Info on NROTC Scholarship....?

[devin0116]

Does anyone have any info on NROTC Scholarships (especially Marine option). I've been looking into it, im too young to go to a recruiter, and they don't give you much information on it at the Navy/Marine website(s).

[soccermark23]

Does anyone have any info on NJROTC Scholarships (especially Marine option) because ive been looking into it, and im to young to go to a recruiter and they dont give you much information on it on the Navy website.

First off, I'm assuming you mean NROTC and not NJROTC.

Second, go back and correct the punctuation in your post.

Finally, as far as scholarships go, I would check the individual college's web site that you are considering. Generally they will a little bit of information about the program with links to application materials.

[devin0116]

Sorry about that......

[PhoenixCadet]

If you were to provide us with some specific questions on what you're looking for - it would be a lot easier to give you some answers, provided you tried searching on your own, first.

-PC

[devin0116]

Well, i've been looking into it for a while, but i guess my main question is the academics. They say they pay close attention to grades made in english, math, science, history, and language (I think). But they site no specific grades needed, or preffered. No SAT/ACT scores either.

[PhoenixCadet]

Academic requirements for program participation can be found here:

https://www.nrotc.navy.mil/academicreq.cfm

No SAT/ACT scores? I think you need to look a bit closer. That's on the "Genreal Eligibility" page:

https://www.nrotc.navy.mil/eligibility.cfm

Here's the section on NROTC Marine-Option midshipmen on the USMC website:

https://www.marines.usmc.mil/G3/Officer/nrotcrequirement.htm

-PC

[devin0116]

Thanks, i guess i didnt look good enough:p. But I meant High School requirements. Because I know that just because I have a diploma im not going to get in.

[mrkltmn]

Hey,

I'm a current NROTC Midshipman 4/C, and can tell you that you need to have pretty decent grades to get a four year scholarship right off (3.3 or more to be relatively certain of getting the scholarship.) For the Marine Option scholarship you can actually have slightly lower grades, but they still need to be decent. For Marines PT is the important part. I know in my Battalion in order to transfer from Navy to Marines you need a PFT score of about 275. If you do end up going to a recruiter make sure that you make clear that you are going NROTC and you aren't going to enlist. They'll try to make you enlist (they did me.) Good luck and have a great Navy day.

Hooyah!

Respectfully,
MIDN 4/C Altman

[devin0116]

Some Midshipmen from the USNA came to the school today and did a presentation which I attended. They basically said the same thing, one of them didn't have perfect grades, but they were good. My weighted GPA now (Sophomore year) is 3.25.

[mrkltmn]

Yeah just remember that they adjust your GPA so it isn't weighted when they take a GPA into account for scholarships.

[devin0116]

Seriously? My unweighted is 2.75:(

[mrkltmn]

Yes they do take the unweighted GPA but they will also look at your weighted GPA as an indicator of the kind of classes you are taking. What schools are you thinking about applying to for the scholarship?

[NavyRifleman1894]

The Marines look a lot into PT, but academics are very important. To be competitive, you need to be in the 3.5 or greater range, otherwise you might have to compete for a scholarship once you are there. ACT/SATs need to be up there as well just so you can stay competitive. Since you are only a sophomore, there is plenty of time to get your grades to where they need to be. Just work hard and get them up to set yourself up for success. Remember that the further you get in HS, the harder it is to raise the GPA.
You can join the program without a scholarship, but getting selected for Marine Option is tough. Your PT needs to be near the top and you will need good grades. I know most of the Marine Options at my former unit were in the 290+ range on the PFT.
This is what I had and I picked up a Navy Scholarship out of HS: 3.6 unweighted GPA (3.99 weighted), 30 ACT, and 3 years of NJROTC and National Honor Society. With this, I got a scholarship to my 2nd choice school but was able to get it switched to my 1st choice. Start looking now at the higher level classes that would look good on the application (physics/calculus). Apply early; as soon as you can, apply. This will get you on the list early and might give you a better shot at picking up the scholarship.
If you have any questions, let me know. I went through 4 years of NROTC and have delt with the Marine Options a lot (my roomate in college is a marine Option MIDN).

[devin0116]

As far as the scholarship goes I've been looking into OSU mainly and a few other northern ones. At my school a couple of days ago we had a couple of Midshipmen from the USNA come and give a presentation. So i've been researching that some too. One of them said that he didn't have perfect grades but they were up there. He said they like to look into leadership and extracurricular activities a lot too. I've been taking honors courses in science and math freshman year and I am taking all honors this year. I will graduate with a total of 5 math credits (instead of the required 4) and 4 science credits (instead of the required 3). With the current track I am on.

[Drill for life]

Well congratulations, my friend is graduating at the end of the year as a Second Lieuteant in the United States Marine Corps and all throughout his High-School Career he had a C and B average, being BNCO of out unit put him over th top and he got accepted.

[mrkltmn]

The MIDs from the Naval Academy were right. Leadership and Extra-Curriculars are important, but you also need to have pretty good grades, pretty good PT scores/abilities, and make sure you talk to the Units youre going to be applying for and fnd out what their command policies are about PT scores and what not. For instance my school has Unit goals that are above that of those required in the regs in both PT and in Academics. Physics and Calculus are important. If you have those and get good grades in them the Navy will want you more.