<p>flyingllama, the answer is no there is no way to join the navy and for the navy to just repay you for all your past college expenses. There are other programs like the BDCP program where the navy will pay you a salary to finish college and you go into OCS after college, without participating in any ROTC drills. However, realize that these types of program don’t take any consideration on how high your tuition is or how high your expenses are besides maybe your living location (eg: it is more expensive to live in new york city than oklahoma). i have heard from sources that most of these programs are going away though from the Obama administration. Technically though, if you get a full ride to a college, or are not paying that much to go to a good state school, it might not be worth doing ROTC if the tuition isn’t that much. I know ROTC guys who go to UCLA in state, and their tuition may only be a few thousand dollars, where my tuition may be upwards of $40,000. Regardless of your tuition, you still are in the same program, so you have to weigh the pros and cons. I’d say generally, ROTC is a terrific deal if its for a private college that costs a lot that you’d never be able to afford without a crapload of loans. Some join ROTC in lower cost colleges, or drop other academic scholarships they have for ROTC, but those people are joining a lot more for the ROTC experience.</p>
<p>btw, you can check out another thread that i’ve been answering questions on my specific ROTC unit here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/drexel-university/619111-drexel-rotc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/drexel-university/619111-drexel-rotc.html</a></p>