Chances of going to... (ROTC Program as well)

Chance Me / Match Me
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I am a Junior in high school, interested in joining an Army ROTC program and majoring in Business Administration/Management, and I was curious about my chances of getting into an Ivy League school/other prestigious school, such as:

Georgetown (my #1 because of ROTC)
Yale
Brown
Columbia
Cal-Berkley
UCLA
Babson (because of excellent business program)

GPA: 4.0 (weighted 4.2)
Varsity Winter and Spring Track/Cross Country, going to National meet, will most likely be named captain next year
Avid participant in Youth in Government program
Key Club President (which is community service and event planning), part of one
of the best Key Clubs in New England
NHS President
Was picked as one of 150 out of 400,000 participants for the Microsoft Office Certiport U.S. championship, and was one out of 5 champions there chosen for the International Championship
Camp counselor at camp Burgess, an all boys sleep away camp on Cape Cod. Stay there for 10 weeks of the summer
Household income: 30,000 (single parent unemployed)

Courses:

Freshman:
Honors English
Honors Bio
Honors World Cultures
Algebra Level 1 (level 0=honors, level 1=accelerated, 2=basic college prep)
Intro to Business
Spanish II Level 1 (no honors Spanish class available)
Microsoft Office I

Sophomore:
Honors English
Chemistry Level 1 (Math class restricted me from taking AP)
AP US History
Geometry Level 1
Spanish III Level 1
Finance
Microsoft Office Advanced

Junior:
AP English
AP US History II
Biology II Level 1
Algebra II Level 1
AP Spanish IV
AP Economics

Some courses are still up in the air for next year but AP European History and AP English will definitely be taken.

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Even if I’m denied an ROTC scholarship, I still want to know how much financial aid I could receive. Thanks for reading!

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I assume that you just finished your junior year, and are about to begin your senior year. If so…

  1. You have an excellent chance of getting an Army ROTC scholarship, but you need to apply this year (preferably this summer).

  2. But you need to take both the SAT and ACT this summer. Do it as soon as possible. ASAP.

  3. Everybody’s chance for an Ivy (or even Georgetown) is very small. You need to apply to several less prestigious schools too (Berkeley and UCLA don’t count, especially if you are out of state).

  4. One such school to consider is Tulane, because it offers free room and board to all ROTC scholarship students. Many other schools do this too, but none are Ivy (or even close, as far as I know). Sounds to me like your family would really benefit from free room and board.

Other financial aid varies according to the school. Each college has a “net price calculator” on their website and the results are usually different from one another (often extremely different).