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Just to emphasis the work out to prepare on more time. My son's battalion had about 2/3 of the Freshman scholoarship fail the APFT the first time. The culprit was sit-ups in almost all cases. Most of the guys are atheletes, but these muscles just are not used to the "real" sit-up. So don't blow it off. As someone said its not a "Crunch". Also for futher motivation, DS's battalion does 3 day a week PT. But he found out if you are not at the 80 level for each measurement, you get to do 5 day PT with the additional days at 05:30. Needless to say he's motivated to get to the 80+level quickly. Again in his case the culprit....sit-ups.
 
NewCollegeParent said:
Just to emphasis the work out to prepare on more time. My son's battalion had about 2/3 of the Freshman scholoarship fail the APFT the first time. The culprit was sit-ups in almost all cases. Most of the guys are atheletes, but these muscles just are not used to the "real" sit-up. So don't blow it off. As someone said its not a "Crunch". Also for futher motivation, DS's battalion does 3 day a week PT. But he found out if you are not at the 80 level for each measurement, you get to do 5 day PT with the additional days at 05:30. Needless to say he's motivated to get to the 80+level quickly. Again in his case the culprit....sit-ups.
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It was posted earlier that you should cross train as well, I couldn't agree more. My son signed up for a Deep Water Fitness Training course, meets 3 days a week. My first thought was that he would be in the deep end of the pool with those water wings doing water arobics like you see the seniors doing at your local pool, I was wrong. They work these guys hard, lots of swimming and deep water work, think carrying a brick across the pool in 14 ft of water. My son said it has been great for conditioning, uses muscles not used in PT or training for the APFT. This type of cross training will help a lot and will also help the APFT as well.

A side benefit of this will be when they do the Combat Water Survival Training, it's a lot like this class, he should do very well after a semester of this class.
 
From what I understand the army is mainly giving 3 year scholarship for rotc. What does this mean for me? Cause I want to contract a.s.a.p. and I want to know the effect it will have on my standing and contract with rotc.

This also brings up the money issue. Is there any assistance offered by colleges for my first year?
 
Jcleppe said:
It was posted earlier that you should cross train as well, I couldn't agree more. My son signed up for a Deep Water Fitness Training course, meets 3 days a week. My first thought was that he would be in the deep end of the pool with those water wings doing water arobics like you see the seniors doing at your local pool, I was wrong. They work these guys hard, lots of swimming and deep water work, think carrying a brick across the pool in 14 ft of water. My son said it has been great for conditioning, uses muscles not used in PT or training for the APFT. This type of cross training will help a lot and will also help the APFT as well.

A side benefit of this will be when they do the Combat Water Survival Training, it's a lot like this class, he should do very well after a semester of this class.
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I guess the crosstraining worked, he got a 317 on his recorded fall APFT, up 39 points from his last one, he is a MS1.
 
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A team leader said:
From what I understand the army is mainly giving 3 year scholarship for rotc. What does this mean for me? Cause I want to contract a.s.a.p. and I want to know the effect it will have on my standing and contract with rotc.

This also brings up the money issue. Is there any assistance offered by colleges for my first year?
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If you receive a 3 year AD scholarship you will not be able to contract until the beginning of your sophomore year providing you pass the APFT given as soon as you arrive for the start of the sophomore year.

As far as any assistance, You will receive no money from ROTC your frshman year, it will be up to you to explore any financial assistance through the school you attend.
 
Jcleppe said:
You will receive no money from ROTC your frshman year, it will be up to you to explore any financial assistance through the school you attend.
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Most of our freshmen Cadets qualified for merit scholarships from Marist College. The average award was over $3,000. On top of any merit or need based scholarship, Marist College will also give a $2,000 housing grant to all Cadets that are not currently receiving scholarship benefits.
 
Marist College ROTC said:
Most of our freshmen Cadets qualified for merit scholarships from Marist College. The average award was over $3,000. On top of any merit or need based scholarship, Marist College will also give a $2,000 housing grant to all Cadets that are not currently receiving scholarship benefits.
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Thank you for the clarification. I forgot to mention the Private school incentives and that some battalions have extra money to help cadets.
 
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