Nrotc - College Program and scholarship program

[Abbey_Rosee]

Hi there, I’m currently a high school senior and have recently just decided that I wanted to go into the nrotc via the nurse option. I want to apply for the national scholarship but I don’t think I have the required stats for it:

- Act (17 math & 24 reading = 41 combined) I study really hard for the test but unfortunately I didn’t make it in the math section (I genuinely have never been good at math but I do my best to get A’s in them and I have so far)
- 4.8 weighted gpa and and 3.9 unweighted ( and above 4.0 all 4 years)
- 6 AP’s and 8 honors (All science class have been either honors or AP)
- Involved in waterpolo (Both club and high school) & swim (high school)
- Over 100+ hours of community service
- Treasure for volunteer club (and at one point part of a leadership class)
- Rank 24 out of 300 students
- Junior honor guard
- Have received school recognized awards
- selected to attended a program at ucla for high school students interested in the medical field

I think for the most part I’m an average student (at least not standardized test wise) but my parents were telling me to still apply with the worse case being me told no even though I have told them countless times that I cannot apply due to my act scores.

What do you guys recommend? Should I still apply for the hell of it? It should I wait until next year and take the ACT again to get a higher score and apply for the college program and apply the first semester for the 4 year scholarship through my unit or just apply for the side load scholarships?

Here are other questions I have too for the college program as a nursing student in nrotc:

- How many people in the nrotc program are usually college programmers? Are most people scholarship recipients?
- What will happen if I get a 4 year scholarship freshman year? What happens if I do not? And are the requirements for the scholarship the same?
- Will I still go to NSI if I don’t get a scholarship and apply as a college programmer?
- How much more difficult is NSO for those that don’t go to NSI before hand?
- Are nursing nrotc students a little less integrated with their unit considering they only take 4 of the 8 naval science classes and do not attend CONTRAMID and do not always participate in drills (if clinical’s get into the way).
- Will I be looked down upon for not getting the scholarship or not applying?
- If I get a four year scholarship my freshman year? I can attend the 3/c nursing cruise still? Or do I have to wait until after?

And lastly, do I have to take calculus and physics as a nurse option midshipmen?

I’m sorry this question is so long but I have not been able to fine threads that contain this information and to those who are able to answer thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot!

 

[Herman_Snerd]

Hi there, I’m currently a high school senior and have recently just decided that I wanted to go into the nrotc via the nurse option. I want to apply for the national scholarship but I don’t think I have the required stats for it:

- Act (17 math & 24 reading = 41 combined) I study really hard for the test but unfortunately I didn’t make it in the math section (I genuinely have never been good at math but I do my best to get A’s in them and I have so far)

Did you take the SAT to see if you'll do better? The minimum SAT scores are 550 Critical Reading, 540 Math (1100 combined), and the minimum ACT scores are 21 Math, 22 English (44 combined). You can submit one or the other, don't need both. Can you take them again if you're not meeting this min score? Are you working with a tutor to raise the scores?

- 4.8 weighted gpa and and 3.9 unweighted ( and above 4.0 all 4 years)
- 6 AP’s and 8 honors (All science class have been either honors or AP)
- Involved in waterpolo (Both club and high school) & swim (high school)
- Over 100+ hours of community service
- Treasure for volunteer club (and at one point part of a leadership class)
- Rank 24 out of 300 students
- Junior honor guard
- Have received school recognized awards
- selected to attended a program at ucla for high school students interested in the medical field

I think for the most part I’m an average student (at least not standardized test wise) but my parents were telling me to still apply with the worse case being me told no even though I have told them countless times that I cannot apply due to my act scores. Why aren't you fixing the low scores or taking the SAT to see if you score better there?

What do you guys recommend? Get your act/ SAT score up to the bar and apply. Should I still apply for the hell of it? It should I wait until next year and take the ACT again to get a higher score and apply for the college program and apply the first semester for the 4 year scholarship through my unit or just apply for the side load scholarships?

Here are other questions I have too for the college program as a nursing student in nrotc:

- How many people in the nrotc program are usually college programmers? Are most people scholarship recipients? It's really school specific and year specific and varies. In DS's unit there were well over 150 Midn 4/c starting on day 1 of NSO - a huge spike in volume for that unit - just under 50 of those were national scholarship winners - most there who are making it to commission and serve are either national scholarship winners or CPs who "picked up" a sideload scholarship in the summer before their sophomore (3/c) year - results/ the mix certainly varies per school. Being a national scholarship winner does not guarantee success -some of them scrub. lots of top performers start as college programmers.
- What will happen if I get a 4 year scholarship freshman year? You can research this yourself - read up on the NROTC official site. What happens if I do not? And are the requirements for the scholarship the same? Read all about it- yourself.
- Will I still go to NSI if I don’t get a scholarship and apply as a college programmer? That's up to the Navy and your unit - they will decide which CPs attend NSI at Great Lakes and when. in 2019 few if any CPs attended NSI. In other years some CPs have attended reportedly. Certainly for whatever reasons there are still CPs each year who do not attend NSI.
- How much more difficult is NSO for those that don’t go to NSI before hand? NSO is brief and intense and certainly those from NSI have an advantage of having courtesies/ customs drilled into them - but IMO that gap in knowledge is shored up within the first semester - I would not be discouraged as long as you come in mentally and physically ready to NSO, if that is your path.
- Are nursing nrotc students a little less integrated with their unit considering they only take 4 of the 8 naval science classes and do not attend CONTRAMID and do not always participate in drills (if clinical’s get into the way).
- Will I be looked down upon for not getting the scholarship or not applying? most people ate chill/ cool and this is a non issue. However There are a few people who walk around with attitude as National Scholarship winners or JROTC top dogs at NSI and in their unit. They swagger, they ask questions like "Do you need any help?", and don't realize they look silly - here are the facts - several of those with big swagger in the application process didn't win the scholarship - a few more of the swaggerers who were awarded the scholarship did not even make it through NSI themselves- they QUIT. Yet more didn't make it through 2 semesters of NROTC for various reasons. Don't worry about the attitude of your peer midshipmen and don't be psyched out - worry about yourself - excelling with grades, learning like a sponge, keeping your mouth zipped while in formation or getting instruction, and surviving year 1. Water will rise to its own level - blowhards will demonstrate they think they are superior - keep your eye on your progress - stay focused.
- If I get a four year scholarship my freshman year? I can attend the 3/c nursing cruise still? Or do I have to wait until after? Respectfully these are decisions your unit will make on what training you will attend and in what sequence- you're getting ahead of yourself.

And lastly, do I have to take calculus and physics as a nurse option midshipmen? This question is answered via this official link: https://www.netc.navy.mil/Portals/46/NSTC/STA-21/prt/nurse.html (Nurse Corps Option participants are exempt from the two semester Calculus and Calculus-based Physics minimum requirement of the STA-21 Core program. However, they are required to meet the math and science requirements of their Nursing degree program.)

I’m sorry this question is so long but I have not been able to fine threads that contain this information and to those who are able to answer thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot!

Since I was all dressed up with no place to go thinking the Army Navy Game was this, not next weekend for most of the week, and my kids have my and my spouse's cars, I'm here, sadly watching the Hallmark channel, so I welcome a distraction to answer some of your questions - overall please do your own research as some of your questions are easily answered if you look - Additionally, please see responses in-line above in bold with some opinions. I'm not answering a few as I think others know more about the nursing path so I'll hope one of them will chime in. Thanks for your interest to serve and keep working at it if your goal is to serve.

 

[Abbey_Rosee]

Did you take the SAT to see if you'll do better? The minimum SAT scores are 550 Critical Reading, 540 Math (1100 combined), and the minimum ACT scores are 21 Math, 22 English (44 combined). You can submit one or the other, don't need both. Can you take them again if you're not meeting this min score? Are you working with a tutor to raise the scores?



Since I was all dressed up with no place to go thinking the Army Navy Game was this, not next weekend for most of the week, and my kids have my and my spouse's cars, I'm here, sadly watching the Hallmark channel, so I welcome a distraction to answer some of your questions - overall please do your own research as some of your questions are easily answered if you look - Additionally, please see responses in-line above in bold with some opinions. I'm not answering a few as I think others know more about the nursing path so I'll hope one of them will chime in. Thanks for your interest to serve and keep working at it if your goal is to serve.

Thank you for replying to my thread! It definitely clears up the air for some of the questions I had! Im supposed to talk to a recruiter next week to discuss some other options I may have for nrotc!

To answer some of the questions you had for me:

1) I am working currently with a tutor but I cannot take the next act test until February which is past the deadline of January 31st (taking the test to late is completely my fault and I take full responsibility for that) so I will probably apply for scores for merit based Scholarships and to help boost my application to the nrotc program at whatever school I decide to attend.

2) I did take the SAT and again I met past the requirements for the English And Reading/Evidence based portion but it was my math score that dragged me down even though I do pretty well in math at school (I’m currently in Honors pre calc and have taken math tutoring to help me with my struggle in the past)

Another question I have is how I can make myslef more competitive for the side load scholarships? Similar to how it for other things, do they appreciate being a well rounded student (participate in sports, clubs and the community while maintaining good grades) or should I be really focused on grades and my involvement in just the nrotc program?

I don’t mean to get ahead of myself but I’m one of those people who like to have a base plan or idea of something even though that base plan/idea might actually not go the way I want.

 

[Herman_Snerd]

Thank you for replying to my thread! It definitely clears up the air for some of the questions I had! Im supposed to talk to a recruiter next week to discuss some other options I may have for nrotc!

To answer some of the questions you had for me:

1) I am working currently with a tutor but I cannot take the next act test until February which is past the deadline of January 31st (taking the test to late is completely my fault and I take full responsibility for that) so I will probably apply for scores for merit based Scholarships and to help boost my application to the nrotc program at whatever school I decide to attend.

2) I did take the SAT and again I met past the requirements for the English And Reading/Evidence based portion but it was my math score that dragged me down even though I do pretty well in math at school (I’m currently in Honors pre calc and have taken math tutoring to help me with my struggle in the past)

Another question I have is how I can make myslef more competitive for the side load scholarships? Similar to how it for other things, do they appreciate being a well rounded student (participate in sports, clubs and the community while maintaining good grades) or should I be really focused on grades and my involvement in just the nrotc program?

I don’t mean to get ahead of myself but I’m one of those people who like to have a base plan or idea of something even though that base plan/idea might actually not go the way I want.

There are/ were ACT/ SAT exams this month but hey, that ship has now sailed.

How can you make yourself competitive for the sideload scholarships? - it's pretty simple: Participate in NROTC as a programmer - Arrive in great physical and mental shape, have a great attitude, be on-time, learn like a sponge, excel academically, excel on the fitness tests, choose coursework that won't overwhelm you in your first semesters so you get a 4.0. Be active in your unit. When you get feedback, own fixing whatever it is with urgency. Take every week between now and the Fall 2023 semester start to ensure your nutrition, fitness, and readiness are peaked for when you arrive. A college programmer smoked the entire group on the fitness eval run on day 1- he ran like 5 minute mile pace seemingly easily. The cadre noticed- all of us there as spectators at 4:45AM noticed. Even the other branch ROTC cadets noticed who were training on an adjacent pitch. Results speak loudly sometimes.

Having plans B, C, D is an excellent strategy for life and planning out your goal to serve. That's a positive - I only point out a couple of your questions are into the weeds and just be careful not to overwhelm yourself investing energy into areas that don't yet matter. Step 1, Step 2, etc.

Recruiters are great but they recruit and may steer you toward enlisting, which is a completely different path than training to be an officer. Not a bad thing if you want to enlist, but not a good thing if you do not. Sign nothing until you and your parents/guardians review the paperwork in detail, even if you are 18.

Good luck to you - please keep us posted as you move forward in your journey and advise if there's anything we can help with.

 

[Jimdlt19]

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[Jimdlt19]

Hi there, I’m currently a high school senior and have recently just decided that I wanted to go into the nrotc via the nurse option. I want to apply for the national scholarship but I don’t think I have the required stats for it:

- Act (17 math & 24 reading = 41 combined) I study really hard for the test but unfortunately I didn’t make it in the math section (I genuinely have never been good at math but I do my best to get A’s in them and I have so far)
- 4.8 weighted gpa and and 3.9 unweighted ( and above 4.0 all 4 years)
- 6 AP’s and 8 honors (All science class have been either honors or AP)
- Involved in waterpolo (Both club and high school) & swim (high school)
- Over 100+ hours of community service
- Treasure for volunteer club (and at one point part of a leadership class)
- Rank 24 out of 300 students
- Junior honor guard
- Have received school recognized awards
- selected to attended a program at ucla for high school students interested in the medical field

I think for the most part I’m an average student (at least not standardized test wise) but my parents were telling me to still apply with the worse case being me told no even though I have told them countless times that I cannot apply due to my act scores.

What do you guys recommend? Should I still apply for the hell of it? It should I wait until next year and take the ACT again to get a higher score and apply for the college program and apply the first semester for the 4 year scholarship through my unit or just apply for the side load scholarships?

Here are other questions I have too for the college program as a nursing student in nrotc:

- How many people in the nrotc program are usually college programmers? Are most people scholarship recipients?
- What will happen if I get a 4 year scholarship freshman year? What happens if I do not? And are the requirements for the scholarship the same?
- Will I still go to NSI if I don’t get a scholarship and apply as a college programmer?
- How much more difficult is NSO for those that don’t go to NSI before hand?
- Are nursing nrotc students a little less integrated with their unit considering they only take 4 of the 8 naval science classes and do not attend CONTRAMID and do not always participate in drills (if clinical’s get into the way).
- Will I be looked down upon for not getting the scholarship or not applying?
- If I get a four year scholarship my freshman year? I can attend the 3/c nursing cruise still? Or do I have to wait until after?

And lastly, do I have to take calculus and physics as a nurse option midshipmen?

I’m sorry this question is so long but I have not been able to fine threads that contain this information and to those who are able to answer thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot!

PARENTS - Navy NROTC "NURSE OPTION" QUICK HITS

I have put together some "Quick Hits" for Parents and Applicants below so that you don't have to look all over the Forums. In no particular order but tried to stay chronological. 1) Remember ALL Navy Nurse Option Colleges are "Freshman DIrect Admit" "Cohort Program" 100-200 students all...

www.serviceacademyforums.com

 

[skatetofate]

Hi there, I’m currently a high school senior and have recently just decided that I wanted to go into the nrotc via the nurse option. I want to apply for the national scholarship but I don’t think I have the required stats for it:

- Act (17 math & 24 reading = 41 combined) I study really hard for the test but unfortunately I didn’t make it in the math section (I genuinely have never been good at math but I do my best to get A’s in them and I have so far)
- 4.8 weighted gpa and and 3.9 unweighted ( and above 4.0 all 4 years)
- 6 AP’s and 8 honors (All science class have been either honors or AP)
- Involved in waterpolo (Both club and high school) & swim (high school)
- Over 100+ hours of community service
- Treasure for volunteer club (and at one point part of a leadership class)
- Rank 24 out of 300 students
- Junior honor guard
- Have received school recognized awards
- selected to attended a program at ucla for high school students interested in the medical field

I think for the most part I’m an average student (at least not standardized test wise) but my parents were telling me to still apply with the worse case being me told no even though I have told them countless times that I cannot apply due to my act scores.

What do you guys recommend? Should I still apply for the hell of it? It should I wait until next year and take the ACT again to get a higher score and apply for the college program and apply the first semester for the 4 year scholarship through my unit or just apply for the side load scholarships?

Here are other questions I have too for the college program as a nursing student in nrotc:

- How many people in the nrotc program are usually college programmers? Are most people scholarship recipients?
- What will happen if I get a 4 year scholarship freshman year? What happens if I do not? And are the requirements for the scholarship the same?
- Will I still go to NSI if I don’t get a scholarship and apply as a college programmer?
- How much more difficult is NSO for those that don’t go to NSI before hand?
- Are nursing nrotc students a little less integrated with their unit considering they only take 4 of the 8 naval science classes and do not attend CONTRAMID and do not always participate in drills (if clinical’s get into the way).
- Will I be looked down upon for not getting the scholarship or not applying?
- If I get a four year scholarship my freshman year? I can attend the 3/c nursing cruise still? Or do I have to wait until after?

And lastly, do I have to take calculus and physics as a nurse option midshipmen?

I’m sorry this question is so long but I have not been able to fine threads that contain this information and to those who are able to answer thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot!

1. It depends on the unit how many people are college programmers. At my unit for my year about half the incoming freshmen were CP. But the class junior to me had about 60 students total and 10 CP. Now, most incoming freshmen are scholarship recipients, but depends on unit. The number of CP was decreased in my unit because a lot of CP didn't pick up scholarships.
2. If you get a 4 year scholarship during freshman year you will activate it at the beginning of sophomore year. I know this because this is what I went through. You will have to check with your unit to see if current 4/C are still allowed to apply for the Nurse Scholarship. If not, a way to get around this would be attending a non-NROTC affiliated school (and therefore not being in NROTC) for freshman year and then applying for it. In that case, there is not limit to the college credits you can have before applying for the 4-Year and having to then transfer to an NROTC school. This is because the 4 year nurse scholarship is the only nurse scholarship that is offered (no 2 or 3 year like regular navy/marine option). This year was the first year that they did not allow current 4/C to apply for the 4 year navy, but I don't know if that extends to the nurse scholarship as well. If you do not get a 4 Year Nurse Scholarship, you are not able to commission as a Nurse Officer out of NROTC. They do not offer college program/advanced standing for nurse options. Requirements for scholarship are a little higher for nurse options with regards to SAT/ACT, but you'd have to check the website to confirm. Regardless, it's very high and arguably higher than navy option because they give out a very small amount of nurse scholarships each year. Like in some years before this 2022 it was in the ballpark of 12 for the whole nation.
3. You will probably go to NSI if you don't get a scholarship and apply as a college programmer because they are trying to make it a requirement for all Midshipmen who enter NROTC.
4. NSO may be more difficult for people who didn't go NSI, since they haven't been indoctrinated into military life yet. But if you had prior experience like JROTC or Sea Cadets it doesn't make a big difference. So it depends on the person, as well as the school that is running it.
5. I wouldn't say nurse options are less integrated, more like they just have less NROTC obligations. For your first year you do everything the navy ops do. After that, you don't go to the all the classes they do but I swear you don't even realize it and you're very integrated with your shipmates. I would really recommend going to a NROTC Nursing-only school like Belmont or at least a school that has a lot of nursing options like JU because it offers a unique support system.
6. You won't be looked down upon for not getting scholarship or not applying. But like I said you have to get the scholarship to commission as a nurse out of NROTC so you need it.
7. If you get a 4 Year scholarship your freshman year you do not attend the 3/c nursing cruise. This is because you have to wait until fall semester to activate the scholarship because you use it for the academic year after it is earned. So you wouldn't be a scholarship student eligible for cruise yet, you wouldn't have a CAC, or other stuff you need for cruise. You would have to wait to attend a nurse cruise as a rising 2/C, and that isn't guaranteed as you have to request it. That is because NROTC nursing curriculum is only supposed to entail a 3/C and 1/C cruise.
And no, nurse ops do not need to take calc or physics.
The amount of information regarding the NROTC nurse option on the internet is limited so feel free to dm me if this forum allows it. I know I would have given my left arm (or whatever the government would let me give) for someone to answer the questions I had as I applied for the scholarship for the 1st and 2nd time.

 

[Abbey_Rosee]

1. It depends on the unit how many people are college programmers. At my unit for my year about half the incoming freshmen were CP. But the class junior to me had about 60 students total and 10 CP. Now, most incoming freshmen are scholarship recipients, but depends on unit. The number of CP was decreased in my unit because a lot of CP didn't pick up scholarships.
2. If you get a 4 year scholarship during freshman year you will activate it at the beginning of sophomore year. I know this because this is what I went through. You will have to check with your unit to see if current 4/C are still allowed to apply for the Nurse Scholarship. If not, a way to get around this would be attending a non-NROTC affiliated school (and therefore not being in NROTC) for freshman year and then applying for it. In that case, there is not limit to the college credits you can have before applying for the 4-Year and having to then transfer to an NROTC school. This is because the 4 year nurse scholarship is the only nurse scholarship that is offered (no 2 or 3 year like regular navy/marine option). This year was the first year that they did not allow current 4/C to apply for the 4 year navy, but I don't know if that extends to the nurse scholarship as well. If you do not get a 4 Year Nurse Scholarship, you are not able to commission as a Nurse Officer out of NROTC. They do not offer college program/advanced standing for nurse options. Requirements for scholarship are a little higher for nurse options with regards to SAT/ACT, but you'd have to check the website to confirm. Regardless, it's very high and arguably higher than navy option because they give out a very small amount of nurse scholarships each year. Like in some years before this 2022 it was in the ballpark of 12 for the whole nation.
3. You will probably go to NSI if you don't get a scholarship and apply as a college programmer because they are trying to make it a requirement for all Midshipmen who enter NROTC.
4. NSO may be more difficult for people who didn't go NSI, since they haven't been indoctrinated into military life yet. But if you had prior experience like JROTC or Sea Cadets it doesn't make a big difference. So it depends on the person, as well as the school that is running it.
5. I wouldn't say nurse options are less integrated, more like they just have less NROTC obligations. For your first year you do everything the navy ops do. After that, you don't go to the all the classes they do but I swear you don't even realize it and you're very integrated with your shipmates. I would really recommend going to a NROTC Nursing-only school like Belmont or at least a school that has a lot of nursing options like JU because it offers a unique support system.
6. You won't be looked down upon for not getting scholarship or not applying. But like I said you have to get the scholarship to commission as a nurse out of NROTC so you need it.
7. If you get a 4 Year scholarship your freshman year you do not attend the 3/c nursing cruise. This is because you have to wait until fall semester to activate the scholarship because you use it for the academic year after it is earned. So you wouldn't be a scholarship student eligible for cruise yet, you wouldn't have a CAC, or other stuff you need for cruise. You would have to wait to attend a nurse cruise as a rising 2/C, and that isn't guaranteed as you have to request it. That is because NROTC nursing curriculum is only supposed to entail a 3/C and 1/C cruise.
And no, nurse ops do not need to take calc or physics.
The amount of information regarding the NROTC nurse option on the internet is limited so feel free to dm me if this forum allows it. I know I would have given my left arm (or whatever the government would let me give) for someone to answer the questions I had as I applied for the scholarship for the 1st and 2nd time.

Thank you for replying! I appreciate sharing your knowledge! One question I have also regarding the Nurse Scholarship is what if I got the scholarship while I’m in high-school still? I plan on applying right away as soon as the next cycle opens since I’ll have everything ready to submit most likely and I’ll have my new ACT scores. If I get the scholarship while I’m still in high school but it’s for the 2024 cycle, will I still be able to use it freshman year?

 

[skatetofate]

Thank you for replying! I appreciate sharing your knowledge! One question I have also regarding the Nurse Scholarship is what if I got the scholarship while I’m in high-school still? I plan on applying right away as soon as the next cycle opens since I’ll have everything ready to submit most likely and I’ll have my new ACT scores. If I get the scholarship while I’m still in high school but it’s for the 2024 cycle, will I still be able to use it freshman year?

If you get it as a high school senior you will activate it when you start freshman year of college. Not sure what you mean by getting the scholarship while you are still in high school for the 2024 cycle, but if you are talking about taking a gap or deferring the scholarship til the year after you got the scholarship for, then you would have to check with the school to see how that would work.

 

[Abbey_Rosee]

If you get it as a high school senior you will activate it when you start freshman year of college. Not sure what you mean by getting the scholarship while you are still in high school for the 2024 cycle, but if you are talking about taking a gap or deferring the scholarship til the year after you got the scholarship for, then you would have to check with the school to see how that would work.

By 2024 cycle I mean the new cycle of scholarships, technically I’m supposed to apply for the 2023 cycle of scholarships since I’m going to be a freshman in college in 2023 but my nrotc scholarship adviser said that I could apply for the 2024 cycle (or new cycle) right as It open to increase my chances of getting a scholarship but she never got back to me about wether I would be able to use that scholarship for freshman year since (if) I got the scholarship senior year instead of during freshman year of college.

 

[skatetofate]

In that case, you can only use it starting sophomore year. When the Navy awards you the 4 year in Feb-April (that is when the nurse boards are results are typically released), that scholarship can only be activated starting fall semester of that year.

 

[Abbey_Rosee]

In that case, you can only use it starting sophomore year. When the Navy awards you the 4 year in Feb-April (that is when the nurse boards are results are typically released), that scholarship can only be activated starting fall semester of that year.

Good to know, would it also help with my scholarship application that I already got into nursing school? I was directly admitted and accepted into Penn State’s Nursing Program at University Park (Which is we’re the nrotc program is held) and was wondering if such a thing would boost my chances?

 

[skatetofate]

I would bring it up in the part of the application where they ask why you chose that specific school as your first choice, since it obviously wouldn't hurt

 

[Jimdlt19]

Good to know, would it also help with my scholarship application that I already got into nursing school? I was directly admitted and accepted into Penn State’s Nursing Program at University Park (Which is we’re the nrotc program is held) and was wondering if such a thing would boost my chances?

The Penn State Direct Admit Nursing Program is one of the best and one of the hardest to get into. Last year's numbers were over 3500 applied, Only about 160 Accepted, and ONLY 18 from out of state. That acceptance we are convinced helped our DS "get over the hump", and he also interviewed with the detachment.

 

[FastFood44]

Good to know, would it also help with my scholarship application that I already got into nursing school? I was directly admitted and accepted into Penn State’s Nursing Program at University Park (Which is we’re the nrotc program is held) and was wondering if such a thing would boost my chances?

CONGRATS!! this is a HUGE accomplishment to get into the nursing program.

 

[5centsmom]

This is not Penn State experience, but son’s unit generally had 25-33% of entering midshipmen classes as college programmers. Usually half of those would drop within the first month (this was true pre-Covid). Many factors played into this including CPs not realizing the time commitment. That said, this smaller unit saw several CPs be picked up for full scholarship every year. Your attitude and approach will be a big factor in your success so I encourage you to keep working at it!

 

[Abbey_Rosee]

I would bring it up in the part of the application where they ask why you chose that specific school as your first choice, since it obviously wouldn't hurt

Hi there, I remembered that you were a nurse option MIDN and I wanted to ask you a couple more questions about NROTC? For background, my main scholarship coordinator encouraged me to submit the application still and that they would give me a letter of exception for my ACT scores so long as I had 2.0 above in Algebra 2 and a 2.75 gpa in total which I have way above those and so it prompted me to submit my application. I now have an interview this week with the USC/UCLA Naval science department for the officer interview. I am a little nerve racked about it because while I have done job interviews before, I feel like this one is a little different than those interviews. If you could offer me adivce from your past experiences and some tips or tricks, I would be very grateful. Thank you!

 

[skatetofate]

just sent a pm, sorry for late response