I did the Army ROTC program in 1990-1992. Times have changed, but my experiences were as such:
Active Duty at the time was the Holy Grail for ROTC grads. The numbers may be similar now that we are in another drawdown.
Branch slots are based primarily on Needs of the Army (as always), how many slots of each branch are allocated to ROTC, and then how many of those slots are allocated to your particular program/school. THEN it comes down to your place on the OML.
Your place on the OML will primarily be determined by your grades (academic and ROTC), your PT scores, and your Advanced Camp (LDAC or whatever it is called now) score.
The "good" part is that ROTC receives more slots than OCS does. It is right behind USMA (West Point) when it comes to sheer numbers of branch allocations. So you have that going for you.
Bottom line is that you really need to do your best, which should be better than everyone else if you want Active Duty AND your branch of choice.
Good Luck!
Thank you, SGT!
My work # is [login to see] . Give me a call and I'll talk you through the process and how it works.
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LTC Kilgore
Are you doing the green to gold program or are you just getting out and going back to school on your own, your post is not too definitive on how you are going about this.
It would be easier to get full responses or where to give direction too with better details and circumstances.