Just as a little background information I am 17 years old in my Senior year of high school and have applied and gotten accepted to Miami University (of Ohio), Indiana University Bloomington, and still waiting to hear back from UC Berkeley, I plan on majoring in Finance and then flying Naval aircraft (preferably fighter, like every other 17 year old).
I kind of let time slip and it's too late to apply for an ROTC scholarship (all of the sudden you start making choices that will affect you for the rest of your life). But I do understand you can join ROTC without a scholarship and that there are other scholarship routs with ROTC (3 year, 2 year ect).
I'm just weighing the advantages and disadvantages of getting a commission via ROTC and OCS and would like to have your opinion on what you would do, why, and which would be easier/have a better chance (I know the greater path to becoming a Naval Aviator is not easy but I would be dumb to go a harder route on purpose when they both get me the same thing in the end). If you go ROTC I think you need to commit to 4 years of active duty and 4 of reserve even if you don't end up getting a commission to become an aviator (tell me if I'm wrong with this), with OCS if you don't get accepted to a program you won't have to commit to service for applying and hey, you can still re-apply.
I was leaning towards OCS because I'm concerned that ROTC will get in the way of my grades and other things in college. Has ROTC ever gotten in the way of grades/other things for you ROTC guys?
But now on the forums seeing the number of OCS aviators compared to ROTC has me thinking about my chances of going that route.
I kind of let time slip and it's too late to apply for an ROTC scholarship (all of the sudden you start making choices that will affect you for the rest of your life). But I do understand you can join ROTC without a scholarship and that there are other scholarship routs with ROTC (3 year, 2 year ect).
I'm just weighing the advantages and disadvantages of getting a commission via ROTC and OCS and would like to have your opinion on what you would do, why, and which would be easier/have a better chance (I know the greater path to becoming a Naval Aviator is not easy but I would be dumb to go a harder route on purpose when they both get me the same thing in the end). If you go ROTC I think you need to commit to 4 years of active duty and 4 of reserve even if you don't end up getting a commission to become an aviator (tell me if I'm wrong with this), with OCS if you don't get accepted to a program you won't have to commit to service for applying and hey, you can still re-apply.
I was leaning towards OCS because I'm concerned that ROTC will get in the way of my grades and other things in college. Has ROTC ever gotten in the way of grades/other things for you ROTC guys?
But now on the forums seeing the number of OCS aviators compared to ROTC has me thinking about my chances of going that route.