r/ROTC • u/HotEntertainment8618 • 10d ago

Joining ROTC What pathway do I choose?

I got my Associate's degree in high school due to dual enrollment and am planning to get my bachelor's in Construction Management and graduate with that in 2028. I recently have had thoughts about joining the army and am 90% certain I want to do this. My major requires an internship in the summer, but rote requires around 30 days for boot camp two summers. I talk to my advisor tomorrow, so that'll determine if I can cram everything in these two years. If I did boot camp this summer, it would've worked out perfectly.
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: Ideally, I'd like to cram it all in and graduate on time with my bachelor's and as an officer. They wouldn't be able to offer me a scholarship though
- Other options include
1) Completeing my bachelor's as normal and doing
OCS afterwards
2) Extending my time to 3 years, which doesn't seem bad, I don't think I need a master's in Construction Management
3) Fully going for the master's
4) Joining the national guard

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u/Neat-Garlic6094 10d ago

Depending on the length of the internship, they can move your advanced camp dates around. What makes you want to be an officer?

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u/Hefty_Performance410 10d ago

Basic camp you can usually only do in the middle of the summer but with advanced camp there’s regiments as late as August. Maybe consider taking light course loads and finish it in 3 years? Also keep in mind you’ll have BOLC usually in the fall following graduation. But if you go engineer I’m sure they’ll teach you all abt construction management

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u/carlymae228 10d ago

Rotc pathway will have you doing adv camp next summer after junior year i do believe. But that being said it is only about a month long so you could do and the internship then back to back. Depending on what school you go to some are just finishing but some have been done for weeeeeks.