<p>Pinot,</p>
<p>Having a daughter in ROTC and having been through the application process last year, I can tell you a sub 3.0 GPA is long odds for a scholarship, as they have reduced the number (last year) and the number of candidates are up. </p>
<p>That being said the other ROTC avenue, is through SMP (student does ROTC on campus and participates in National Guard and has tuition/books/drill pay picked up by the National Guard and is commissioned as an officer in the Guard upon graduation). I believe there isn’t the same level of competition with that. </p>
<p>I would suggest calling the ROTC recruiting officer at her campus of choice and ask about SMP opportunities, if he wants to serve his country as an officer (be it Guard) and get the training through ROTC while in college (being paid for).</p>
<p>BTW, he would be very late to the party applying for ROTC scholarship now (first of 3 boards is already complete - 2nd board deadline for completed application is in December). SMP has different deadlines.</p>
<p>Best of luck to him.</p>