Sullivan, not sure the above about limited abilities for guard/reserves to apply for National ROTC is 100% accurate.
Check out some other posts like the one below from Clarksonarmy, from last week, he is ROO at Clarkson University. Type in his name, or type search for guard, reserves, scholarship.
And you may want to consider changing screen name, unless that is not your real name.
From Clarksonarmy:
"Not sure if I'm reading this correctly.... You can apply for a national scholarship even if you are in the guard or reserves and you can compete for a campus based scholarship, it's just going to take getting released from your enlistment if you are offered a 4 or 3.5 year scholarship.
The big question someone in your situation needs to think about is whether you want to consider active duty or not. In the future there is going to be more of a push to lock Cadets into the Guard or Reserves earlier in the process. The GRFD is going to be one way this happens and there is even going to be more emphasis on the non scholarship GRFD option. If you want to be considered for active duty when you graduate be very careful about the SMP program and GRFD options.
Talk to a ROO for sure!!"