First, a little context: I'm a recent High School graduate who was strongly interested in both USNA and NROTC. I received a nomination from my congressman (the recently-ousted Majority Leader, for context on competitiveness), and a spot at both Summer Seminar and CVW, both of which I really enjoyed. I was crushed, naturally, to learn that I received neither an appointment nor a scholarship, or even acceptance to any NROTC school.
The reasons are entirely my own: Despite a 2270 SAT, I had a pitiful GPA, resulting from a tendency to learn whatever interested me instead of what I was assigned. So, while I know a great deal about Nuclear Reactors and Iraqi politics, and speak passable German and French, I nearly failed AP Chemistry and Spanish. It was, in short, a dearth of maturity, one for which I hope to have made up by now. Regardless, I was fortunate enough to be accepted to a reasonably well-regarded large Liberal Arts school, despite my less-than-stellar academic record.
I'm an incoming Freshman at JMU, which lacks the two things the Navy would most want for a NROTC MIDN: a real Engineering program and a NROTC program. It does offer two close substitutes: an ABET-accredited General Engineering degree and both Army and Air Force programs. As such, I intend to attempt to transfer somewhere with a NROTC program, but in the meantime, I had a few questions that I figured some of y'all would be able to answer:
1) I understand that a student enrolled in the College Program, or otherwise affiliated with NROTC, is unable to apply for a 3- or 2- year Navy scholarship. Is a student enrolled (but not contracted) in AFROTC or AROTC similarly restricted?
2) If the answer to the above is no, would it be more worth my while to enroll in either AF or Army to gain the military experience, or to focus solely on my grades to gain a better shot at a Navy scholarship and acceptance to whichever school I may desire? Would AF or AROTC help my application significantly?
3) If y'all suggest that I enroll in ROTC, does anyone have a perspective on whether Army or AF would be more useful for a prospective MIDN?
4) Bit less specifically related here, but nonetheless: I have always struggled with over-loading my schedule, but I do want, in addition to the requisite Tier-3 Eng major, to study Economics (One of my best subjects, and useful for life post-Navy) and a critical foreign language (Chinese, Russian, or Arabic). I'm coming in with 30 AP credit equivalents, which should help, but is this even remotely possible with or without ROTC on top?
5) Most important question of all:
What percent get jets?
Thank you very much for your replies.
Regards,
RC-8015
The reasons are entirely my own: Despite a 2270 SAT, I had a pitiful GPA, resulting from a tendency to learn whatever interested me instead of what I was assigned. So, while I know a great deal about Nuclear Reactors and Iraqi politics, and speak passable German and French, I nearly failed AP Chemistry and Spanish. It was, in short, a dearth of maturity, one for which I hope to have made up by now. Regardless, I was fortunate enough to be accepted to a reasonably well-regarded large Liberal Arts school, despite my less-than-stellar academic record.
I'm an incoming Freshman at JMU, which lacks the two things the Navy would most want for a NROTC MIDN: a real Engineering program and a NROTC program. It does offer two close substitutes: an ABET-accredited General Engineering degree and both Army and Air Force programs. As such, I intend to attempt to transfer somewhere with a NROTC program, but in the meantime, I had a few questions that I figured some of y'all would be able to answer:
1) I understand that a student enrolled in the College Program, or otherwise affiliated with NROTC, is unable to apply for a 3- or 2- year Navy scholarship. Is a student enrolled (but not contracted) in AFROTC or AROTC similarly restricted?
2) If the answer to the above is no, would it be more worth my while to enroll in either AF or Army to gain the military experience, or to focus solely on my grades to gain a better shot at a Navy scholarship and acceptance to whichever school I may desire? Would AF or AROTC help my application significantly?
3) If y'all suggest that I enroll in ROTC, does anyone have a perspective on whether Army or AF would be more useful for a prospective MIDN?
4) Bit less specifically related here, but nonetheless: I have always struggled with over-loading my schedule, but I do want, in addition to the requisite Tier-3 Eng major, to study Economics (One of my best subjects, and useful for life post-Navy) and a critical foreign language (Chinese, Russian, or Arabic). I'm coming in with 30 AP credit equivalents, which should help, but is this even remotely possible with or without ROTC on top?
5) Most important question of all:
What percent get jets?
Thank you very much for your replies.
Regards,
RC-8015
