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Need advice on "Officer Interview" for NROTC 4-yr scholarship
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I found out from my interview that they don't really care so much that you are a NJROTC cadet, they care a lot if you hold an NJROTC billet. Billet = leadership.
University of Maryland College Park. :sleep_125
So far, I've found both Embry-Riddle and Norwich cover the room & board for 4-yr scholarship holders. I'm going to be checking all the others on my list.
I've applied to be in the cadet corps at VT.
But I've read on various internet forums that VT cadets might as well come with three eyes and horns from the perspective of other VT students. I'm not sure that I want to go to a school where cadets are just so disrespected.
What was your experience at VT? Were you a cadet?
Whaaaat? I really don't know anything about Embry Riddle, but I want to call the BS flag on that one.
phrogpilot73
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1200 SAT and a 1.96 GPA here, and I'm class of '98 from USNA.
You've got the right idea though, it can be done. I had a successful semester of college under my belt (3.4, Dean's List) and I was prior enlisted when I finally did get accepted to USNA.
No too late. And my SAT and GPA isn't quite high enough.I'm going to work hard next year and apply for USNA in the Fall. :icon_rage I'm going to see if I can get a NROTC Commander's nomination to USNA. :icon_wink
Once you're started at another school and have a year complete, your desire to start over again at an academy will decrease significantly.
ER's ROTC unit has only been around a few years, so I'm guessing that's how he can make the claim.
Riddle kids are nerds
I'm still scrubbing off the "Nerd" every day in the show, and I went to the other campus.
Seriously, go to a real university!!!
I have a few friends who did the flight program at Purdue and have been smoking flight school.
I should have heard that Purdue has a flight school, because now it's too late in the year to apply to any new universities.
I'm still being amazed by Embry-Riddle's 100% historical success rate. The NROTC Commander there told me he was also going to look up what percentage of ERAU SNA's actually end up earning their wings of gold. He said he thinks it will be a high percentage.
ERAU has a "Aeronautical Sciences with Military Pilot Specialty" Bachelors degree. But the NROTC Commander said that this is actually the wrong degree for SNA's. The right degree at ERAU is apparently Aerospace Engineering. So if I end up there, I will probably major in AE and minor in aviation...
I don't really want to go too far down this road, but....
If you're going to be a pilot, don't get some generic "aviation business," "aeronautical science," or anything with "aviation" or "aero" in it, with the exception of "Aerospace engineering." This is truly putting all your eggs in one basket, like the guy who invests his savings in his own company's stock. His company goes tits up, and his savings are gone too. Someday you'll be in the private sector, and the aviation business will be on its ass again, and all your job skills say, "aviation, aviation, aviation."
If you're going to be a pilot, don't get some generic "aviation business," "aeronautical science," or anything with "aviation" or "aero" in it, with the exception of "Aerospace engineering." This is truly putting all your eggs in one basket, like the guy who invests his savings in his own company's stock. His company goes tits up, and his savings are gone too. Someday you'll be in the private sector, and the aviation business will be on its ass again, and all your job skills say, "aviation, aviation, aviation."