Scholarship Eligibility
Requirements
- U.S. Citizen
- 17 years of age before the scholarship is
effective
- 920 on SAT or 19 on ACT
- Good high school grades
- Participant in leadership,
extra-curricular, and athletic activities. (to include part-time
work)
- Under 27 years old at time of commissioning
- High school grad or equivalent
- Agree to accept a commission upon
graduation
- Meet physical standards
- Must be accepted to the university that
offers the scholarship
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Army ROTC has always been one of America's
leading sources of scholarships, making awards to thousands of the
highest-caliber students each year. Four-year scholarships are
awarded to the most outstanding applicants. In keeping with our high
standards of excellence, candidates are selected for scholastic as
well as extracurricular accomplishment, and not on the basis of
financial need.
The scholarship process begins when
applications become available from March of the junior year of high
school to January of the senior year. The preferred method of
application is via the internet at www.armyrotc.com.
You can also apply be requesting an application by calling
1-800-USA-ROTC. Once the application is completed, you will send it
to Cadet Command with three school choices.
After Cadet Command verifies eligibility, a
copy of the application will be made available to each of the schools named. Each school will then hold a scholarship board and
decide who to make scholarship offers to. Each school has an
allocation of scholarships. Until recently this allocation could not
be exceeded.
Virginia Tech Army ROTC has
more 4 year scholarship recipients than any other program in the
country. Up until 2005 Virginia Tech had about 20 scholarships to
award to the freshman class. In 2006 this number doubled and in
2007 this number will more than triple. About half the scholarships
go to in-state students and half are for out of state students.
This dramatic increase in financial assistance is due to the
outstanding reputation among the 272 Army ROTC programs and the fact
that the Virginia Tech Army ROTC program consistently produces high
quality officers.
A large number of applicants
who consider the United States Military Academy also consider Virginia
Tech. It is no surprise that a few students every year
actually turn down their academy appointment to attend Virginia
Tech.
Competing for a scholarship at Virginia Tech is still highly
competitive. Generally scholarships are awarded to prospects
with
GPA's of 3.4 and higher, SAT scores averaging 1200 (ACT 25), were involved in
two or more Varsity Sports, and held leadership positions in athletics,
band, school and community organizations. An in-person interview at
Virginia Tech is strongly recommended.
As a scholarship winner, you will be required to take one
ROTC class each semester and attend all mandatory ROTC events, such
as physical training. It typically takes no more than a few hours a
week. Because Virginia Tech is a Senior Military College, you are
also required to be a member of the Virginia
Tech Corps of Cadets Most cadets still have time to be in
fraternities/sororities, play sports, or hold part-time jobs. Upon
graduation, you will be required to accept a commission as a Second
Lieutenant in the active Army, Army Reserve, or National Guard.
Four year scholarship winners will sign a contract with
the Army at the beginning of their freshman year. They will receive
full tuition and fees, $900 a year for books, and a $300 a month
stipend. Some four year applicants will receive three-year advanced
designee scholarships. These require the student to fund his/her own
way the freshman year and participate in ROTC. If the student
maintains a 2.5 GPA and satisfactorily participates in the program,
the Army will fund the remaining three years of school tuition and
fees.
Those Cadets in a 5 year program may be
granted an additional year of scholarship benefits as long as they satisfactorily
perform during the first four years and are recommended by the
Professor of Military Science.
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