Scholarships

Post #10

Scholarships

In the ROTC world, the DoD doesn’t pay for your expenses and pay you on top of that like the academies would do. You need to apply for a scholarship and do it early. Even if you are applying to the academies, apply for an ROTC scholarship as a back up plan, never take the risk of being wrong. TRUST ME!!!!!! It saved my dreams. Scholarships range from Full Tuition to Half, to a certain number, and then they range from Non Technical Degrees to Technical Degrees to Language Degrees. The chances of getting a scholarship by applying for a technical degree is a lot better. They want to pay people that are going to be going through the maths and sciences. I got a Type 1 (Full Tuition, books, and stipend) for a technical degree scholarship. It was great. I was making money for going to school. Not a lot, but still extra money is always nice. I realized though that I was not good at Math and Science stuff like I had originally thought, so I had to get out of the scholarship and change to a different degree and start paying myself. It was a little bit scary because I almost got kicked out because I waited too long to change degrees, but the Lord took care of me in my pursuits of my dreams. Think early about what you want to do and do your best to stick with it. Decide after your first year in college if that is the degree you really want, don’t wait in deciding.