Question regarding 3 1/2 year AROTC scholarship.

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My son received a 3 year AROTC Scholarship. The unit recruiter has told the battalion that there may be some additional scholarship money available at the end of the first semester. Is anyone familiar with the criteria to earn the additional scholarship?
 
It is essentially the same criteria as before but now the cadre is watching the cadet's academic performance in college plus the following:
  • APFT - You should be high performing or showing rapid improvement.
  • Involvement in Army ROTC extracurriculars.
  • Attitude and leadership potential as observed by the cadre.
Back in 2015, my DS was a "walk-on" to Army ROTC at a state university after being turned down by USNA, and NROTC/MO. He earned a 3 year by November of his freshman first semester. By February, they extended it (after congress approved the budget) to 3.5 years and including the spring semester.
 
AROTC-dad said:
It is essentially the same criteria as before but now the cadre is watching the cadet's academic performance in college plus the following:
  • APFT - You should be high performing or showing rapid improvement.
  • Involvement in Army ROTC extracurriculars.
  • Attitude and leadership potential as observed by the cadre.
Back in 2015, my DS was a "walk-on" to Army ROTC at a state university after being turned down by USNA, and NROTC/MO. He earned a 3 year by November of his freshman first semester. By February, they extended it (after congress approved the budget) to 3.5 years and including the spring semester.
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Thank you, this is very helpful. He scored 241 on his first APFT, we were disappointed. Any idea what the magic number is?
 
I don’t know that there is a magic number. It will really be dependent on how many slots they anticipate and where he ranks among other eligible cadets at his school. Some brigades are not extending 3 year and others do. My daughter found out in October of her freshman year in 2016 that her 3 year scholarship was going to be upgraded to a 3.5 year pending approval of funds. The funds came through and she contracted in January when she returned from break. The next fall in 2017: a freshman that is a friend of hers was to,d the same thing in October, and the money never came through, so she contracted this week. There are so many factors year to year that there is no way we can give you a number. I know at my daughters school, they like to see above 270, anything below 270 is going to get you “extra work” from a PT perspective. Best he can do is work on his own, and not rely that PT will get the job done and mid semester have the mind set of going for that 300!
 
Dckc88 said:
I don’t know that there is a magic number. It will really be dependent on how many slots they anticipate and where he ranks among other eligible cadets at his school. Some brigades are not extending 3 year and others do. My daughter found out in October of her freshman year in 2016 that her 3 year scholarship was going to be upgraded to a 3.5 year pending approval of funds. The funds came through and she contracted in January when she returned from break. The next fall in 2017: a freshman that is a friend of hers was to,d the same thing in October, and the money never came through, so she contracted this week. There are so many factors year to year that there is no way we can give you a number. I know at my daughters school, they like to see above 270, anything below 270 is going to get you “extra work” from a PT perspective. Best he can do is work on his own, and not rely that PT will get the job done and mid semester have the mind set of going for that 300!
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Thank you for the response. We will keep perspective accordingly.
 
klscad said:
Thank you, this is very helpful. He scored 241 on his first APFT, we were disappointed. Any idea what the magic number is?
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A score of 240 on his first APFT is not as bad as it may seem. The goal the first day is to pass the test, you would be surprised just how many new cadets fail the first APFT, that includes many 4 year Scholarship winners. The Army has strict regulations for both PU's and SU's that new cadets are not yet used to. The fact that your son passed the first APFT with a respectable score is a good thing. The best thing he can do now is to keep working out and show improvement on the next test.

Just make sure he understands that the APFT is just one part of the equation, as others above have said, GPA and Battalion involvement will be highly considered as well.
 
Agree with Jcleppe, it is not unusual at all for freshman to not pass it, so passing it is great! Now he knows where he is at under those conditions and he can continue to improve!
 
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