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Permalink Reply by mrsmajors on
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My son didn't try to get an ROTC roomate this year (Freshman Year) and he was so mad that he didn't....
He is getting an apartment with 3 navy buddies next school year and he is so excited. He has to get up so early for PT ect
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Permalink Reply by maboltship on
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thanks! my son changed his housing request today. there is one dorm that states rotc on the list. i'm sure they must pair the navy kids up, if he requests it. he doesn't know anyone but i'm sure that will work. thanks again!
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My son got lucky and ended up with an AFROTC roommate. The two of them get along great, even though their early PT days are opposite...at least they both understand. A mom of another AFROTC guy (upperclassman) told me before school started that all the ROTC folks bond, across all the branches...at my son's school there are less than 400 ROTC students (all branches) out of 26,000 students.
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My daughter chose to room with non-nrotc girls (8 of them in a suite!) for her first year. It was a way to make instant friends...but kind of backfired. 2 were on scholarship for softball and she didn't see them much and they had a lot of rules to follow and had to be up early for practices just like her. One left due to illness mid-first semester. The other three, (not the girl who shared her bedroom), were crazy partiers and ended up joining sororities. She is getting an apartment with just one other girl for next year...and she chose to room with a NROTC girl since they have a lot of the same classes, early drill and PT, etc. She says other kids just "don't get it" when it comes to the requirements and responsibilities of the program. We are thrilled at her choice of a roommate. Taryn can be very moody and emotional at times, and this girl is very easy going and can talk her out of the gloomies! At the same time, Taryn is a bit more motivated and ambitious than her soon-to-be roomie and can get her involved in things she might never have tried, so it is a good match.
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it's hard when they are coming in as freshman. he doesn't know any of the guys yet. he e-mailed his freshman advisor, but hasn't heard back. he would be fine with any rotc guy, even from AF or army. but, we aren't sure if he will get the one dorm that is available for rotc guys. it may fill up fast. it sounds like it's just one floor or section.
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my sons freshman navy advisor allowed them to post roomate 'ads' and my son replied to two, joined up with one, and they have been best of friends ever since. They roomed together freshman year, then sophomore yr, the roommate went to the USNA, which he dropped out after three semesters, and then he and my son roomed together again in my son's senior yr, even tho the other kid was no longer navy maybe your son's battallion will do the same?
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Permalink Reply by spensmom on
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Hi, Mabolthouse, I have a different story. My son (who is now a senior) started out in a dorm with a roommate he didn't know. They roomed together for two years and got along well. As a matter of fact, the entire "hall" contracted for the second year because they all got along so well. My son was the only ROTC guy. Things went well for him. They all went their various ways their junior year mainly as some (including my son) wanted to move off campus. For the last two years he has been in an apartment with three other roommates. This year is the only year that he's actually had another ROTC (AF) student in with him. There have never seemed to be any problems........they just do their own thing. He hangs out a lot with his Navy buddies as well. I guess it all depends on the "luck of the draw" when it comes to requesting roommates.Good luck to your son at USC but you can tell him from a Tarheel that he chose the wrong "Carolina". :) My son is at UNC. All the best.
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Goodluck to your son with the roommates - my daughter's experience with the "checklist" didn't work out so well - the non-partiers really were partiers! So she has learned a lot of life lessons this year! My son is at VT and all of the cadets room in the same dorms - it has worked out well for him - having similar hours and goals and motivations has been helpful the semesters he has had roommates. He'll be a 5th year next year and is rooming off campus with some other navy buddies.
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Also, even if he doesn't get an ROTC roommate, he'll be fine. The Mids all seem to hang together...a lot of them are taking Calculus and Physics classes together so they see each other a lot anyway, and of course they have PT and often go to dinner together and have unit activities. Everyone goes through it and it is part of the live-and-learn experience. :D
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thanks, everyone!
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Permalink Reply by Murph on
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My son is a junior at Villanova. Fresh/Soph years, he did not room with ROTC guys. This year, he is in an on-campus apartment, two of his three rooommates are ROTC, one of which, is also the same major. They study alot together, hence, that seems like the best of both worlds. I do not really know if it's better to room with a fellow ROTC guy or someone in same major. My son had no problem with his freshman roommate, not ROTC, but same major. May come down to if he can get himself up in the am for PT, depending on what the requirement is at USC!!!!! Best of luck and congrats!!!!
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