:wavey: i think i'm interested. i still have some time to decide though. i graduate highschool in '06.
if i do go through with it, i'm gunna be a 2nd lieutenant in the marines

 

I was in the Army JROTC in HighSchool. We had some drill meets against Navy ROTC Cadets and they were awesome and very diciplined. I took JROTC in HS for 4 years and loved it...I was 2nd in command and had the highest rank by my senior Year. It's a fun class and you learn a lot.

 

Ditto.

 

Pros: good for future military career, they pay for school, good times, wear uniforms on certain days.

cons: yay for early morning drills!, stricter college lifestyle, forced into service when graduated for several years.

 

I had to do a bunch of pushups in JROTC

 

from Penn State's ROTC major description:

Naval Science (NAVSC)

The Naval ROTC trains qualified young men and women at the University Park campus for service as commissioned officers in the Navy, the Navy Nurse Corps, or the Marine Corps.

Entering freshmen may be accepted into the Naval ROTC through the Four-Year College Program or in the Four-Year Scholarship Program. Freshmen who are not on scholarship may join NROTC and be eligible to compete for the Scholarship Program. Qualified sophomores either in attendance or planning to commence studies at University Park Campus with their junior year, or who have applied for transfer to Penn State from another institution, may compete for the special Two-Year College Program and the Two-Year Scholarship Program. Navy, Nurse, and Marine Corps scholarships provide full tuition, book allotment, laboratory and instructional fees, and a $250—350 per month subsistence allowance. In addition, Nurse scholarship students are issued special equipment required by the BSN curriculum.

Students who receive the baccalaureate degree and complete the NROTC program receive commissions as ensigns or second lieutenants. College Program commissionees are required to serve at least three years of active duty. Scholarship Program commissionees are committed to four years of active duty.

COURSES--All students must complete at least 18 credits of Naval Science (NAVSC) courses; subjects and credits appear under course descriptions (ROTC/NAVSC) later in this bulletin. College Program students must participate in one active duty training period (cruise) during the summer between junior and senior years. Scholarship students are required to participate in either two (Nurse) or three (Navy and Marine Corps) summer cruises prior to commissioning.

In addition, all Navy scholarship students must complete University courses in calculus, physics, national security policy, and American military affairs. Requirements for Nurse and Marine Corps scholarship students are somewhat less. College Program students must complete University courses in national security policy and American military affairs.

 

My next door neighbor in undergrad was in NROTC. He was originally was med corp, but he ended up in submarine. I had thought about doing it for aviation, but I ended up not. Other than the early morning PT and the Thursday drills, it didn't seem like there was much more commitment. Oh, and you have to do summer cruise, which can be annoying because it means you really can't plan on taking too much vacation. I think for Marine option you end up going to Quantico over the summer, but I'm not sure. From what I heard, NROTC was much more serious and disciplined than AF or Army. And this was at U of Michigan.

 

hmm.. thanks for the info guys. The schools i'm probably going to be looking at are Penn State, UMich, and Rutgers. if i get into rutgers, i'll have to do army rotc instead cuz i dont think rutgers has nrotc :thinking:.

 

not slutgers! unless you just want to go there for the parties. UMich i'm sure has a higher out-of-state tuition than PSU.

 

i couldnt go in cuz one would need at least a 1120 on SAT or something...got a 1080