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Comment by Lori4629 on September 29, 2011 at 9:56pm

she applied online as soon as they opened the ROTC applications, which was June 1st following her junior year. She had everything completed (teacher evals, officer interview, transcripts, etc) done by August 1st. There was no Sept. board of review that year for some clerical reason or whatever, but on the first board in October she was selected and notified by Nov 1st. If they aren't selected in the 1st round, they go into the next months boards and they continue on the merry go round of review boards until they are either selected or the last board is held in April. 

But that is only if they are applying for NROTC and NOT the USNA. If applying to USNA, you can start the process in Feb of junior year with the prelim app for the Summer Seminar program. The application process for the Academy is LOOOONG! They aren't notified of final selection until April of their senior year! So they have to have a plan B. This is where we are with my son right now. 

 

Hope that helps.

 

Comment by flbradybunch (Corpsman Mom) on September 29, 2011 at 6:21pm

Thnks so much Lori4629 - we were so conflicted about what to do.  We did not want to lose out on his senior year of "free college" through dual enrollment, but we did not want to miss out on the scholarship to cover all of the rest of the more expensive years at someplace like FSU or UF!  Can you tell me how long it took from when your daughter applied to when she found out that she had been selected?  I read that he can apply in Feb of his junior year (this next Feb) and we wondered if we would know if he was selected before his senior year started if he applied that early?  Thanks - you sure took a load off my mind! 

Comment by Lori4629 on September 29, 2011 at 4:21pm

Here in FL, the kids dont get college credit for NJROTC. It counts as a high school elective. I would never suggest dropping AP/ Honors/ or Dual Enrollment for fear of having too many college credits! Of course an A in a regular course is still preferable to a C in AP or DE!

Comment by flbradybunch (Corpsman Mom) on September 29, 2011 at 3:04pm

I would love to know that too Arwen - my son is doing Dual Enrollment and will have 30 college hours at the end of his Jr year..... and he has not been told that NJROTC counts for college credits, so he could be over if that is the case! 

Comment by Arwen on September 29, 2011 at 1:01pm

She wants to go to the University of Colorado for engineering of some kind.

Comment by Pat on September 29, 2011 at 1:00pm

Arwen, Does she know what she wants to do in college, which school she wants to attend??

I would get in touch with the NROTC admin at the college or a few colleges that she is thinking about...she which school / ROTC offers the best deal for her skills/talents, etc.

Comment by Arwen on September 29, 2011 at 10:55am

Ooh, which brings me to a question.

Erin is interested in doing NROTC in college. I am concerned that one of the NROTC rules is that scholarship students MUST have fewer than 30 college credits on admission (they have to be a freshman by credit count). If she continues with NJROTC and the AP courses she is on track to take, she will likely enter college with more than 30 credits.

Does anyone know if NROTC makes allowances for high school students who come in with a lot of college credits from AP/dual enrollment, or should we plan for her to continue taking the AP level classes, but not take the end-of-year exam for college credits?

Comment by Arwen on September 29, 2011 at 10:51am

The NJROTC here has tough standards to get in. They don't have to be honor program students, but they do have to meet a certain standard before they can join. They must maintain a B average, with no grade lower than a C, and have to be recommended by teachers and accepted by the staff, and cannot be in any remedial-level courses (remedial readers wouldn't be able to read the textbooks they use). It's the only group of kids in the school that have a 100 percent graduation rate (for the last 6 years). Even the honors/AP program, art and music programs can't claim that.

My daughter is also in the honors/AP track, music (band) and NJROTC. I recently learned from other parents that any kid who is college-tracked is aggressively encouraged by the school to drop music, art and NJROTC after their sophomore year because those programs take up  too many non-academic elective credits. This despite the fact that they get college credit for every year they are in NJROTC!

Comment by flbradybunch (Corpsman Mom) on September 27, 2011 at 11:20am

I think it is highly dependant on the school and area.  We are in a very military area so a lot of the kids here have an active or retired military family. 

My son started JROTC at his school mid way through last year (his soph year) - primarily because his best friend was in it.  It has been a FABULOUS experience for him.  He is a high A/occasional B student.  The group brought out his very competitive side and he earned lots of ribbons his first half year.  His Chief wanted him to try for "top 4" (top 4 leaders in the school) after just half a year..... but he decided to do dual enrollment his Jr year.  He takes 18 credit hours at the college and then just JROTC at the high school.  He wishes he would have done it since freshman year.

Comment by Pat on September 27, 2011 at 6:30am

The H.S. counselor told us, three of the four years that the NJROTC unit was not for A or his type of student, college prep.  She only encouraged troubled and special ed students to take part in the program...I told her that it was the perfect opportunity for my son...leadership skills, rifle team, Naval history (History...his favorite subject...another chance to take it), chance to travel, chance to experience military...before making the final decision.  I still think that it should be made available to all Freshmen in the school for a quarter and then let the student decide if it is a class that he/she wants to be a part of.

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