves. I have had many friends in the reserve called up.

thanks, as always, for all of the information. I am keeping most of what I have found from him and his mother until we get the information on January 5th-ish. They tend to hear what they want to hear!
 
As far as AD for AROTC, if you are at a senior military college (i.e. university of North Georgia, VMI, Citadel, etc) you have a much greater chance to go AD than at state U.
 
no pilot, he really wants to go special forces. sounds kind of cliche, but the kid is just ultra focused and intense. But not in an in your face kind of way. When he decides what he is going to do, he is totally committed to doing it and everything else becomes secondary. This has really been a goal of his since he has been able to read anything about the military.

Pima, very interesting about the fine print of the AFROTC scholarship. We will definitely take that into consideration.

platypus, as far as his scores go, the army rotc person he interviewed with said he 'maxed out' on all his scores. I found that confusing because I didn't think they were scored until they were boarded. I don't know, I am hopeful his scores will be high regardless.

also, when I said he wants to serve, I meant active duty. No disrespect intended to anyone in the reserves. I have had many friends in the reserve called up.

thanks, as always, for all of the information. I am keeping most of what I have found from him and his mother until we get the information on January 5th-ish. They tend to hear what they want to hear!

He/She probably meant that he maxed out the points for each of the sub-sections for the total interview score that they submit from the PMS interview.
 
no pilot, he really wants to go special forces. sounds kind of cliche, but the kid is just ultra focused and intense. But not in an in your face kind of way. When he decides what he is going to do, he is totally committed to doing it and everything else becomes secondary. This has really been a goal of his since he has been able to read anything about the military.

Not sure how much your son has researched Special Forces but there are a few things he should know. As an officer he would not be able to branch Special Forces right out of AROTC. Officers have to wait until they are either Captain or 1LT Promotable to Captain before they can submit an application to Special Forces. Officers can apply for SF from any branch. Time in the field as a SF Officer is limited, after a couple to a few years he would move to more staff positions.

A lot of guys that want SF will go enlisted, even then the age restriction is 20 or older. As enlisted he would be doing more of what I'm sure has made him interested in the Field. Just something for him to be aware of when he is making his decisions.
 
thank you for the information. He has researched but I will let him know. I am sure he will give me the 'yeah, I know' response.
 
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