Hi! My son wants to attend Norwich very much. The cost is making me quite wary. He is not holding his breath to earn an 4 year AFROTC scholarship. He has mentioned the 3 year scholarship. I can't find anything regarding how realistic it is to consider that may be an option. Are there only a few 3 year scholarships or more, nor how competitive it is.Annette...if you get a campus-based scholarship...it will cover all of your costs at Norwich...so the academic scholarship would go away...as you wouldn't need it. The ROTC scholarship would cover tuition, books, fees and include a monthly stipend (allowance). Norwich would automatically pick up your room and board costs.
There is zero chance he will go to a college without afrotc. But we are definitely looking at other options. The best finance package will prevail. It will be heartbreaking to not be able to send him to his first choice if that package doesn’t work out. He wants to major in History. We can find lots of good programs for history. It’s afrotc that is limited in New England.I actually can't speak to AFROTC chances but it certainly happens with Army and Navy. That being said, as a manager in the computer science field I had to put together many development plans and schedules. I was never impressed with schedules that had one or more "miracle occurs here" events which were required to make them come together. As far as I'm concerned one should never plan on a scholarship of any kind, but be pleasantly surprised if they receive one.
Ask your DS what happens if he doesn't get the scholarship? Does he transfer to another college? DO people (hopefully him) go further into debt to continue attending Norwich? What if he ends up at Norwich and decides ROTC is not for him and he drops from the program. Trust me, it happens.
I'm sure there are much more reasonable priced colleges with majors he wants and excellent ROTC programs. He ought to be seriously considering them. If he wins a 4 year, then by all means go for it at Norwich.
Just my 2 cents.
Are you saying you can’t get commissioned with a history major these days in afrotc? I ask because the rotc instructor we spoke to was, in fact, a history major who went on to be a pilot. Or are you referring to the 3 year scholarship?Be aware that the Air Force currently reserves about 80% of its scholarships for STEM majors, a history major will not be at all marketable. If he is looking to commission as an AF Officer a liberal arts degree is not the way to go, look at Political Science, Chinese or Arabic as an alternative.
Is this true for all services? As I understand, this is not true for Air Force. But I may be wrong.Annette...if you get a campus-based scholarship...it will cover all of your costs at Norwich...so the academic scholarship would go away...as you wouldn't need it. The ROTC scholarship would cover tuition, books, fees and include a monthly stipend (allowance). Norwich would automatically pick up your room and board costs.
Are you saying you can’t get commissioned with a history major these days in afrotc? I ask because the rotc instructor we spoke to was, in fact, a history major who went on to be a pilot. Or are you referring to the 3 year scholarship?