ROTC 2 year scholarship

[JSolis3]

Hello,

Okay so here’s the thing, I am here because my sister (who is currently in the ROTC program) has not yet been contracted by the Army and the semester is practically over. She is not your average cadet, she likes to make a lot of excuses, is not realistic and certainly does not prioritize her responsibilities. She is part of the few people in her program whom have not received their contracts. She claims that the reason why she has not been selected yet is because of a medical issue she had a few months ago. From what I can tell you is she has certainly made life for her officers difficult. She every so often attends her meetings because apparently she has a note from her doctor saying she cannot perform physical activities, so she has not done PT for awhile now. A few weeks ago she had a weekend event that she had to attend to and she ended up going but was told to go home the next day because I guess she wasn’t doing anything and that there was no reason for her to be there if she was not going to perform in any physical activities. From what she tells me, her officers don’t like her; that they’re being jerks and that they have it out for her. She also dropped one class and not failed but did not receive credit for another class. However, according to her the Army is still going to approve her contract, which I find hard to believe day by day. My question is will the Army really contract her or not?

 

[kinnem]

Hello,

Okay so here’s the thing, I am here because my sister (who is currently in the ROTC program) has not yet been contracted by the Army and the semester is practically over. She is not your average cadet, she likes to make a lot of excuses, is not realistic and certainly does not prioritize her responsibilities. She is part of the few people in her program whom have not received their contracts. She claims that the reason why she has not been selected yet is because of a medical issue she had a few months ago. From what I can tell you is she has certainly made life for her officers difficult. She every so often attends her meetings because apparently she has a note from her doctor saying she cannot perform physical activities, so she has not done PT for awhile now. A few weeks ago she had a weekend event that she had to attend to and she ended up going but was told to go home the next day because I guess she wasn’t doing anything and that there was no reason for her to be there if she was not going to perform in any physical activities. From what she tells me, her officers don’t like her; that they’re being jerks and that they have it out for her. She also dropped one class and not failed but did not receive credit for another class. However, according to her the Army is still going to approve her contract, which I find hard to believe day by day. My question is will the Army really contract her or not?

Assuming she was offered a scholarship she must pass the APFT before she can contract . Since she is unable to perform any physical activity it seems unlikely.

 

[justdoit19]

Two sides to a story, and the reality is usually somewhere in between. That’s my experience raising my own.

 

[Herman_Snerd]

Your dear sister is not alone, fyi. This is not uncommon. Observing through a couple of parent forums I am involved with, and directly, that there are a surprising number of scholarship winning and programmer ROTC participants who have been both not meeting the minimum PT standards, and on/off/on medical waivers for much of the semester. For those with scholarship offers, here in December some have yet to have their scholarships activated. In some of these cases the participants are grossly off the mark in meeting the physical standards and in some cases just a bit short (2 seconds late for the latest run). For those that are close and improving/ working, likely things will be worked out. For others IMO they are just prolonging the inevitable of losing their scholarship. In some cases dates have been set by which the physical standards have to be met, or, the scholarship will not be activated. Your sister will have these exact details and will be aware of what she needs to do, by what time.

I assume positive intent and caring, but I read a bit of a punitive edge/ frustration. I would just suggest you focus on how you might help her, if she is stumbling at the moment. Lift her up/ encourage, don't kick her when down. She's family after all.

FYI, I'm surprised also that there isn't more of a repercussion if folks sent in paperwork that had them performing at an elite athlete level then magically show up not even close to what they documented they could do. I understand some are legit injuries that would cause performance degradation, but I think others failed to prepare over the summer and are playing the only card they can for more time.

Good luck to your sister and hope it all gets on-track/ works out.