Hi everyone,
At the moment, I am an 18 year old HS student student looking to join ROTC once I go to college. Since my family is low-income and their estimated financial contribution is virtually $0, the military for me is pretty much my best way to fund college. Academically, I'm a pretty strong student with a 3.7 GPA with APs classes/leadership positions/Extracurriculars, but my ACT/ SAT scores are struggling since math isn't my strong point; usually nuking my scores. So I'll most likely be going going to a test optional college like GWU or AU and pursue an undergrad for law.
Furthermore, I am also aware of the 4 year scholarship, but since its fairly competitive and my ACT/SAT scores are low for the moment, I'm probably not going to be getting a 4 year scholarship this year, which tempts me to shoot for the SMP program or the national guard minuteman scholarship... which also means I would have to enlist with the army and compete for an rotc contact to prevent being deployed while in college.
Given the circumstances, I'm very frustrated with only local recruiters who hammer "SMP program" as a solution. at this point , im half tempted to enlist for 8 years and just go for the GI bill.
What should I do? I really dont want to sign on the dotted line before I know what I'm doing.
At the moment, I am an 18 year old HS student student looking to join ROTC once I go to college. Since my family is low-income and their estimated financial contribution is virtually $0, the military for me is pretty much my best way to fund college. Academically, I'm a pretty strong student with a 3.7 GPA with APs classes/leadership positions/Extracurriculars, but my ACT/ SAT scores are struggling since math isn't my strong point; usually nuking my scores. So I'll most likely be going going to a test optional college like GWU or AU and pursue an undergrad for law.
Furthermore, I am also aware of the 4 year scholarship, but since its fairly competitive and my ACT/SAT scores are low for the moment, I'm probably not going to be getting a 4 year scholarship this year, which tempts me to shoot for the SMP program or the national guard minuteman scholarship... which also means I would have to enlist with the army and compete for an rotc contact to prevent being deployed while in college.
Given the circumstances, I'm very frustrated with only local recruiters who hammer "SMP program" as a solution. at this point , im half tempted to enlist for 8 years and just go for the GI bill.
What should I do? I really dont want to sign on the dotted line before I know what I'm doing.