2010-11-27, 03:50 AM
During the college application season, I was thinking about applying to an ROTC program at times
Back in May of this year, I did throw out the idea about applying to the Navy ROTC. However, scratch that; at this moment, I'm giving a serious consideration to applying for the United States Air Force (USAF) ROTC scholarship.
Here are some notes to consider:
- I would be the first in my family to serve in the United States armed forces, if I get accepted and go through the entire program.
- If I accept the scholarship, I would have to commit to serving at least 4 years in USAF. What about specialized roles? Lets talk about that later.
- While my family is well-off financially, the one little motivation I have towards applying for the scholarship is money. I don't want to have to bleed my parents dry of money paying for my university education, even with financial aid and whatnot.
- I got some inside info regarding the ROTC training from a friend of mines who is attending UCLA (University of California-Los Angeles) right now (that school has an active Air Force/Navy/Army ROTC program). He mentioned that some of his university buddies are in the ROTC program; besides noticing that they have to shave their heads, they have to do a LOT of training during weekends and whatnot. And of course, they complain about the pains and aches. I listened closely since this is coming firsthand from someone who's attending an university that hosts the ROTC programs.
- I'm looking at applying as a History, Political Science, and/or Foreign Area Specialization - Western Europe (under USAF ROTC definitions)
The application is due December 1st. I have everything filled out and ready to go, but I'm having second thoughts pressing the "Submit" button and going through the second half of the application process.
What do you guys think? Any thoughtful comments/opinions would be appreciated! Thanks!
Back in May of this year, I did throw out the idea about applying to the Navy ROTC. However, scratch that; at this moment, I'm giving a serious consideration to applying for the United States Air Force (USAF) ROTC scholarship.
Here are some notes to consider:
- I would be the first in my family to serve in the United States armed forces, if I get accepted and go through the entire program.
- If I accept the scholarship, I would have to commit to serving at least 4 years in USAF. What about specialized roles? Lets talk about that later.
- While my family is well-off financially, the one little motivation I have towards applying for the scholarship is money. I don't want to have to bleed my parents dry of money paying for my university education, even with financial aid and whatnot.
- I got some inside info regarding the ROTC training from a friend of mines who is attending UCLA (University of California-Los Angeles) right now (that school has an active Air Force/Navy/Army ROTC program). He mentioned that some of his university buddies are in the ROTC program; besides noticing that they have to shave their heads, they have to do a LOT of training during weekends and whatnot. And of course, they complain about the pains and aches. I listened closely since this is coming firsthand from someone who's attending an university that hosts the ROTC programs.
- I'm looking at applying as a History, Political Science, and/or Foreign Area Specialization - Western Europe (under USAF ROTC definitions)
The application is due December 1st. I have everything filled out and ready to go, but I'm having second thoughts pressing the "Submit" button and going through the second half of the application process.
What do you guys think? Any thoughtful comments/opinions would be appreciated! Thanks!