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Hard to explain situation

MaleToTheCore

MaleToTheCore

New Member
Let me do my best:

I am currently a college student with 46 credit hours. I know that this probably means that I am not eligible for an NROTC scholarship, however, I really want to be in the college program.

Now here's the part that's kind of tricky to explain. I took classes at a community college all through high school. I still intend to go to college for four years, and just take a few less courses each term. I am applying to Texas A&M at Galveston and I hope to transfer to the College Station campus. I need to be accepted to the NROTC College Program there. Will my credit hours matter? I have a pretty good GPA and such, and I want to start from the beginning as far as NROTC goes (I am the age of a highschool senior).
 
MIDNJAC

MIDNJAC

is clara ship
pilot
NROTC students are accepted all the time with transfer credits. I did 2 yrs of comm college flight training, along with some general ed and calc classes, and transferred to my old NROTC unit without any problems. Depending on credit hours, you may have to work with the NROTC freshman advisor to detail a degree completion plan that works for you, but I think overall they were looking for folks who had no more than sophomore status credit-wise (its been a long time, but I think I remember that correctly). At 40-odd hours, you shouldn't have a problem with this. Yes, your grades will play a big role in this, but if you are coming in as a college program student, the grades mostly will be important in terms of gaining admission to the A&M. You CAN come in as a transfer student on scholarship, though I did a full year before I applied for the scholarship. Again, the big issue is simply getting into the school you want to go to, which you will need to do prior to joining your prospective NROTC unit.
 
Seafort

Seafort

Made His Bed, Is Now Lying In It
I came into the NROTC program with two years of undergrad already, and went from 4/c to 1/c in three years. You change classes at the semester until you catch up to your "graduation year" So I was a 4/c, then a 3/c each for a semester then spent a year as a 2/c and a year (or would have been if I'd stayed and commissioned) as a 1/c. I also changed majors as well as schools, so that was why I was on a five year program of sorts. All NROTC cared about was that I gave them a plan, and I didn't ask for a scholarship. I hit advanced standing as soon as I made 2/c.

On rare occasions when scholarship folks got dropped for bad behavior, their scholarships were offered to us CPers. I am glad I did not take one, because I would have just lost it anyway when I screwed up academically, I would have had a lot more money to pay back, and it would have been much hard to come back through the OCS route.

Short answer: Get with the 4/C advisor, and I bet you'll find a way in. That's what I did.
 
desertoasis

desertoasis

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MaleToTheCore said:
Let me do my best:

I am currently a college student with 46 credit hours. I know that this probably means that I am not eligible for an NROTC scholarship, however, I really want to be in the college program.

Now here's the part that's kind of tricky to explain. I took classes at a community college all through high school. I still intend to go to college for four years, and just take a few less courses each term. I am applying to Texas A&M at Galveston and I hope to transfer to the College Station campus. I need to be accepted to the NROTC College Program there. Will my credit hours matter? I have a pretty good GPA and such, and I want to start from the beginning as far as NROTC goes (I am the age of a highschool senior).
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You'd probably be best talking to the unit itself. They have a lot of programs to get people into scholarships, though I'm not sure if there is a specific track to transfer from Galveston. I think there is, though. Far as doing the 'entire' program and graduating in four years, that shouldn't be a problem at all. The average graduation time for NROTC students at A&M in the last few years has been 4 and a half years, so you should do fine, and coming in with a bunch of CC credits never hurts, always helps. From a strictly academic standpoint, it means you're coming in as an academic sophomore (over 30 credits transferred), or junior (over 60). You can register for classes sooner and get the stuff you want. If you find yourself done with a degree, go for a Masters if the Navy will let you, or get a double major or even a double degree (BS and BA)...if you wanna be in for four years, beef up your academic credentials as much as you can pack in there. Not only will that make you smarter and a more educated person, it'll make you look like a hard charger in the eyes of the Navy, which will come in handy if you ever want them to pay for more of your schooling.

Oh, and have fun too. College Station is a great place to go to school.
 
scoolbubba

scoolbubba

Brett327 gargles ballsacks
pilot
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It raises a lot of questions that we currently can not ask about, and you should not tell about. Just wait a few weeks though, and you can be rainbowtothecore and no one will be able to say anything about it!
 
OUSOONER

OUSOONER

Crusty Shellback
pilot
No..he's male to the CORE!

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OUSOONER

OUSOONER

Crusty Shellback
pilot
Keep lobbing softballs I'll keep knocking them out of the park! :)

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