ROTC Scholarship Fundamentals
An ROTC scholarship covers tuition, fees, a monthly stipend, and a book allowance, and it carries a service commitment after graduation. Before strategy comes understanding: what the scholarship pays for, what the contract obligates, and how competitive your student actually is.
Selection Criteria for ROTC Scholarships
Ever wondered if you are competitive for an ROTC scholarship?
What are My Chances of Getting or Winning an ROTC Scholarship?
This is a common question we hear when candidates contact us. Our answer is always, “it depends”, because the criteria for Army, Navy, Navy-Marine Corps Option, and Air Force ROTCs are different in a number of...
What Does ROTC Stand For?
ROTC stands for Reserve Officers' Training Corps, the college program each military branch runs to train students to become commissioned officers.
ROTC Scholarship Contracts
The first time that many ROTC scholarship recipients view ROTC scholarship contracts is when they are on campus and ready to sign in order to receive scholarship benefits. That is probably too late to be fully...
Secrets to Winning an ROTC Scholarship
ROTC, or Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, is a college program offered at over 1,700 colleges and universities across the United States that trains young adults to become officers of character in the U.S. military.
Does ROTC Pay for Housing? ROTC Scholarship Benefits
ROTC, or Reserve Officers' Training Corps, is an excellent program that trains college students for future military service. This training is conducted alongside regular college coursework, and it offers various...
Five Reasons ROTC Scholarship Applicants Need to Join Civil Air Patrol
Learning to fly airplanes is one of the most ambitious career goals you can have today. Individuals who are 12-18 years old have an opportunity to make themselves, family, and, most importantly, the country proud.
5 Best Things You Can Do Now to Be Ready for ROTC in the Fall
The time between getting an ROTC scholarship and starting your program in the fall should be used productively to get off to a good start when you arrive on campus. Particularly for those with a three-year Army...
Five Compelling Reasons to Choose Private Colleges over Public Colleges for ROTC
As a former Army ROTC Professor of Military Science for two “high cost” schools (Claremont McKenna College and the University of Southern California) I am often asked if it is better to take ROTC at a public or...
Four Essential Reasons to Ace the SAT or ACT to Win an ROTC Scholarship
After having observed the ROTC scholarship selection process over a six-year period as the PMS of two separate Army ROTC programs, combined with my research on the ROTC selection process for both the Air Force and...
Honor, Integrity, and the Weight of Officership
Recently, I had an online conversation with a candidate I was mentoring, and we kept returning to honor and integrity. Not as slogans, and not as the kind of language people use when they are trying to sound...
ROTC Scholarship Parents: Do You Support Your Children? The Applicant-Parent Dynamic
The following is a guest post from our friend, Sean Kim, USAFA Class of 2025. Sean also won a Navy ROTC-Marine Corps Option and an Army ROTC scholarship. We asked him to blog on his thoughts on the applicant-parent...
College Incentives for ROTC Programs
We've done all the research for you, so you can take advantage free room and board, first year tuition grants for 3-year scholarship winners, and in state tuition for out of state students.
Does ROTC Increase Your Chances of Getting into College?
Students often wonder when they are applying for college and plan to take ROTC in college if strongly mentioning ROTC in their essays or interviews will increase their chances of getting into the college or...
Guest Appearance on the College Knowledge Podcast
We’re thrilled to share that LTC Rob Kirkland (U.S. Army, Ret.), the leading expert in helping families earn ROTC scholarships and Service Academy appointments, recently appeared on the College Knowledge podcast....
How the Whole Person Concept Impacts your ROTC Scholarship Chances
The Whole Person Concept is a holistic approach to evaluating candidates for ROTC scholarships. It means that scholarship boards take into consideration not just a scholarship applicant's academic achievements and...
Which College ROTC Programs Are The Best?
Often when we advise candidates and their parents on ROTC programs, we are asked the question if a particular ROTC is “good” or not? Will one particular ROTC program be a better place to be a cadet or midshipman...
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