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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid received both the nomination to West Point and a four year ROTC scholarship. Ultimately, he chose the ROTC scholarship. For him, he wanted both worlds - the college experience and the military so it worked for him. The four year scholarship is also a pretty good hook for the more selective schools. MIT, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Duke, and Notre Dame all have very active ROTC cadres and they need smart students to fill those spaces. My kid attends one of the schools above and I'm pretty sure the ROTC scholarship helped. Something to consider.   [/quote]
Does the ROTC scholarship come with a 5-year active duty service requirement? Is it possible to do a college sport and fulfill the ROTC scholarship requirements?[/quote]

Army is 4 if you go Active. I think Navy and AF are 5. Honestly, I think it would be impossible to do D1 varsity and ROTC. But perhaps accommodations are made with recruited athletes. [/quote]
The question is whether you "have" to go active duty if you had a ROTC scholarship, or whether you can just be in the reserves. USNA, USMA, and USAFA all require full-time active duty, so if a ROTC scholarship only requires that you serve in the reserves, that's a lot more flexible. [/quote]

From the ROTC scholarship, you can choose active or reserve.[/quote]

I think there is some confusion about what ‘active duty’ means. [/quote]
There seem to be so many differing answers on here, even among people who have had the ROTC scholarship or whose kids currently have the ROTC scholarship.

I would like to know if there is a ROTC  path for a reserves-only requirement after graduation? It sounds like this may be possible with the National Guard?  Is there a specific National Guard ROTC scholarship? [/quote]

There is! It’s 8 yrs reserve.  But the contract has to specifically state that is your service obligation.  There are specific reserve duty rotc scholarships.  But I will say, even if your contract says 4 yrs active, 4 yrs reserve, you can typically request all reserve  duty and it is usually granted.  Right now, it is actually harder and more competitive to be put on active duty after comissioning.  Many ROTC that want active duty are given reserve duty instead.  It is very much done by needs of the Army plus cadet ranking.  Unless you have a specific reserve duty contract.  All ROTC offices will have a recruitment chair that works closely with a reserve recruiter and they can best advise you which contract and scholarship would best suit you.  [/quote]

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