Sorry to ask a question when you yourself want a reply, but I'm an applicant hoping to earn an LREC scholarship, and wonder what you listed as an area/language specialization. Any insights you can find on this thread would be a great help to me as well.
I just finished my first year of NROTC as a College Programmer, and have been awarded a 3-year LREC scholarship. My major is International Studies, with a minor in Arabic...so I'll be taking Arabic for the next four semesters, as well as classes about the Middle East, History of Islam, etc.
Congrats on your scholarship, though! I could be wrong on this, but I remember (For GY 2014, anyway) reading that the Navy only gave out 24 LREC scholarships, and 0 3-year regular scholarships...I'm counting my blessings as I go!
My son will be a junior with an LREC NROTC scholarship. His major is International Studies with an African Studies concentration. He will have French and history minors.
On his NROTC application, my son put down an Asian studies major and Chinese minor, but had changed his mind during his senior year in high school. He needed permission from the unit to change his course of study since his scholarship was awarded for the Asian Studies/Chinese language combination.
Here is a link to a document outlining the LREC requirements.
http://www1.netc.navy.mil/nstc/nstc_Directives/NSTC_Instructions/NSTCINST%201550.1B%20-%20Language,%20Regional%20Expertise%20and%20Culture%20(LREC)%20Academic%20Major%20Policy.pdf
My son (and the other LREC major in his unit) has found that it is not possible to meet all of the academic requirements for his major/minor (including study abroad) and the coursework required by NROTC within four years.
Do you mean to say that LREC majors are obligated to complete the calc/physics/sciences requirements, in addition to MS classes?