Scholarship activation

[howdydowdy26]

For those of us that received scholarships the past few months... is it possible that we won't be able to activate our scholarships this fall because of the COVID situation? Is that something we should be worried about? I'll be in AROTC but I'm sure the other two branches would proceed similarly

 

[wernerbro]

If ROTC is having you take classes, they will pay for them. Where this gets somewhat nebulous is if some schools decide to go fully online, postpone classes, etc. no one is really sure how ROTC will react. I recall that AROTC had proposed several different plans if schools are online, such as delaying training, having ROTC students be on campus despite online classes, or even having individuals train at their local unit while taking online classes.

The short answer is that no one really knows what is going to happen. Even the schools that have stated they will be open in the fall have not said exactly what that is going to look like. The one thing I would be confident in saying is that if ROTC is having you take classes, and you meet the activation criteria (fitness, grades, graduating high school, etc.) then they will pay your tuition. Past that, I, nor anyone else, can really say exactly what the fall is going to look like, as this is a fairly unprecedented situation.

 

[k2rider]

Interesting question as I know that all the "state" universities in CA such as San Diego State, Sacramento State, Chico State, etc...are all going online for the Fall semester from what I understand. I know SDSU has an AROTC component. If they students aren't going to school, how will they take the APFT to activate the scholarship? My personal opinion is they will automatically activate the scholarships up front but be ready to pull them as soon as schools back in when the cadets can't pass the test. I also wonder if the cadets will be given some leeway on grades due to the unique learning situation. I know that I'd be terrible at learning via a computer.