Scholarships

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Whether you're a college-bound high school student or already attending a college or university, Army ROTC has scholarships if funding is available. ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS ARE BASED SOLEY ON THE STUDENT'S MERITS - NOT FINANCIAL NEED.. Enrolling into ROTC does not guarantee you a scholarship. Scholarships are awarded by Cadet Command and not the school or host ROTC Battalion. All scholarships are extremely competitive.

Individual ROTC battalions do not control any ROTC scholarships or its funding. That is all done by Cadet Command. If you meet the requirements then you should definitely apply. In order to be competitive you should have scores above the minimum requirements. Typically, those students with 1180 or higher SAT scores, 25 or higher ACT scores, 3.5 or higher GPA, etc., are the ones who truly get looked at. Also you should essentially fulfill the SAL (Scholar, Athlete, Leader) criteria as well. Those who fill all three get looked at more than those who do not.

The 4-Year ROTC Scholarship application window for High School juniors and seniors is between February 1st of their junior year and January 10th of their senior year. The sooner you apply the better. Typically there are only three review selection boards. They are usually held in October, December, and February.

High School Applicants who are needing to complete the Professor of Military Science (PMS) Interview portion, should contact Mr. Curtis Lawrence at 704-687-8101 or clawrenc@uncc.edu in order to make an appointment with the colonel.

Ultimate deadline to apply is January 10th of the senior year in high school, however the earlier you apply the better your chances since you would be looked at by more than just one board, if you were not selected in the first board then your application would be reviewed again in the subsequent boards. After all boards have convened and Cadet Command has made their selections then they will notify all if they were selected or not.

Initially all scholarships are conditional until a student meets all requirements in order to contract. Also once a student meets all requirements for contracting, the scholarship takes around 45+ days to kick in. So students should be prepared to pay for college up front, then once they meet the requirements and receive scholarship benefits they are essentially paid back. If a student elects Tuition & Fees then scholarship payment will go directly to student accounts at the school. If they elect Room & Board, then scholarship benefits will go to the student.

College students applying for the 3-year and 2-year On-Campus scholasrhips must be enrolled at a 4-year University or College and be a fulltime student (12 credit hours or more). Community College students cannot apply for a ROTC scholarship. They must transfer to a 4-year University or College and be enrolled into military science classes.

Army ROTC scholarships are valuable in many ways: Two, three, and four-year scholarship options based on the time remaining to complete your degree. Scholarship amounts vary based on school tuition & fees or room & board. A scholarship recipient must select what the schoalrship pays. Either Tuition & Fees or Room & Board. Not both. Additionally scholarship recipients receive $600 per semester ($1200 total per year) allowance for books.

ROTC Scholarship recipients at Davidson College receieve 50% Room & Board on top of their ROTC scholarship.

ROTC Scholarship recipients at Gardner-Webb University receive 100% Room & Board on top of their ROTC scholarship.

Both of these schools are partnership schools in the 49er battalion.

Contracted Cadets also receive a monthly (10 months a year) "Living Allowance". This stipend is tax free and increases each year you are enrolled in ROTC

Freshman year	$300 per month
Sophomore year	$350 per month
Junior year	$450 per month
Senior year	$500 per month

This allowance is also available to all contracted non-scholarship Cadets enrolled in the Army ROTC program.

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