Every year guys commission with engineering degrees out of ROTC and the academy so I don't see it as being an impossibility. Several of your aero classes should match up with your NROTC calculus and physics requirements. Unlike your liberal arts/business bretheren you will probably do a lot more homework and have less time for wacking off, both literally and figuratively.
If you're choosing AE because you think it will give you an edge to get into flight school or something else your advantage is probably marginal at best. There are far more history majors with wings than aerospace engineers. That said, if you want to do AE because you think you'll really enjoy it, go for it.
It's defenatly possible to get an AE degree and do nrotc. I've managed to make it as an IE with no problem. With some good time management you should be fine. But, it will be difficult. 3 buddies of mine started AE and then switched to math. 2 other buddies of mine are doing fine and there was a AE graduate last spring (3.8 gpa) that is working for the Navy R & D as an AE. I will say that you probably won't graduate in 4 years though.
I will say that you probably won't graduate in 4 years though.
I will say that you probably won't graduate in 4 years though.
Junior/Senior year of engineering school is hard to juggle with anything. That said, it is not impossible and though it may sound cheesy, is "character building" IMHO. I am just finishing an 18 credit term (of very challenging senior year engineering classes) while also holding a senior billet in my Battalion. It has probably been the most difficult term of my college career, but it IS doable. Being organized helps, and learning to prioritize is the real key.
I will say that in the past I had felt engineering involved about the same amount of work and difficulty as a liberal arts degree, just in different ways. Now I would venture to say that it IS a lot harder. My point being, do engineering because YOU want to, not because you think the Navy wants you to. It will not be a walk in the park, and all the Navy really cares about is whether or not you get a degree. So choose your major wisely.
So it's possible/allowed to do NROTC and graduate with an Aero BS in 5 years?
Nevertheless, the Navy persists in this unjustified fetish for engineering degrees. :icon_rage Here's a news flash, the Navy, for all its vaunted technology, is run quite successfully by people of average and above average intelligence who are, by and large, not engineers.