Thanks Full Metal.
jotis,
If Full Metal is correct, than let me give you anecdotal info. Our DS.
We were in a state that MOCs did not talk, thus you could get 3 MOC noms. Our HS had AFJROTC. DS was not in JROTC. His athletics was competitive TKD outside of school, and his PT job was life guarding. His academic rigor was all APs, including his electives. Had he been in JROTC it would have taken up an elective, and his course curriculum would have been impacted.
7 AFJROTC cadets at his school applied for noms, and AFROTC scholarships. Not one of them got either a nom or an AFROTC scholarship.
Our DS got all 3 MOC noms, and an AFROTC scholarship. The other student to get an AFROTC scholarship was also not in JROTC.
I am not against JROTC, I am only trying to illustrate that it is a Whole Candidate Score. Your PAR will be 60% of the score. JMPO, but I think what hurt them because of how that school system worked was JROTC from an academic rigor perspective. The 3 yrs of electives meant that our DS took harder courses. He finished with 2 foreign languages (french and Latin), APUSH, AP Euro, AP Gov, APENG, APLIT, AP Physics, AP Calc, AP French because JROTC was not a schedule confliction. He had a PT job that was deemed athletic because he did not have JROTC commitments after school or on weekends. Same with TKD.
It is great to be in JROTC, but my 0.019754 cents, not if it means it is inhibiting success in the other areas of the WCS. They want a well rounded cadet that can show leadership and academic strength. JROTC can give the leadership, but are you sacrificing academics for JROTC?
Remember there maybe a kid like mine applying. I will tell you, in his graduating class of 300 students, he was the talk among the AFJROTC SRs. They felt rooked that he got it, and never did one day in JROTC. However, he had the WHOLE package.
You can max the PAR, but if your ECs are impacted due to JROTC, you lose points on that 20%. 60 + 0 = 60 out of 80. 75%. 50 PAR + 15 EC is 65. Highest WCS wins the nom. That is the system.