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Frequently Asked Questions:
1. What is Army ROTC?
2. What can Army ROTC do for me?
3. What are the eligibility requirements necessary to compete for an Army ROTC scholarship?
4. What is my obligation to the Army after graduation?
5. What is Military Science?
6. What does the Army ROTC Scholarship Offer?
7. What is the time commitment to Army ROTC during college?
8. Would I be able to go to graduate school after college?
1. What is Army ROTC?
ROTC stands for Reserve Officers' Training Corps. It is a program of study taken in addition to regular college courses. The program includes a specified sequence of leadership, management, and professional knowledge classes as well as "hands on" leadership experience. For instance, a ROTC cadet may be found leading classmates through adventure training, down a 60-foot rappel tower, or through a rigorous and demanding obstacle course.
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2. What can Army ROTC do for me?
ROTC provides realistic leadership and management experience while you’re still a college student. You are trained to become a future leader in academia, industry or in government.
Participating in Army ROTC can enhance your resume. Personnel managers identify Army ROTC training with the best potential new hires in all fields of industry.
ROTC offers you a change to take part in unique field training exercises, adventure training, and sports competitions while providing broader insight into current world situations.
There are numerous opportunities for generous scholarships at all our schools, as well as opportunities for summer internships with businesses, community organizations, and military schools.
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3. What are the eligibility requirements necessary to compete for an Army ROTC scholarship?
While anyone can participate in Army ROTC, students must meet specific eligibility requirements to be awarded an Army ROTC scholarship. A student must be enrolled in one of our schools as a full time student with a GPA greater than 2.5, be a US citizen, and be no older than 27 years of age when they plan on graduating. In addition, they must pass a medical physical evaluation by a contracted Department of Defense physician and the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) once on campus.
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4. What is my obligation to the Army after graduation?
All cadets who wish to continue with Army ROTC must contract by the beginning of their junior year. This means that they have made the commitment to enter into the Army after graduation. Most contracted, scholarship cadets are obligated to the active Army for 4 years. However, there are two-year scholarships available which require no active duty commitment, but rather an eight- year National Guard or Reserve commitment. These obligations involve service one weekend a month and two weeks during the summer during individual civilian occupation.
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5. What is Military Science?
Military Science is the name of the academic department that provides ROTC instruction at the university. MIT’s Department of Military Science teaches students from MIT, Harvard, Tufts, Wellesley, Salem State, Gordon College and Endicott College.
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6. What does the Army ROTC Scholarship Offer?
Scholarships pay full tuition and mandatory fees at all of our partnership schools. In addition, monthly stipends of $300-$500 and an annual book allotment of $1,200 are awarded to scholarship cadets.
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7. What is the time commitment to Army ROTC during college?
Freshman/first year cadets meet once a week for two hours at MIT [1 hour for class and 1 hour for physical training (PT)]. Sophomore cadets have the same schedule as freshmen however they also have an additional PT session at their individual school. Juniors and seniors meet twice a week for class and PT at MIT, and have an additional PT session at their schools. Additional training, both mandatory and voluntary, is offered at least one other time each month.
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8. Would I be able to go to graduate school after college?
Yes. Several of our cadets have attended graduate schools (medical and law programs) directly after graduation. Cadets can apply for an educational delay during their senior year to defer their Army obligation to attend graduate school. In addition, scholarships are available to pay for medical and law school for competitive students.
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Leaders' Training Course
LTC is four weeks of intense classroom and field training held in the summer at Fort Knox, KY. This course is an accelerated version of the two years of leadership development training Cadets receive in the Basic Course. By transforming yourself through this rigorous training, you will qyalify for enrollment in Advanced Army ROTC on campus - privided you have two years of college remaining (undergraduate or graduate).
At LTC you experience the Army firsthand. You will receive the kind of leadership development training that is unmatched by any other program. How? By developing your potential in the most important of ways—mentally, physically and emotionally. You will be grouped into squads where you will gain experience in all leadership roles—culminating in verbal and written feedback on your improvement. You will also receive a stipend, transportation to and from Fort Knox, housing and meals. The four weeks and four phases of LTC can lead you to the ultimate goal: becoming an Army Officer.
The benefits of this leadership training will extend well beyond your college years into any career you choose. You may even qualify for a two-year scholarship that may take care of your college tuition and many other expenses.
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Leadership Development and Assesment Course
An experience common to all Officers commissioned through ROTC is the Advanced Camp at Fort Lewis, near Seattle, Washington. All ROTC cadets attend the Camp during the summer between their junior and senior year.
The purpose of LDAC is to assess the leadership ability and potential of cadets during a common experience. The assessment is very important in the determining what type of jobs and training the cadets will get when they come onto active duty in the Army after graduation.
The assessment is a 35 day experience that goes from 5 am to 9 pm everyday and there are no days off. The cadets are put into platoons of 30 people and cadets of the platoons are usually strangers when they begin. The cadets go through physical training tests, weapon qualification, and land navigation training. Then they spend time at a confidence course and then at a leadership reaction course. Then they have refresher training on infantry tactics and go to the field. They go to the field for 5 days come in for 2 days and go back out for 7 days. While they are in the field they have only the gear they carry with them. After the field phase, cadets clean gear and out process. Cadets are truly stressed during the training.
The entire focus of the camp is assessing leadership. The cadets take turns leading squads (10 people), platoons (30 people), and companies (120 people). Each cadet is assessed seven times and the evaluator observes the cadet the entire day for the evaluation. There are also self evaluations and peer evaluations. At the end of the camp the leadership ability and potential of the cadet is known with a fairly high level of certainty. The LDAC is generally seen as the "final exam" for ROTC even though there is still another year of training prior to the commissioning. Seniors then use their experience at camp to train juniors to meet the standards expected of cadets at camp.
For more information about the Leaders Development and Assessment Course, visit the United States Army Cadet Command Headquarters, or the Fort Lewis Homepage.
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