Posted on Mar 10, 2014
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I'll be making the jump to ROTC in the next few months and I am wondering how competitive it is to secure Active duty AND Branch slots? Any new LT's have any insight?
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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!

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From what I've gathered from my meet and greets, nothing has really changed since your go through. I'm just worried that with current downsizing that if I'm not in the top 1% of the entire country wide ROTC and cured cancer in my free time, that I'm at the mercy of the Army, which could mean Chemical officer.... (No offense to any CO's who would come across this).

Thank you, SGT!
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I can tell you what 2LTs in FA BOLC are telling me. 75% of their class commissioned as Guard. The active pick up rate is dropping off with the drawdown.  We also had a General from Cadet Command speak to us. In her talk with us she mentioned the accession rate to active could go as low as 50%.  That is not to say you can't do it.  Just don't expect it to necessarily be as easy as it used to be. Stay competitive(Grades,Leadership,PT) and you can get active. Good luck. 
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Thank you sir. I appreciate the insight to the numbers behind the draw down. With any luck at all WWIII will kick off before I commission to up my chances a bit.
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MAJ Brigade Fire Support Officer
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You bet, glad to help. Be careful what you wish for! Haha. Take care and good luck.
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I just received my branch choice a few weeks ago and got my 7th choice although I was ranked rather high and had a pretty decent OML score. I was told by a former PMS that if I postpone my graduation, I will be more likely to branch higher in the summer after camp, as that is what he did and it worked. Does anyone have any information on if it will be likely that I will branch what I want if I postpone my graduation?
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What branch did you end up receiving. A lot of MS4 got their top choice at my school.
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This is a good post for me right now, even being two years old. My Nephew started college last fall on a football and Army ROTC scholarships and he is a bit down now, 10 ROTC seniors who graduated this year and only 2 are going active, so now I am not sure if he thinks it's worth it. He wants to be career officer, so my reply to him is study harder and go after what he wants. So I guess this happens all th time?
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Be mindful of what you post cause your BN CD-R monitor this webpage
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I forgot the original post. I do think it was something in regards to BOLC B or CCC
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I would be really interested in being a ROTC job.  I return from my current deployment in October.
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My work # is [login to see] .  Give me a call and I'll talk you through the process and how it works.

v/r

LTC Kilgore

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MAJ Contract and Industrial Management
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When are you finally retiring?
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LTC Haimes (Andy) Kilgore
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<p>Chris,</p><p>My retirement day is 31 July, but I'll do my retirement ceremony on 15 April.</p><p>v/r</p><p>Andy</p>
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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.

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Roger that. Details coming in just a minute.
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