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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ROTC sounds like it's a better option. It's a significant amount of work during college but you can leave the program at any time and you're still a student at the college, unlike the service academies. Many kids have a hard adjustment but end up sticking it out because they make friends in the program, etc. [/quote]

We are aware of ROTC of course. Why do you think it’s a better option? [/quote]

No offense but did you actually read my post? The main reason it may be a better option is that you can leave the program without having to transfer out and/or without taking a gap in college. You just continue on.

The negative is that when you're at an Academy, all your peers are obviously also at the Academy. There is 100% cultural support for this. When you do ROTC you are getting up at 5:30am, 4-5 days per week when your roommates sleep in (plus you're also doing some weekend drilling) You are possibly getting some cultural push back for being in the military, both from other students and even faculty. My student is in ROTC at a top20 school and has made the adjustment but it wasn't easy at first because this all starts in week one when you're also making the adjustment to just being on campus. [/quote]

You didn’t give much detail. My dc is not interested in ROTC, partially for this reason I think although their 18 yo brain isn’t great at communicating these details.

It’s academy or regular. No halfway. They’re aware of the academy, and have spent time at each academy and enjoyed their experiences. [/quote]

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