If anyone can give me some pointers. My son was filling out one of the ROTC scholarship apps but as soon as he got his nomination it all stopped down and he never finished it. So i know submitting it for freshman year is a wash but if he does ROTC in the fall can he apply for next year? He wanted to do NROTC but UNT only has AF or Army.
If I'm understanding you, your son is about to graduate HS and enroll at UNT as a freshman in the fall? If so there's no longer an 'application process' but still lots of opportunities left to earn a 3 year campus-based AROTC scholarship. He needs to contact the Recruiting Operations Officer for UNT's Army ROTC program (should find it easily with a google search) and they will likely start considering him for a 3 year campus-based scholarship before he even arrives on campus (covers his sophomore year onward). If he's not offered a scholarship before school starts there's still absolutely no reason to be discouraged, just enroll in their MS101 course and compete for the 3 year scholarships that will will become available to UNT throughout his freshman year - they still cover sophomore year onward just like 3 year national scholarships and 3 year campus-based scholarships offered over the summer. If he still doesn't have one by the end of his freshman year and he still wants to be an Army officer just stick with it! There is still a possibility he will be offered a 3 year CB scholarship at the beginning of his sophomore year that covers that semester onward.
He should also understand that MANY ROTC cadets are not on scholarship. Some join the ARNG or USAR and enjoy the extra benefits of Simultaneous Membership Program, and a few just contract in a non-scholarship status and receive the monthly stipend and a great career ahead of them when they commission.
I know you are in AROTC but my son really wanted NROTC. If he is in UNT's Rotc program (A or AF) can apply for a NROTC scholarship to A&M out of that ? Just weighing options. He is leaning toward the Medical field (ortho surg so far) and i have heard the AROTC is not that big on the medical fields. If that is true or not i am not sure.
AROTC not big on the medical field is not true in my experience. I haven't met anyone yet who asked for an ed delay for medical school and didn't get one (caveat: they all had high GPA and MCAT scores). I do know a couple people who got an ed delay BUT didn't get into medical school so they accessed onto active duty. If I recall, one got branched Signal Corps and the other Medical Service Corps.
NROTC is more difficult to get an educational delay to attend medical school than for AROTC. The NROTC wants line officers. If your GPA is good enough to get into medical school, they're probably going to want to commission you as a line officer.
For AROTC, cadets typically submit their branch choices in Sept of their senior year and results come out in Oct. Cadets who want an educational delay must submit official MCAT scores as part of their packet requesting an ed delay. Cadets will then have until early summer after graduation to prove they actually got into medical school for the ed delay to take effect. If the cadet does not get into medical school, then the ed delay will be pulled and s/he will be branched according to the needs of the Army (read: infantry slot at Ft. Polk).
If your DS wants to go to medical school right after college, then AROTC would be the way to go.