ROTC vs USMA

<p>part of the issue is that I don’t know what language I want to study… I have taken 5 years of Spanish and had a month of full immersion in Nicaragua, so I am kind of committed to that path. I am taking a year of Chinese at school, and find it fascinating. I am extremely interested in the Middle East, and got a taste of Arabic at SLS, but I also love learning about Africa, so French would be useful to know. I wish I could learn them all by playing tapes while I sleep or something, but something tells me that I will have to choose sooner or later.</p>

<p>I am going to do a candidate visit, and I think it is an excellent idea to ask to take some language classes while I’m there.</p>

<p>One of my volleyball coaches is in NROTC here, and I was thinking I would ask him if I could shadow him. Will this be helpful? Is NROTC basically the same as AROTC? Thanks!</p>