<p>Has anyone noticed that when you sign in there is a new line on your candidate info page after you sign in? Its “Click here to provide additional school information.” and its for you to list the colleges and majors your applying to. What do you make of this? Any thoughts?</p>
<p>It just showed up today. Does anyone else have it? It doesn’t have any academies on the list of colleges either, go figure? Can only list other colleges.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be too concerned - a lot of school ask where you are applying on their applications.</p>
<p>One reason might be to direct Army ROTC programs to you as a backup. Thay way you can be considered for a 4 year scholarship if you don’t get an appointment.</p>
<p>Makes sense, but if they know we have a back-up plan wouldn’t that make it easier to tell us no to WP, and direct us to the ROTC? In the mind set of recruiting, does it make sense to tell the kid who says “WP or bust” for the Army no, compared to a kid who is the same on paper but says “I’d do great in an ROTC program, I just hope to get into WP”. If you said no to the ROTC kid, you’d still have 2 officers, whereas if you pick the ROTC kid, you’re getting 1 and leaving an ROTC slot open (most likely to be filled, but by someone who may have done SMP if they weren’t to get the ROTC scholarship). Not saying that the form will bias WP, but if recruitment was a big deal, then it would seem as if using this as a way to let people down and help choose cadets could be logical.</p>
<p>I disagree and this has not been my daughter’s experience at all. First - West Point wants candidates who are serious about an Army Career. By showing that you are willing to go ROTC shows you are serious about putting the Army first.<br>
Every admissions presentation my daughter attended - the kids were advised by admissions reps to apply for a ROTC scholarship and have a plan B ready.
Sitting in the admissions office at West Point face to face with an admissions officer - he asked her what her back up plan was. She told him she had an Army ROTC scholarship and he said “That’s good”.<br>
At her nomination interview she was asked her back up plan. She told the panel of her ROTC scholarship and the questioner looked up at her and said “Wow, you really do want a military career.” She won a nomination.</p>
<p>Bottom line - if West Point wants you then West Point gets you having a back up of an ROTC scholarship will never cause them to pass you over.</p>
<p>We already have 2 offers for a 4yr scholarship on the table. Our first choices however are for WP and USAFA. We just thought it was strange to see the “college choice list” out there. So no one else has seen this on their login page? </p>
<p>Waiting to hear from our ALO to see what he says.</p>
<p>My plan B: Enlisting in the Marines 
or FFL, but I think I’d be disowned if I went to the French</p>
<p>Mister Sinister - an admissions officer told our group at a visit that enlisting in the Army is a great Plan B and an “easy” way to get into West Point.</p>
<p>West Point loves prior enlisted.</p>
<p>Yep. It’s not that I can’t get a ROTC scholarship, but the fact… I sort of want to experience the real army before anything. I lived on military bases all around the world for 17 years. Not once have I lived in the states (Was born, and that was it). I love the military.</p>
<p>“an admissions officer told our group at a visit that enlisting in the Army is a great Plan B and an “easy” way to get into West Point.”
That is only a great plan B if the candidate is sure they want to be an enlisted soldier if they do not get in to West Point. There are no guarantees that a candidate will get in to WP if they enlist…</p>
<p>Yes, candlewood, I have seen them, and I have tried putting the USMA as my first choice, but like you have stated, the system says it cannot find it and will not let you choose it. Right now I am not really worried about it.</p>
<p>So is it true that if you applied to ROTC, you have better chance of getting in to West Point? How would they know that you applied to ROTC in the first place?</p>