ROTC, NROTC and AFROTC Questions

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I was just wondering if anyone could help answer any of my numerous questions pertaining to ROTC, NROTC, or AFROTC.

ROTC Nursing Option:
1) I was wondering whether or not I would have to accept my four year scholarship in order to be commissioned in the army. I received an almost full ride (based on merit) to school I am attending and I feel that it would just be unnecessary to accept the scholarship if I don't have to - I want to serve in the military however I read that if I don't accept the scholarship I can still be commissioned but I'm only obligated 2 years AD instead of 4 (I obvious want to serve more than two however I don't like the idea of being bound to this because I want to pursue higher education)

2) If I have to accept the scholarship, can I reapply for the scholarship if I transfer colleges? (I am currently enrolled in a T50 nursing program and was hoping to get into a T15 program)

3) If I don't have to accept the scholarship, does it look bad for when I am reapplying for the scholarship to a different school than I an attending (when I am trying to transfer)?

NROTC Navy and Nursing Options:
1) I also received the NROTC Navy option scholarship however, I am planning on officially declining the offer (I accepted the initial, non binding part because I did not think I was going to received the army ROTC scholarship) Does anyone know how I can officially decline the offer?

2) Since I plan on transferring schools, can I reapply to NROTC as the Nursing option?

AFROTC
1) This is the ROTC I have no understanding of. I never applied for a scholarship for AFROTC because I simply wasn't trying to attend any schools that had AFROTC or the school also had either NROTC or ROTC. With that being said, is there a nursing option for AFROTC?

Collective
1) I personally have no preference on any major branch of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force), I simply want to be a commissioned nurse. With that in mind, can I still apply (or reapply) to all three types of ROTC for different schools?

Thanks in advance for the help

 

[Montana State Army ROTC]

For Army
You do not have to accept the scholarship to commission, or to join Army ROTC. Simply take the Military Science classes and have fun. Accepting the scholarship your freshman year means you contract and start receiving a monthly stipend ($420) and a book stipend ($600/semester). You can compete for a campus based scholarship once you join- generally the spring semester of freshman or sophomore year. But they are not guaranteed. Do well academically and physically and you “should” be fine.
All commitments are 8 years. Its just how you break up the active or Individual Ready Reserve time. If you receive any scholarship from the Army its a 4 year active commitment (unless you have a scholarship longer than 4 years- such as a nurse generally goes 4.5years). If you don't take any scholarship its a 3 year active commitment.

Are you already in college? I assume you are talking about the National HS scholarship? If you are talking about a campus based scholarship then some of this changes slightly.

You can transfer schools but it must have an ROTC program and the Army needs to approve your transferring the scholarship.

If you turn down a scholarship you generally are not going to be relooked for a scholarship- but it depends on the program and how many nurses they may have.

You can always contract as a non-scholarship.

If you have a merit based scholarship you can take the Army’s room/board option which is $10k / year straight into your bank account. This can be used for anything.

Recommend talking to the school’s ROO about all this.