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Can anyone help me out, dd got a 4 yr tech scholarship. Can she be undecided his first yr or does her path have to be tech from
The beginning. She’s undecided on which tech major. This is a lot of stress
 
CKR2024 said:
Can anyone help me out, dd got a 4 yr tech scholarship. Can she be undecided his first yr or does her path have to be tech from
The beginning. She’s undecided on which tech major. This is a lot of stress
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My understanding was that the major listed on the original application was what must be listed on the school acceptance letter submitted to AFROTC when the scholarship is accepted. I spoke to our DS's top non SA school ROTC group and was told that changes can be made but its not guaranteed, and I didn't ask about timing since our focus was on change of degree choice prior to beginning 1st semester as opposed to changing degree path at a later date.

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Ours is a non-tech, perhaps more flexibility
 
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Can anyone help me out, dd got a 4 yr tech scholarship. Can she be undecided his first yr or does her path have to be tech from
The beginning. She’s undecided on which tech major. This is a lot of stress
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If it’s AFROTC, they should have given her a specific major that came along with the scholarship. Correct me if I’m wrong (I got a non tech), but I believe that she can’t choose any tech major with her scholarship (aka you’re locked in to the major that you were offered). The scholarship that she received is just for mechanical engineering, language, etc.
 
CKR2024 said:
Can anyone help me out, dd got a 4 yr tech scholarship. Can she be undecided his first yr or does her path have to be tech from
The beginning. She’s undecided on which tech major. This is a lot of stress
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During my AFROTC interview they said if you are awarded a Tech scholarship it has to be one of the majors listed under their Highly Desired Majors tab on the website (stem majors). You unfortunately cannot enter into undecided your first year.

However for stem majors a majority of the classes you take your first two years will be generals and required by almost all of the stem majors. From what I’ve heard: as long as you transfer to another stem major the process is very smooth and you should have no problems, so let’s say you start out in mechanical engineering but in a few months or a year you decide that you would rather do aerospace engineering, there should be no problem switching.

So I recommend just choosing a stem major that you find interesting now and know that if later on you find interest in another stem major, you have the option to change to that major. (The big thing to know is that you HAVE to transfer to another stem major if you are going to do this)

Hope that help, best of luck to you and congrats on the scholarship!

P.S. -> I was awarded a Type 7 Tech scholarship and it doesn’t specify which major I have to choose (even though I put aero engineering as my #1). I believe as long as you submit your acceptance letter with one of the approved stem majors it should work, you might want to verify what I’ve said with a scholarship technician or AFROTC cadre though.
 
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During my AFROTC interview they said if you are awarded a Tech scholarship it has to be one of the majors listed under their Highly Desired Majors tab on the website (stem majors). You unfortunately cannot enter into undecided your first year.

However for stem majors a majority of the classes you take your first two years will be generals and required by almost all of the stem majors. From what I’ve heard: as long as you transfer to another stem major the process is very smooth and you should have no problems, so let’s say you start out in mechanical engineering but in a few months or a year you decide that you would rather do aerospace engineering, there should be no problem switching.

So I recommend just choosing a stem major that you find interesting now and know that if later on you find interest in another stem major, you have the option to change to that major. (The big thing to know is that you HAVE to transfer to another stem major if you are going to do this)

Hope that help, best of luck to you and congrats on the scholarship!

P.S. -> I was awarded a Type 7 Tech scholarship and it doesn’t specify which major I have to choose (even though I put aero engineering as my #1). I believe as long as you submit your acceptance letter with one of the approved stem majors it should work, you might want to verify what I’ve said with a scholarship technician or AFROTC cadre though.
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Thank you that is very helpful! She was given about 15 different options or so to choose from. It is very helpful to hear that she can switch within the same stem major.
 
CKR2024 said:
Can anyone help me out, dd got a 4 yr tech scholarship. Can she be undecided his first yr or does her path have to be tech from
The beginning. She’s undecided on which tech major. This is a lot of stress
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This is best advice my sons ever received and they didn't really follow it. They are both STEM graduates. It came from a family friend who is chairman of the Transportation Engineering Department at a Big 10 State U. He advised my sons and his to not decide which engineering field to pursue until absolutely necessary, Why? Because they have no idea what they are getting into.

My DS #1 loved chemistry, could do calculus in his sleep and was convinced his destiny of Chem E. He hated it, switched to Chem and freed up his schedule to pursue foreign language and Computer Science, both of which are applicable to his MOS in the Army.

Ds#2 liked to build things. His first purchase with Christmas money was duct tape. Math came very easy. He started out in a program that was computer engineering because that was sexy at the time. He hated it. Concentrated on Mech E had received several good internships and today works for a NASA contractor and is happy as a clam. He is one of the few employees who comes into the lab because he actually builds things which he can't do from home.

A good place to start with your DD may be to ask what is her favorite subject: Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and start from that base. Engineering will constrict her academic pursuits outside of her major because it generally allows so few electives. She better like Calculus.

Congratulations to her and I wish her the best of luck!
 
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