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Enlistment vs. College
My son will be graduating high school in June 2014 and is planning on joining the Navy. He wants to go to college first, join a Navy ROTC unit and graduate as an officer, then do his Naval career. That sounds find, but his father and I are not sure he is cut out to live the "college life".
We went to go talk to the recruiter and he filled us in on all the "benefits" if he enlisted and did his schooling when enlisted. That all sounds great! Then after having discussions with his NJROTC Commanders, they think that he is college material.
Our son says he doesn't want to enlist right away and do schooling at sea, that would be too hard. He wants so much to be an officer and we want him to make the right decisions and not hold him back. But we also, do not want him to get talked into something that is not the right path. (like debt when graduating college).
Are there any other parents out there who has experienced the same dilemma?
Thanks,
Jane M.
TX
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I'm probably biased, cuz i've had 2 kids go through NROTC, but i'd say if your son DEFINITELY wants to be an officer then NROTC is the way to go, no matter what that recruiter says. Like John said, he is an enlistment recruiter, not an officer recruiter (or whatever they are called). His job is to get people enlisted, not recruit officers.
So, he could enlist, then to go thru school while enlisted THEN has to get accepted into OCS, then go through OCS & finally he'd be an officer. Yes, there is the benefit that the Navy foots most of the tuition bills & he will bring in a pay check at the same time.
OR he could go for an NROTC scholarship & if he gets one, then go through school while he is training to be an officer & the same weekend he graduates from college he is commissioned as an officer. If on a NROTC scholarship the Navy pays all the tuition bills & he will get a stipend as well. Some schools even give a housing stipend. He would also get the college experience as well.
If he wants to try for an NROTC scholarship he GOT to get on it!!! Time is running out -- very soon -- to apply for an NROTC scholarship. It is not too late, but they select scholarships in "waves" and the more "waves" an application is in the pool the more chances of receiving one.
A few years ago it was easier to go to a college that had an NROTC program, participate as a college programmer & "pick up" a scholarship after a semester or two, or three. It's not that easy to do that anymore. The money just isn't there for those extra scholarships.
Here a couple links where you can read more about the scholarship process. We had both a "college programmer" that earned a scholarship after 1 semester and a full 4-year scholarship recipient. If you have any more questions, i'd be happy to try to assist.
http://www.nrotc.navy.mil/apply.aspx
http://www.nrotc.navy.mil/scholarship_criteria.aspx
peace to you!!
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