Question about High School Associates Degree Program

[VisionofConflux]

I'm currently a high school senior and I've been involved in this program that allows students, starting their junior year, to take on a range of Dual Enrollment classes to hopefully graduate with a high school advanced diploma and associate degree. I'm currently going for the ROTC scholarship and I am unsure how it would affect my ability to obtain a ROTC scholarship and involvement in ROTC. Does anyone know of a similar situation and/or have any advice as to how I should handle this situation?

 

[A1Janitor]

Do a search - you should find this. My son was looking at ROTC - and he had his two year degree earned before high school graduation. I have seen the impact on ROTC discussion here.

 

[VisionofConflux]

Do a search - you should find this. My son was looking at ROTC - and he had his two year degree earned before high school graduation. I have seen the impact on ROTC discussion here.

Do you mind sharing the name of the post as it is hard to find if it is an old post?

 

[A1Janitor]

Here is one quick one I just found. Hopefully it helps ... there are a few excellent posters here that can help.

ROTC Scholarships Available with College Credit

Hi, I'm a school counselor at an early college high school. Our kids graduate with a high school degree and an associate's degree at the same time, so about 60-64 college credits. In steering students in the right direction for ROTC scholarships, I have done lots of reading on the ROTC websites...

www.serviceacademyforums.com

Edit: Also ... if you hit the search button on top (magnifying glass) - you can type in your searches. Google searches work well too (a lot of times google searches find the threads here).

 

[Herman_Snerd]

If you're going to read through the thread nicely shared above please keep reading past the second post. Key detail: The credits you earn BEFORE you graduate HS do not count against you for any limit for applying for an ROTC scholarship. The credits you earn AFTER you graduate HS do matter/ have a limit for the scholarships. You are not limited to apply for the scholarship or participate in ROTC based on HS dual/ AP, IB credits earned while in HS.

In your case you may have 60 or so credits - you should check with each program at each college you are applying to as to what those credits would count toward at each school and which will count toward your major vs tackling some prerequisites or just electives. For APs, again check on what you would have to have earned with each school. Some of the better schools only give credit if you score a 5 on the AP exam, or 4, or 3... depends. Some schools give you credit for 2 courses if you get a 5. Some courses give you - zip.

The ROTC program is designed for 4 years. This often means you would participate for 4 years or 8 semesters of ROTC instruction and labs. In your case for some schools you could potentially finish sooner. my DS was similar but is opting to enjoy the 4 years of school and training.

Hope that helps you - good luck.

 

[You]

I'll be graduating with my AA as well. I asked my NROTC recruiter about how it would affect my eligibility for the ROTC scholarships and she said that all the college credit you accumulated during high school won't count against you. You won't be considered a college student until you have taken college classes outside of high school. All applicants that are coming straight out of high school will be considered for the 4-year scholarship.

 

[VisionofConflux]

I'll be graduating with my AA as well. I asked my NROTC recruiter about how it would affect my eligibility for the ROTC scholarships and she said that all the college credit you accumulated during high school won't count against you. You won't be considered a college student until you have taken college classes outside of high school. All applicants that are coming straight out of high school will be considered for the 4-year scholarship.

My ROO just told me that as well.......pretty cool that there isn’t any conflict. Thank you all for the feedback everyone. It’s not one that is discussed often.