rotcrnparent
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I noticed on here that many of the NROTC matches are for very competitive colleges (Notre Dame, the Ivies, MIT, Texas, Vanderbilt etc) that have sub 10% admission rates (or often sub 5%)
The academic standards for the NROTC scholarship, while high, are not as high as those typically needed for admission to these universities.
(and these universities routinely reject kids with perfect academic stats).
For example, let's just say a 4.0 (unweighted)/1600 kid matches to Yale for NROTC. Now if this kid was applying to Yale (without involving ROTC) he'd probably have about a 10% chance of getting in. Admission to Yale is by no means a given even with perfect stats, especially from competitive areas of the country. There are many high schools where a 4.0/1600 (or 1590, etc) is not that unusual and doesn't guarantee anything with regards to admission to Ivies or similar.
So what happens? Does NROTC give a bump at Yale? Do lots of these kids end up not getting in to their ROTC match school and having to rematch? Thank you!
The academic standards for the NROTC scholarship, while high, are not as high as those typically needed for admission to these universities.
(and these universities routinely reject kids with perfect academic stats).
For example, let's just say a 4.0 (unweighted)/1600 kid matches to Yale for NROTC. Now if this kid was applying to Yale (without involving ROTC) he'd probably have about a 10% chance of getting in. Admission to Yale is by no means a given even with perfect stats, especially from competitive areas of the country. There are many high schools where a 4.0/1600 (or 1590, etc) is not that unusual and doesn't guarantee anything with regards to admission to Ivies or similar.
So what happens? Does NROTC give a bump at Yale? Do lots of these kids end up not getting in to their ROTC match school and having to rematch? Thank you!