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NROTC w/o scholarship

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Beefalo

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I dont know if theyd accept me since Id be a junior technically and I know if you arent in advanced standing as a junior they kick you out.
 

MIDNJAC

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I spent 2 years in a community college flight program, and transferred to my current university after that. Going into it, I really had no plans to get on scholarship and I initially turned down an offer from my LT to take a nuke scholarship. Basically, don't let them sell you into something that you will regret later. Spending my freshmen year in the college program was really good for me because it allowed me to experience the program without any real obligation. Another thing that people don't always talk about is the difference academically between community colleges and universities. From my experience (and other transfer students I know), it is noticeably harder. If you initially have a so-so term grade-wise, it is nice to be on college program because typically your adviser (NROTC) will likely be a little easier on you. A bunch of freshmen in my class (including myself) did poorly that fall, and while the scholarship mids were getting XOI's, college program mids like myself were just getting study hours and a warning. Not fun either way, but its something to think about. After that little bump, things smoothed out for me and balancing ROTC and good grades became easier. Spring term I decided that it was what I wanted to do, and almost to my suprise I picked up scholarship last June. So, just get into the school you want, talk to someone at the NROTC units at schools you have applied to, and then get the paperwork filled out. My guess is that you will pick up scholarship sooner or later if you are doing what is expected of you anyways. If you need to be on scholarship financially, then this is a different issue I guess....
 

wannabef18pilot

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Don't let the guys already on scholarship scare you. I started out as a freshman college programmer, attending the cross town affiliate school.

Needless to say, I beat them all in academics and PT, picked up the scholarship the following year, and transferred to the school where tuition was 25 grand more.
 

Beefalo

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The thing is I will be a junior instead of a freshmen and dont know if that makes it harder to partcipate or not.

The local Army ROTC seems really interested in me. She wants me to come down and take a pre-PT I guess. Do as many push ups and situps in 2 minutes and run 1.5 mile as fast as I can. The only local NROTC to me is University of Washington and transferring there is like trying to get into Harvard now. Too many Washington state students and not enough colleges in WA. :(

I just found out WSU has NROTC with the university of Idaho. Hopefully theyll get back to me.
 

Fmr1833

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I can tell you that Coleege Program right now is cleaning house. Midway through November our unit reviewed every Third class Mids records and pretty much said "Yes, you're competitive" or "No, you're not". The Navy is definitely overstaffed and this is an easy way for them to reduce output from the NROTC sector. College Program entails enlisting into the Navy Reserve prior to your Junior (2/C) year and thereby promising to serve a certain amount of years should you bail. These days, however, that usually doesn't happen since there is such a staffing issue. But be aware, transitioning from a 4/C or 3/C year into the Advanced Standing program does mean committment. If the Army is pushing for you go and check it out, just be certain that it's your bag, ya know?
 

MIDNJAC

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I guess I didn't really make this clear above, but I too had junior class standing at my university when I came there and started NROTC. I don't know how this works at your prospective unit, but when I started, they just put me in with the incoming freshmen as far as ROTC class standing was concerned. Your academic (university) class standing is NOT the same thing as your NROTC class standing (at least not always). It was a little bit weird at first just cause I was a lot older than my classmates, and in most cases older than the upperclassmen with the exception of the OC's. But, you'll get used to it, and there are a lot of ways to get around time limitations in the program (I.E taking more than one NROTC class per term to expedite your completion of Navy requirements). PM me if you have any specific questions because I think my situation was very similar to your current one. The only limiting factor is a requirement that as a transfer student, you have only completed a certain amount of credits before entering NROTC (i think it might be like 90 credits max or something near that). My understanding was that if you have more than this amount you will have to go to NSI (Naval Science Institute) between your junior and senior year to make up the lost time. I could be wrong about this though, so maybe someone else on here knows for sure...
 

Beefalo

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Ok thanks for the good advice. I didnt know academic standing and NROTC standings are different. Just waiting for word on the emails I sent out. No ones got back to me yet but of course its Christmas season so its not unexpected.

Being an officer in the Army sounds like a privelage but I think in the back of my mind Id always be thinking Navy.
 
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