I am applying to the 4 year scholarship as a NROTC College Programmer. I am curious of my chances. I am ranked #1 in my NROTC class. Got a 3.77 GPA for my first semester.1260 SAT. I got a 230 PRT. However, my high school GPA was 3.1 and I was only in the top 50% of my class. I was in NJROTC for 4 years with a lot of leadership positions. Will they be more concerned with my college stuff or my high school stuff? In general what do you all think my chances are?
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Don’t know what your chances are, but these things tend to take a “what have you done for me lately” angle. Your ability to succeed in college strikes me as more compelling than your inability to excel in high school.
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did you mean 3 year scholarship? won't you have too many credits to receive a 4 year?
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when you apply as a freshman for the 4 year scholarship, you are competing against all the current high school seniors (as well as college freshman) for the available scholarships nationally. your performance in college will definitely have more weight than your high school record, provided you are taking the recommended courses. as a college programmer, your CO's recommendation will also have a lot of weight. your SAT score will be included in the package, but i don't know what weight it's given for a college student - did you retake the SAT? or is that score from last year?
if you don't get the 4 year, and apply in the spring for the 3 year, you will be competing only against college students, and they will only be looking at college performance. search this site for old postings by NavyNOLA - he was an NROTC officer (Tulane i think) and had a wealth of info for NROTC college programmers seeking a scholarship
if you don't get the 4 year, and apply in the spring for the 3 year, you will be competing only against college students, and they will only be looking at college performance. search this site for old postings by NavyNOLA - he was an NROTC officer (Tulane i think) and had a wealth of info for NROTC college programmers seeking a scholarship
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Citadel raises an important point - you need to hit 'submit' on the application before you've earned the max number of credits. for many, especially if you have AP credits from HS, that means you need to submit your NROTC app before the end of your semester . if your letters of rec or transcript arrives later you are still under the deadline