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Crazycrockpotmom

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My DD is applying for a single room. She’s attending a small college for nursing and will be the only scholarship cadet on campus has hosted In a few years. Her battalion is at a different larger school. Due to the PT schedule and needing to be and moving to get there on time she will probably be getting up around 4:30-5 on those days. She doesn’t want to be the annoying camo kid who wakes everyone up at the crack of dawn and kicks people out of the room so she can sleep. If more cadets were on campus it might not be so bad. Do any of your dd/DS room with non cadets and it be okay?
 
Crazycrockpotmom said:
My DD is applying for a single room. She’s attending a small college for nursing and will be the only scholarship cadet on campus has hosted In a few years. Her battalion is at a different larger school. Due to the PT schedule and needing to be and moving to get there on time she will probably be getting up around 4:30-5 on those days. She doesn’t want to be the annoying camo kid who wakes everyone up at the crack of dawn and kicks people out of the room so she can sleep. If more cadets were on campus it might not be so bad. Do any of your dd/DS room with non cadets and it be okay?
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Is this AROTC? She can ask the ROO if there are ANY college programmers participating from her cross town school. It doesn’t matter if they are on scholarship, they’d still have the same schedule. She can network seeking FB and other groups of students in the class of 2027. And yes she can petition her school for accommodation because she may have to be there at 4:45am, not get up then. But if the school offers financial support that can be used toward room and board (only some do) that typically is for double occupancy rates only.
In terms of being the weird camo kid, we’ll, yep but honestly in my life experience those are passionate about what they do tend to let any static roll off their back like water rolls off of a duck’s *ss. It’s in this case pretty cool to be different - imo honorable.

I think having a roommate is part of the experience and she can minimize her morning noise by organizing her stuff to gran and go. She may ba able to use an Apple Watch buzz alarm vs loud one. I’d she networks and is honest about it she might find someone who prefers your DD to the partiers coming home at 3am.

Good luck and thanks for her determination to serve.
 
My DS - a weird camo kid at a Big 10 school had a non-ROTC roomie freshman year & it worked out fine. He was upfront - he’s in ROTC & school was important. They basically had opposite schedules but worked it out - good suggestions above. Then 2nd year, he and 2 floor mates from that dorm now have an apartment. More space so not exactly the same, but the new roomies knew what they were getting into & still went for it. 3rd year will be the first year he will bunk up w/ other Navy/Marine ROTC kids….the two roommates he has now are actually moving into a house basically in the backyard of Navy/Marine house (when they literally have thousands of apartments to chose from). I agree, don’t automatically give up on having a roommate - maybe give the search a chance first…. His best friends at school are prob ROTC kids but he branches out too…. I think it’s good PR - “See! These kids aren’t so weird after all 😉”. Good luck 🍀!
 
I was a nursing major and always lived with non-rotc people. I think it’s benificial to live with other nursing majors! Getting up early never bothered my roomates. If I had a PT test in the morning I would just explain to my roomate that I really needed some good sleep leading up to it.
 
Currently she’s the only ROTC cadette in nursing I think maybe 1 other ROTC cadet is at her school maybe. She will be in a learning community which only houses medical field and nursing majors. Hope no one took offense to the term. She’s been in JROTC for so she’s used to uniform days. Her friends keep teasing her that she’s will be the weird camo kid at her new campus. But, it will go from being a interesting fact about her to the reason why her roommate is annoyed she’s the reason sleep is being stolen. She’s pretty respectful with noise. I’ll let her know others have had non rotc roommates with little problems.
 
Crazycrockpotmom said:
Currently she’s the only ROTC cadette in nursing I think maybe 1 other ROTC cadet is at her school maybe. She will be in a learning community which only houses medical field and nursing majors. Hope no one took offense to the term. She’s been in JROTC for so she’s used to uniform days. Her friends keep teasing her that she’s will be the weird camo kid at her new campus. But, it will go from being a interesting fact about her to the reason why her roommate is annoyed she’s the reason sleep is being stolen. She’s pretty respectful with noise. I’ll let her know others have had non rotc roommates with little problems.
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Honestly, it's college, no one really cares. I had roommates partying till 2AM on a Tuesday and that was a norm. You just sort of deal and accept you won't get 8 hours a night.
 
I had 2 sons in NROTC and neither of them roomed with someone from ROTC each of their 4 years. It's important to maintain a variety of friend groups. My DSs had their ROTC friends, dorm/roommate friends, intramural sport friends, study buddies. It's important to be well rounded. None of my son's roommates ever complained about early mornings.
 
2 kids in ROTC. 2nd kid had a very challenging Freshman year roommate situation. Good news is by Sophomore year, kids can pick roommates and, hopefully, avoid problems. There are very few ROTC cadets at her school- she is at a cross-town campus. I agree that it is good to be friends with different groups and it is unnecessary to live with ROTC folks. Neither I nor my husband did in the 80s either.
 
I'm in year 3 and there hasn't been an issue yet. 2 years in a dorm room with a non-ROTC roommate and I'm living in a fraternity house this year with only one other (out of 8) who does ROTC and he's with the AF, I'm Army. Also, if your daughter is on an athletic team in college, she may get excused from early morning PT in-season.
 
Crazycrockpotmom said:
My DD is applying for a single room. She’s attending a small college for nursing and will be the only scholarship cadet on campus has hosted In a few years. Her battalion is at a different larger school. Due to the PT schedule and needing to be and moving to get there on time she will probably be getting up around 4:30-5 on those days. She doesn’t want to be the annoying camo kid who wakes everyone up at the crack of dawn and kicks people out of the room so she can sleep. If more cadets were on campus it might not be so bad. Do any of your dd/DS room with non cadets and it be okay?
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My son rooms with a non cadet as a Freshman. What you mentioned is a challenge. Both kids in room hanging out when he has to get up for 4AM or 5AM. His roommate is on the crew team so does have days where he has AM practice routine too. Luckily they are good friends and get along well. DS will be apartment style as Soph. with different roommates. It is good to have diverse friends. He has AROTC friends, NROTC friends, dorm friends and volleyball team friends.
 
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I'm in year 3 and there hasn't been an issue yet. 2 years in a dorm room with a non-ROTC roommate and I'm living in a fraternity house this year with only one other (out of 8) who does ROTC and he's with the AF, I'm Army. Also, if your daughter is on an athletic team in college, she may get excused from early morning PT in-season.
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She wrestles. So that’s good to look into. Late night tournament and early PT was a concern.
 
I wasn't in ROTC but my work-study was breakfast in the dining hall at 530am. (For a week) my roomie was on the crew team that had them on the water at 600am. People adjust (except for Joe - he quit crew after a few days.)
 
gooseblitz said:
It is good to have diverse friends. He has AROTC friends, NROTC friends, dorm friends and volleyball team friends.
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Excellent point. All ROTC all the time is not ideal. All anything all the time is not ideal. To get the most out of college, one should strive to diversify their network, activities and experiences.

Aside from ROTC, DS has good friends in his major and in the consulting group he works for. Couple weekends ago, he went from an ROTC barbecue to a consulting group barbecue, all in one afternoon. This variety enriches the college experience and helps avoid burnout.
 
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