NROTC questions

wyattthehopeful
Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:07:17 +0000

Sorry for replying so late, but anyways as far as tier 2 and 1 degrees are concerned i admit i would love to chose one of those however my math skills are as far as im concerned below average. i have scored above average in terms of the TAKS test which is the state exam for Texas, but i didn’t get commended also accounting for Texas’s low education rank i don’t consider math to be my strong suit. Science is the same story but not as bad. That being said i plan to major in either finance, business, or accounting (those are the type of numbers that i understand) im aware of the extra calculus class, and am pretty confident that i can push through it without too much of a problem. As far as the SAT/ACT testing dates im enrolled for next month due to college board and ACT revoking my first request for accommodations and after a second attempt at applying i was approved, my school is scheduled for next moth testing but its ONLY for students who require accommodations. on the note of testing i am also aware that you can submit up to 6 scores and they highest for each section will be chosen. That being said i have been told the ACT is easier for math whereas the SAT is easier for reading (reading poses no problem whatsoever regardless of the test, i just want to maximize my scores accordingly) my question is if i score higher on my ACT in math versus my SAT but vice versa for reading will NROTC accept two scores from two different test? As far as my rank im currently 125 out of a class of 600 but this is with three NG’s(no grade due to an error at the attendance office) on my transcript for first semester and one for second (when they get cleared ill probably jump to the 80’s or 90’s) my course load this year has been all AP classes except math (im dyslexic and it really just dosent stick sometimes) however next year i planned to drop AP English as a way to boost my GPA (instead of making an AP b i would go for a regular a) however would this reflect poorly on my application? Also im currently enrolled in community college as well, and should my community college GPA be higher than my high school is that worth mentioning? if so how do i mention it? Motive wise i want to join the navy for a number of reasons one of them is tradition, but also i believe that i have something to truly offer my country, and the navy can offer me some truly valuable lifetime experiences, memories, and friends. Along the lines of tradition going in through NROTC will make me the first person in my family ever to do so (ive already been pegged as “the smart one”) even without the scholarship i still plan to enter NROTC, and to honestly take out a mass of student loans, and hopefully get them forgiven when i get in the service (if not im fine with paying them off till i die)but in terms of paying off student loans and/or getting them forgiven how exactly would i go about that when i enter the service?