Im a high school student becoming a senior this year and was thinking about applying for the NROTC scholarship. Im still hesitnat about it so is ther anybody out there that is the NROTC program for college that that can tell me about the positives and negatives about the program?
Like is the tuition totally free or are there some small fees i have to pay? Do the Naval Studies put a huge load ontop of your normal studies? Anything else that you feel you should need to include would be helpful If you answer please specify how long have you been in the program.

I did Army ROTC, and had a lot of friends who did Navy. Do it. The classes are easy, you'll make a ton of friends if you're not a douche, college gets paid for, and you have a 50K$/yr job right out of college. Not bad by any measure. Go for it.

Cons = having to wear your uniform to school at times, early wakings up, and summers are spent on cruises learning your job.

Of course, in many instances, uniform = extra *****.

I never really understood what ROTC was. I hear it's like going to a military academy without actually going to a military academy. Is this close?

More or less, and from what I understand, it's a good way fast track your military career.


Of course, in many instances, uniform = extra *****.
Really does depend on the school, and whether it's Army or not.

Navy usually means extra dick more than anything, though.

I never really understood what ROTC was. I hear it's like going to a military academy without actually going to a military academy. Is this close?

It's like going to a military academy three times per week for one class.

Just curious SFGOON which college did you go to for your ROTC, becuase im in Washington too and planning to go to UW. How was the application process? How flexible is the program when catering the classes that you choose? How long did you stay in the Army after college and what was the service like? What was your occupation in the army? What were your friends' occupations in the Navy?
are you a sagoon by chance?

I did it at the UW, the application process was short and sweet, but I was coming in with prior service. The program places academics first, and I incurred an eight year commitment, three active, three reserve, and two inactive reserve. The service was fun, but I got put on active duty and you may find yourself in the reserves or guard (you can get a contract that promises reserve or guard if you want.) I was comissioned into the Chemical Corps.

Navy usually means extra dick more than anything, though.

**** you, I'll undo my 13 buttons and slap you in the face with my cock.


But, actually, any NROTC is a great program, uniforms are awesome once they get the right fit, and everyone there is pretty friendly.
And you get this awesome great paying job right out of college, and it gets paid for, what's the down side?

**** you, I'll undo my 13 buttons and slap you in the face with my cock.


Oooh are you flirting sailor?! Let me go to my bunk and grab my KY and some whip bream first!! :love3:

**** you, I'll undo my 13 buttons and slap you in the face with my cock.


But, actually, any NROTC is a great program, uniforms are awesome once they get the right fit, and everyone there is pretty friendly.
And you get this awesome great paying job right out of college, and it gets paid for, what's the down side?

Getting shipped to Iraq might be considered a down side... Provided we're still not out of there in 2-4 years.

If you're thinking getting shipped to a combat zone is a downside, the military probably isn't the best choice for a person.

If you're thinking getting shipped to a combat zone is a downside, the military probably isn't the best choice for a person.

What sane person is going to label it as an upside?

I was in AFROTC. As I understand it now, you recieve a stipend of $500 a month, books are reimbursed. AFROTC had two types of scholarships, type 1 which was a full ride, and type 2 which was about 8k (this was 11 years ago), and may be more now. Some type 2 scholarships were 3 years and you had to foot the cost your first year yourself. Some schools will provide you free room and board.

It is not very much like a service academy. You wear your uniform once a week (plus for your academic ROTC class which sometimes may occur on a different day. There is also a leadership lab, which depending upon which service you are afflilated with will have different activities. For example the Navy guys got to learn how to do small boat sailing, in AFROTC it was usually some form of PT, lectures, drill or AFROTC style volleyball.

Service commitment varies by the needs of the service and/or your job or additional education you take (more years if you go to grad school on the military's dime, more years if you are a pilot/nav, the years in flight school etc don't count). When I started AFROTC, there was an overproduction of officers and the seniors were given the option of 6 months active duty then 5 years reserves, while my classmates incurred a 5 year active duty commitment.

Retention requirements were a 2.5 gpa and I believe a B or higher in your ROTC academic class.

in AFROTC, morning PT was optional if you scored high enough on your PT test, I don't believe it was optional for the other ROTC classes.

Scholarships for all three services are typically in engineering (particuraly EE for AFROTC and nuclear for NROTC), comp sci and meteorology. Scholarships apparently exist for the humanities, but they are exteremly few in number.

At least for AFROTC, the last two years, even if you don't have a scholarship, you get a stipend.

There are ROTC clubs, army and airforce cadets can participate in Ranger club (learn small unit manuevers, repelling etc), there is drill team, service societes etc.

You also can fly space available travel on military aircraft if you are super cheap and have a lot of free time, however unless things have changed, there no access to the base exchange for cheap liquor etc.

NROTC seems to have midshipmen do cruises each summer, while AFROTC has a 3 week summer training. Both army and air force cadets can compete for jump school slots (i believe air force cadets do it at the AF academy), and there is a glider school program as well.

It is a relatively easy way to pay for college assuming you have an interst in one of the above majors, have enough spending money for a decent car payment and gas for about 4-8 hours a week of your time. The only downside is that you probably wont be staying up late at night like most of your friends, and that you have to report any speeding tickets your might get. Likewise, if you recieve a scholarship, you are enlisted in the reserves (but not subjected to the UMJ nor do you have to go to boot camp/1 weekend a month 2 weeks a year etc), so if you are dropped or quit the program, you may be forced to join the miliatary full time as an enlisted member, or you will just have to pay your scholarship money back. You can however drop out any time during the first year and incur no obligation at all.

^ = true

me = drunk

What sane person is going to label it as an upside?


some one who take the Marine Option for NROTC.......................oh wait, Marines aren't supposed to be sane........