ROTC Roommate

USN16x said:
I'm about to commission as an Army nurse in May. I would recommend rooming with someone in nursing. As stated above it's very benifical to take the same classes as your roomie and bounce questions off one another when you study. Just be upfront about having to get up for PT. After the first year when you figure out your social groups you can pick who you want to live with! I met my roomate (who's nursing as well) at orientation over the summer going into my freshman year and we have lived together the past 4 years and became life-long friends! The only con is that the pool of dude nursing majors is small, out of 120 people in my class we only have 9 guys. Who knows maybe you can have the best of both worlds and find a nursing major who is also in ROTC!
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My son is Nursing ROTC... great point about # of guys. That is a limited pool which makes the major exciting for him as well. : )
 
well, as my kid was told yesterday at the brief, if they pick a non-ROTC roommate then don't come complaining to the cadre when roomie rolls in at 0200 when they have PT @ 0530.
 
ncbill said:
well, as my kid was told yesterday at the brief, if they pick a non-ROTC roommate then don't come complaining to the cadre when roomie rolls in at 0200 when they have PT @ 0530.
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Don't go complaining to them when your ROTC roommate does the same either ;)

This is avoidable by choosing wisely, but it's also not that really big of a deal. Unless you can't fall asleep once waken up (which is actually incredibly easy to do considering how sleep deprived college students are) your buddy coming back at night to crash won't really interrupt your sleep. Plenty of people are able to get back to their rooms at night without even waking their roommates.

I haven't met anyone yet who complains of a roommate purposefully knocking things around and causing a ruckus at night. Additionally, unless your PT is after a thursday/friday/saturday night, your roommate will probably not be out and about and returning at 2am. Contrary to what the movies portray, the weekdays at most universities are for homework, not for partying, and the vast majority of students adhere to this norm.
 
Dckc88 said:
My daughter chose a non-ROTC and non-nursing roommate her freshman year, and they got along well! In fact they roomed together again this year. Next year that will change, as ROTC students get room and board included, her roommate will be moving off campus since she doesn’t. So my daughter will be moving in with 4 other ROTC students, and one non-ROTC student. The thing she is nervous about, is that there will be five of them using two bathrooms for morning PT, instead of her being the only one needing to get up at that time. I think it can work either way, just sharing what worked well for her.
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5 people in one unit at UP? I know where she’s moving!
 
My DS had a nonROTC roommate freshman year. A ROTC roommate soph yr....was in a quad jr year with all nonROTC and off campus sr year nonROTC...his words of advice to his brother...its important to form that brotherhood with your dorm friends and it's just as important to form a brotherhood with a core group of rotc friends....you have two separate core groups you know you can rely on. Make sure the core groups include similar majors...you will rely on one another
 
Thanks everyone!! I think he's leaning towards another nursing major or just luck of the draw! He wants to make sure he has the opportunity to make friends with lots of different "groups".
 
bakediddy said:
My DS was awarded a 4 year Army ROTC scholarship to study nursing. We are all beyond excited.!

He is weighing the options of rooming with someone in ROTC vs Nursing vs Anyone!

Do you have any advice? Pros? Cons?

I would think having someone in your room on your ROTC schedule would be beneficial to getting up and going to bed!

Thank you.
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My son's first roommate was not ROTC but they had schedules that turned out to be complementary. The roommate would play video games all night and go to bed as my son was getting up for PT.

The next semester my son had the room to himself.
 
EDelahanty said:
bakediddy said:
My DS was awarded a 4 year Army ROTC scholarship to study nursing. We are all beyond excited.!

He is weighing the options of rooming with someone in ROTC vs Nursing vs Anyone!

Do you have any advice? Pros? Cons?

I would think having someone in your room on your ROTC schedule would be beneficial to getting up and going to bed!

Thank you.
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My son's first roommate was not ROTC but they had schedules that turned out to be complementary. The roommate would play video games all night and go to bed as my son was getting up for PT.

The next semester my son had the room to himself.
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Because the roommate played video games all night the first semester???
 
This might be a little late, but personally right now I live with a non-ROTC roommate. I will be moving in with a ROTC roommate next year. Having a non-ROTC roommate was not a problem generally, but I found it quite difficult to put on dress uniforms in the dark because I didn't want to bother her early in the morning. Additionally, our sleeping schedules definitely clash -- sometimes she doesn't come home until 1 in the morning and I've got to be up at 5 for PT, but that's not to say conflicting sleep schedules is not something you won't encounter with another mid.
Most of the 4/C in my unit went for ROTC roommates, but I'm glad I gave a non-ROTC roommate a chance. She's nice, and I've met a bunch of non-ROTC friends through her. (Also, she's really good at shining shoes when she's bored.)
As always, it depends on the person you end up with for both cases, but as far as non-ROTC roommates go, it really boils down to how patient you are living with someone who may not understand the responsibilities you have towards your unit, and how considerate you're willing to be as far as things such as waking up earlier than them.
 
blinksos said:
This might be a little late, but personally right now I live with a non-ROTC roommate. I will be moving in with a ROTC roommate next year. Having a non-ROTC roommate was not a problem generally, but I found it quite difficult to put on dress uniforms in the dark because I didn't want to bother her early in the morning. Additionally, our sleeping schedules definitely clash -- sometimes she doesn't come home until 1 in the morning and I've got to be up at 5 for PT, but that's not to say conflicting sleep schedules is not something you won't encounter with another mid.
Most of the 4/C in my unit went for ROTC roommates, but I'm glad I gave a non-ROTC roommate a chance. She's nice, and I've met a bunch of non-ROTC friends through her. (Also, she's really good at shining shoes when she's bored.)
As always, it depends on the person you end up with for both cases, but as far as non-ROTC roommates go, it really boils down to how patient you are living with someone who may not understand the responsibilities you have towards your unit, and how considerate you're willing to be as far as things such as waking up earlier than them.
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Thank you for the input!! I think the comment you made about making Non-Rotc friends is what is pushing him. He knows he will make ROTC friends thru the program and is just wanting to meet as many people as he can.

As of now, he's searching for a nursing major to room with. He feels having the study help outweighs the sleep schedule!
 
goirish1 said:
My DS had a nonROTC roommate freshman year. A ROTC roommate soph yr....was in a quad jr year with all nonROTC and off campus sr year nonROTC...his words of advice to his brother...its important to form that brotherhood with your dorm friends and it's just as important to form a brotherhood with a core group of rotc friends....you have two separate core groups you know you can rely on. Make sure the core groups include similar majors...you will rely on one another
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This was my original post and I wanted to add some additional information...regarding the importance of having several core friend groups. My DS commissioned last May. He is in aviation. Fortunately for him he lived off-campus senior year and had a lease through August because he was assigned to the University's NROTC unit until October. From August until October he shared an apartment with other Ensigns. But to my point.....his best friend from college is not ROTC, he was his senior year roommate. In fact last July he was in his best friends wedding. They talk almost daily and now that my son is stationed in Corpus Christi he even visited this best friend in Houston. He also had a core group of friends who were not ROTC but they were all Engineering majors that he still remains in contact with and they helped one another out with studying etc.... They say that some of the friendships that you form in college will last you a lifetime. I'm 100 percent certain these are some of them. As far as the ROTC, those bonds are just as important. There was a handful of friends that he made through ROTC that went the aviation route. They were all assigned to the ROTC unit until October and they all moved to Pensacola together....and they found two 3 bedroom apartments in the same complex....so they are all rooming together as they move through flight school. My DS just moved to Corpus as he is ahead of his former classmates, so he now has the 3 bedroom apartment in reserve for the others as they also transition to Corpus eventually. I just wanted to give an example of how important it is to have solid core relationships no matter ROTC or not because those friendships go with you. My DS is also in contact with many of his ROTC friends that went into other communities like Surface....they all keep in touch.
 
bakediddy said:
blinksos said:
This might be a little late, but personally right now I live with a non-ROTC roommate. I will be moving in with a ROTC roommate next year. Having a non-ROTC roommate was not a problem generally, but I found it quite difficult to put on dress uniforms in the dark because I didn't want to bother her early in the morning. Additionally, our sleeping schedules definitely clash -- sometimes she doesn't come home until 1 in the morning and I've got to be up at 5 for PT, but that's not to say conflicting sleep schedules is not something you won't encounter with another mid.
Most of the 4/C in my unit went for ROTC roommates, but I'm glad I gave a non-ROTC roommate a chance. She's nice, and I've met a bunch of non-ROTC friends through her. (Also, she's really good at shining shoes when she's bored.)
As always, it depends on the person you end up with for both cases, but as far as non-ROTC roommates go, it really boils down to how patient you are living with someone who may not understand the responsibilities you have towards your unit, and how considerate you're willing to be as far as things such as waking up earlier than them.
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Thank you for the input!! I think the comment you made about making Non-Rotc friends is what is pushing him. He knows he will make ROTC friends thru the program and is just wanting to meet as many people as he can.

As of now, he's searching for a nursing major to room with. He feels having the study help outweighs the sleep schedule!
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Something else to think about too, is my DD found that she didn't really bond with the ROTC students in her year, she has a ton of friends in the year ahead of her and the year behind her but not her year. Chances are your son will get a long with his roommate ROTC or not but if he doesn't get a long with an ROTC roommate, he will be with him all the time, nice to be able to escape back to your room with someone else. Like I said that is unlikely, but in my daughter's case, she was happy to make a non-ROTC friend and have a non-ROTC haven to go to freshman year.
 
Dckc88 said:
bakediddy said:
blinksos said:
This might be a little late, but personally right now I live with a non-ROTC roommate. I will be moving in with a ROTC roommate next year. Having a non-ROTC roommate was not a problem generally, but I found it quite difficult to put on dress uniforms in the dark because I didn't want to bother her early in the morning. Additionally, our sleeping schedules definitely clash -- sometimes she doesn't come home until 1 in the morning and I've got to be up at 5 for PT, but that's not to say conflicting sleep schedules is not something you won't encounter with another mid.
Most of the 4/C in my unit went for ROTC roommates, but I'm glad I gave a non-ROTC roommate a chance. She's nice, and I've met a bunch of non-ROTC friends through her. (Also, she's really good at shining shoes when she's bored.)
As always, it depends on the person you end up with for both cases, but as far as non-ROTC roommates go, it really boils down to how patient you are living with someone who may not understand the responsibilities you have towards your unit, and how considerate you're willing to be as far as things such as waking up earlier than them.
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Thank you for the input!! I think the comment you made about making Non-Rotc friends is what is pushing him. He knows he will make ROTC friends thru the program and is just wanting to meet as many people as he can.

As of now, he's searching for a nursing major to room with. He feels having the study help outweighs the sleep schedule!
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Something else to think about too, is my DD found that she didn't really bond with the ROTC students in her year, she has a ton of friends in the year ahead of her and the year behind her but not her year. Chances are your son will get a long with his roommate ROTC or not but if he doesn't get a long with an ROTC roommate, he will be with him all the time, nice to be able to escape back to your room with someone else. Like I said that is unlikely, but in my daughter's case, she was happy to make a non-ROTC friend and have a non-ROTC haven to go to freshman year.
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Oh this is definitely possible. I have a lot of trouble connecting with the other 4/C and I spend a lot of time with the 3/C in my unit. So it is definitely a plus to have another non ROTC friend to go home to.
 
Bison89 said:
cb7893 said:
Bison89 said:
Someone at GWU started an Incoming Freshman Facebook page last spring. Via Facebook, my DS arranged to room with a fellow Midshipman and two non-NROTC freshmen in a quad. They are all engineers which has worked out well.
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Thurston Hall?
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Yup
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Lived in a suite for 6 first semester and in a triple the second.

Lived in Arlington Sophomore year.

Junior and Senior years lived in the basement of the house on the NW corner of 21st and F st., $96/m0.
 
Personally, I don't live with a ROTC roommate, but I would say a good 70% of my unit does. With that being said, it's because they're close friends and want to live together, not solely because of ROTC/convenience
 
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