Getting In

[wink]

I didn't apply for NROTC. I may have mentioned it during the interview, but it's not necessary to apply for it, too.

Well, we all know that you are so exceptional that it would not have mattered to the board.

 

[a_m]

Well, we all know that you are so exceptional that it would not have mattered to the board.

Well, it was also ~ 7 years ago.....

 

[ChunksJR]

I have only been a BGO for two years now so I can't say for sure. But from talking to the other guys in my region, it has been SOP for a while. It is more likely your BGO simply failed to ask.

On the NROTC Board I was on, Applicants to NROTC got docked points (or didn't get extra points) if they applied to more than one program (to include the academy, AFROTC, AROTC, BDCP, etc). It was explained that due to the different programs, we should "reward" those with dedication to one particular program.

 

[HighDimension]

On the NROTC Board I was on, Applicants to NROTC got docked points (or didn't get extra points) if they applied to more than one program (to include the academy, AFROTC, AROTC, BDCP, etc). It was explained that due to the different programs, we should "reward" those with dedication to one particular program.

It seems that applying to more than one commissioning source would show a stronger desire to become an officer rather than a lack of dedication.

 

[CommodoreMid]

Is this a new requirement? When I was interviewed by my BGO (Winter 2003), he never asked me anything about NROTC.

Weird, mine asked me in my interview in August 2003.

 

[ChunksJR]

It seems that applying to more than one commissioning source would show a stronger desire to become an officer rather than a lack of dedication.

Correct, but the NROTC program is a very different program than the USNA. Dedication to the PROGRAM was the points that we addressed in the application. We'd rather take an individual that WANTED NROTC rather than "I'll take whatever gets me to be an officer."

See my sticky in the NROTC posting for more info

 

[HH-60H]

Correct, but the NROTC program is a very different program than the USNA. Dedication to the PROGRAM was the points that we addressed in the application. We'd rather take an individual that WANTED NROTC rather than "I'll take whatever gets me to be an officer."

That is retarded. So, being committed to NROTC is more important than being committed to becoming a Naval Officer.

 

[DanMa1156]

That is retarded. So, being committed to NROTC is more important than being committed to becoming a Naval Officer.

Agreed. At my NROTC interview, I was asked what else I was considering and I told him USNA and if I can't get either USNA or NROTC I'd already been looking at the requirements for College Program NROTC and OCS and what I needed to do for either of those. The interviewer then specifically told me he was glad to hear that since I wasn't just scholarship hunting and that I actually wanted to be a Naval Officer.

 

[ChunksJR]

That is retarded. So, being committed to NROTC is more important than being committed to becoming a Naval Officer.

Hey, It's dedication to the NROTC program they were interested in. It wasn't worth that many points...relax.