Room and Board

slalom6 said:
Good evening,
I received my NROTC scholarship today but was a little confused by the technicalities of what it covered. The message says it will cover "tuition and required fees OR room and board (limited to a maximum of $11,500 per academic year or the cost of living on campus, whichever is LESS)." How is it decided what the scholarship will cover?
Thank you and best of luck to everyone else applying!
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Pretty sure you decide which one it covers. Choose the option that’s more expensive so you get more bang for your buck
 
singaporemom said:
Army ROTC monetary incentives and/or room and board part 6

University of vermont
the university offers room and board incentives to academically deserving four year scholarship recipients. Recipients receive free housing and a paid meal plan for university dining facilities. The student will receive free housing in one of the university's dormitories (double room) at st. Michael's college, one of the university of vermont's cross-enrolled schools, each scholarship winner will receive a supplemental grant to cover the balance of tuition, as well as housing (dormitory, double room).

University of washington room and board at seattle pacific university (competitive-based for rotc scholarship students).
• room and board at northwest university (competitive-based for rotc scholarship students).
• individual merit based scholarships, up to $2,000 per year.

University of wisconsin - la crosse
at viterbo college: Four-, three- and two-year scholarship winners receive annual award of $4,250 to offset room and board in campus-owned facilities. Three-year advanced designee scholarship winners receive annual award of $4,250 to offset room and board in campus-owned facilities, plus another $4,250 to offset freshman tuition.

University of wisconsin - oshkosh ripon college: Four-year scholarship winners receive an additional ripon college scholarship which covers the balance of tuition and provides on-campus housing and board. In addition, each three-year advanced designee scholarship winner receives a $16,000 ripon college tuition scholarship to cover the freshman year. Once the national army rotc scholarship benefits begin, each three-year advanced designee receives an additional ripon college scholarship which covers the balance of tuition. On-campus housing and board are provided all four years. saint norbert college: Each four-year scholarship winner receives free room and an additional amount equal to a percentage of tuition. Each three-year scholarship winner receives a one-year saint norbert scholarship of up to $12,800 to cover first year tuition, plus free room. In addition, each three-year scholarship winner receives free room during the sophomore through senior years; an additional scholarship amount worth a percentage of tuition; and a one-year college grant worth up to $12,800. marian college: Each scholarship winner receives free room and board, along with 200 points that can be used for food and drink at the campus snack bar.


University of wyoming
the professor of military science (pms) has several $750-$3700 discretionary room and board scholarships. Amount of scholarship varies depending on act/sat scores, gpa, financial need and rotc participation.

Vanderbilt university
$3,000 annual financial incentives from the university

virginia state university virginia state university offers room and board scholarships through the rotc program to exceptional students. Highly motivated students that excel academically and within the rotc program may compete for board scholarships that pay for the cost of meals while dining on campus

wake forest university
wake forest offers full room and board to all 3\&4 year scholarship winners, as well as a tuition assistance grant of 1k msii year, 2k msiii year, and 3k msiv year.

Washington state university individual merit based scholarships, up to $3,000 per year

washington university
up to 10 four-year scholarship winners receives free room and board. For each four-year scholarship winner above 10, the university will negotiate room and board individually

weber state university
7 rooms, without board, for cadets.

West virginia state university4-yr scholarship winners receive room and board waivers in college owned facilities.

Western kentucky universityfour-year scholarship winners receive free room and board. Student must maintain a 3.0 gpa to retain the incentive. Three- and two-year scholarship winners receive free room. Student must maintain a 2.8 gpa to retain the incentive.

Western michigan universityawards up to $3,500 annually ($1,750 per semester) to any four-year rotc and green-to-gold army rotc scholarship winner.

Widener university villanova university: Offers full tuition and a $5,000 room and board incentive on top of the rotc scholarship (limited to 5 per year, must maintain 3.25 gpa to remain eligible)

wofford college
• four-year scholarship winners receive free room and board. Three year advanced designee scholarship winers may receive free room and board based on sat/act and gpa.

Worcester polytechnic institute free room and board to four-year and three-year advanced designee scholarship winners. At nichols college scholarship winners receive a $1,000 per semester credit toward room and board all years scholarship is in effect.

Wright state university professor of military science awards up to 13 free room and board incentives to scholarship winners based on an order of merit list. The incentives may be partial or full room and board depending on the number of qualified applicants and the yearly incentive budget. (this equates to three to four room and board incentive scholarships for each academic year group.)

xavier university four-year scholarship winners receive free room and board. Three-year advanced designee scholarship winners receive freshman year tuition plus free room for all 4-years. At the college of mount saint joseph: Four-year scholarship winners receive free room or, if additional college scholarship is awarded from the college, tuition differential and free room and board all 4-years.
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Creighton University covers R&B as well as tuition.
 
You decide. You pick either tuition and fees OR room and board.
 
JMU only pays for the first year. Creighton pays for R&B. Norwich has scholarships to pay for it. Most do not.
 
If you are awarded the 4 year national scholarship, you need to decide if you want that scholarship to apply to tuition/fees or room/board - the Army scholarship does not cover both. However, if you choose to have it cover tuition/fees, some universities will award scholarship recipients free room/board (it comes from the school, not the Army). So, in that case the student has a full ride. The University of Vermont does this for my daughter.
 
VMI is still covering room and board for scholarship recipients. We told them my son was awarded a scholarship, and they very quickly updated his financial aid package to show that he was awarder their "Call to Duty" scholarship.

The Citadel webpage states that their National Service Scholarship will cover "up to full room and board". I contacted their financial aid office, they say they would not be able to provide a confirmation of the amount until around March 15.
 
gck105 said:
VMI is still covering room and board for scholarship recipients. We told them my son was awarded a scholarship, and they very quickly updated his financial aid package to show that he was awarder their "Call to Duty" scholarship.

The Citadel webpage states that their National Service Scholarship will cover "up to full room and board". I contacted their financial aid office, they say they would not be able to provide a confirmation of the amount until around March 15.
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If it stays like it has been at The Citadel, only ROTC scholarship students eligible for a federal Pell Grant receive full room and board. Those who do not qualify for the Pell Grant receive the "room" portion of room and board and have to pay the remainder out of pocket.
 
pa-outdoorsman said:
If it stays like it has been at The Citadel, only ROTC scholarship students eligible for a federal Pell Grant receive full room and board. Those who do not qualify for the Pell Grant receive the "room" portion of room and board and have to pay the remainder out of pocket.
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We just got their aid package today. For us, they didn't even cover the room or the board portion. Pretty disappointing based on how they market it. We have a visit planned on Friday, so depending on what my son thinks vs VMI, I may see if they can do better.
 
gck105 said:
We just got their aid package today. For us, they didn't even cover the room or the board portion. Pretty disappointing based on how they market it. We have a visit planned on Friday, so depending on what my son thinks vs VMI, I may see if they can do better.
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To be clear, your son is a national ROTC scholarship recipient (and you've informed the financial aid office of this), and they have NOT included the National Service/Service to Country scholarships on his aid package?

If that's the case, I have to imagine it was an error. I highly suggest you call ahead and make an appointment with a financial aid counselor so you can sit down face to face and discuss while you in Charleston. BTW, enjoy the visit. The Citadel is a beautiful campus, and think your DS is going to like it. VMI is beautiful too, but Charleston and Lexington have different vibes, and my guess is that after seeing both, your son will gravitate toward one or the other.

Best of luck. Keep us posted!
 
pa-outdoorsman said:
To be clear, your son is a national ROTC scholarship recipient (and you've informed the financial aid office of this), and they have NOT included the National Service/Service to Country scholarships on his aid package?

If that's the case, I have to imagine it was an error. I highly suggest you call ahead and make an appointment with a financial aid counselor so you can sit down face to face and discuss while you in Charleston. BTW, enjoy the visit. The Citadel is a beautiful campus, and think your DS is going to like it. VMI is beautiful too, but Charleston and Lexington have different vibes, and my guess is that after seeing both, your son will gravitate toward one or the other.

Best of luck. Keep us posted!
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Thanks. Yeah, I let them know about the scholarship as soon as we found out. The aid packages lists "National Service Scholarship", but the amount seems low when you compare other SMCs offering full room and board.
 
gck105 said:
Thanks. Yeah, I let them know about the scholarship as soon as we found out. The aid packages lists "National Service Scholarship", but the amount seems low when you compare other SMCs offering full room and board.
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Updating just to give people real numbers that we’ve experienced this year. My ds is at TAMU which offers the Patriot Scholarship to cover R&B. The Corps actually has a ton of scholarships that cadets can apply for. Ds’s outfit requires them to fill out the Corps scholarship form and he was given a few $1000 in Corps scholarships. It doesn’t really matter since those are then deducted from the amount his Patriot Scholarship covers. They matter a lot to his friends who are not on scholarship. For one scholarship application, he was able to write in that his roommate needed the scholarship more than he did.

Our OOP costs this year has been about $1500. We initially paid $2000 first semester (mostly for the required sports pass), but then were refunded money to ds’s account. While they do post all of the fees in his portal, the refund was a mystery. We owed a grand total of $0.13 for second semester. AFROTC pays for uniform rental as well ($1000/year, I think). None of this counts Ds’s stipend, travel pay, and books that he got paid over the year so he definitely came out positive. The Corps requires freshman and sophomores to have the highest food plan which is unlimited meals 7 days/week, 7 retail meals/week, and dining dollars. The Patriot Scholarship covers that plan since it is required. The meal plan has been really nice for ds and his buddies. They definitely use it to its full potential.
 
gck105 said:
Thanks. Yeah, I let them know about the scholarship as soon as we found out. The aid packages lists "National Service Scholarship", but the amount seems low when you compare other SMCs offering full room and board.
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I can tell you what the National Service Scholarship was for my DS this year -- $2,231 per semester. So, subtract $4,462 from the published annual room and board rate of $10,375 and you're on the hook for $5,913.

Then you also have the quartermaster fee of more than $9,700 for freshman. That covers uniforms and supplies. The uniforms are expensive! After freshman year the quartermaster fee is only $3,000 something per year.

Bottom line is The Citadel is in fact expensive. And while they do offer considerable support to ROTC scholarship winners, and they do not lead SMCs in that regard.
 
pa-outdoorsman said:
I can tell you what the National Service Scholarship was for my DS this year -- $2,231 per semester. So, subtract $4,462 from the published annual room and board rate of $10,375 and you're on the hook for $5,913.

Then you also have the quartermaster fee of more than $9,700 for freshman. That covers uniforms and supplies. The uniforms are expensive! After freshman year the quartermaster fee is only $3,000 something per year.

Bottom line is The Citadel is in fact expensive. And while they do offer considerable support to ROTC scholarship winners, and they do not lead SMCs in that regard.
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Thanks for that info. It is helpful.
 
There are schools out there that are very easy to work with on the room and board end. If that is what you are looking for. You have to ask in a very pointed fashion. I just had the bursar from one of my sons email me because he had a HOLD on account. I sent an email back stating he was a ARMY 4 year winner and the school covers room and board. They looked at his past bill payment and immediately cleared his bill. I have one living in off campus apartment through the university and it is expensive and they pay for it. Along with meals. My younger son has same thing starting next year. The R&B portion was a big deal for us so my sons looked mainly at schools that offered it.
 
calimom said:
School's that offer Free room and board for ROTC students

This is a very helpful website! http://www.slideshare.net/robwong4/nrotc-guide-2010

ROOM & BOARD PROVISIONS FOR 4-YEAR NROTC SCHOLARSHIPS NOTE: This list is intended to be used as a guideline reference for NROTC Scholarship Applicants. No guarantee is made or implied that these benefits will be granted to the applicant. These benefits are offered by the individual colleges and are in no way supported or funded by the U.S. Navy. It is the applicant’s responsibility to verify current availability of room and board provisions directly with the desired college or university. College Unit Code Phone Number Benefits offered by the


1. College Boston University 061 (617) 353-2000 Free Room & Board
2. Carnegie-Mellon University 067 (412) 268-2000 Free Room & Board (on a case by case basis)
3. Florida A&M University 009 (850) 599-3796 Free Room & Board (nomination from NROTC unit)
4. George Washington University 063 (202) 994-1000 Free Room & Board (prior active duty recipients) (tech majors eligible for a stipend of $4000 for room & board)
5. College of the Holy Cross 011 800) 442-2421 Free Room & Board
6. Washington State University 012 (509) 335-3564 Free Room & Board
7. Illinois Institute of Technology 013 (312) 567-3000 Free Room & Board
8. Iowa State University 015 (515) 294-4111 $2000/year Room & Board (top 25% incoming freshmen)
9. Jacksonville University 016 (904) 744-3950 Free Room & Board
10. Maine Maritime Academy 019 (800) 227-8465 Free Room & Board
11. Marquette University 020 (608) 262-3961 Free Room & Board
12. Michigan, University of 023 (734) 764-1817 Room & Board Scholarship (eng students, case by case)
13. Mississippi, University of 025 (662) 915-7211 Free Room (out of state residents)
14. Missouri, University of 026 (573) 882-2456 $1000/year to Free Room & Board (varies)
15. New York Maritime College 056 (718) 409-7220 Free Room & Board
16. Norwich University 065 (800) 468-6679 Free Room & Board
17. Prairie View A&M University 038 (409) 857-2310 Free Room & Board
18. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 040 (518) 276-6000 Free Room & Board
19. Rochester, University of 042 (716) 275-6111 Free Room & Board
20. San Diego, University of 059 (619) 260-4600 75% Room & Board
21. Savannah State University 043 (800) 788-0478 Free Room & Board
22. Southern California, University 045 (213) 746-1879 $2500/year Room & Board
23. Southern University and A&M 046 (225) 771-2430 Free Room & Board
24. Louisiana State University 046 (225) 388-1175 Free Room & Board
25. Tulane University 049 (504) 865-5000 Free Room & Board
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Iowa State doesnt do room and Board Discounts. You can get scholarships through the school to help cover room and Board. My brother is a current student in the NROTC
 
gck105 said:
Thanks for that info. It is helpful.
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Forgot to add this is need based. If you qualify for a federal Pell Grant, then The Citadel will give you full room and board as part of the National Service Scholarship. If you don't qualify for Pell Grant, you only get the "room" portion as I described.
 
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