Posted on Mar 4, 2020
What can I do to help secure an active duty offer through Army ROTC accessions?
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Good afternoon,
My name is Michael Linton and I am an Army MS1 Cadet at Cornell University. My current GPA is 4.0 and I have a 300 PT score. I am worried moving forward about maintaining my GPA and was wondering what GPA would be considered safe to get Active Duty. I do not plan on slacking off, and just wanted to get an idea of it since Cornell can get very competitive grades wise moving forward.
What can I do to help secure that active duty offer?
Thank you,
Michael L.
My name is Michael Linton and I am an Army MS1 Cadet at Cornell University. My current GPA is 4.0 and I have a 300 PT score. I am worried moving forward about maintaining my GPA and was wondering what GPA would be considered safe to get Active Duty. I do not plan on slacking off, and just wanted to get an idea of it since Cornell can get very competitive grades wise moving forward.
What can I do to help secure that active duty offer?
Thank you,
Michael L.
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This is old data, but this is what I was told; that my degree and the school I graduated from played a role in my selection for a RA commission with the associated active duty. My GPA and PT scores were ok (back in the day when 4.0 was the max). Might check with cadre and/or recruiting command.
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I also had a 300 APFT, a 3.2 GPA, but got Recondo from LDAC, which improved my chances for Active Duty. Make sure you do very well at LDAC, get Recondo and even an overall E (if they still call it that) and you will be fine.
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I’ve known guys with a 3.0 GPA, that were slotted for active duty. I’m not saying that you should ever drop that low, but having a 4.0 now has you off to good start.
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I recently asses active duty this past October through ROTC. Keep your GPA as high as possible, a pretty decent pt score, do well at camp, and receive a good evaluation from your Colonel at your school and you will be competitive to compete for active duty.
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Wow, things have really changed. Back in my day warriors did not get 4.0 GPA. The only guys with height GPAs were the guys going on to law school or medical school. Fighters and killers do not get high GPAs.
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MAJ Matthew Arnold
Wow! That's scary. I certainly hope not. If you are not a fighter and killer you are in the wrong career.
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Three dimensions: Scholar, Athlete, Leader. GPA is only one of the dimensions.
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Cadet Linton, GPA fluctuates from year to year. Do the best you can and continue to be a lifelong learner.
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Michael Linton
Thank you and will do. Do you by any chance know the max and min that GPA has been in a relative time span?
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Michael Linton I don’t. Just keep good study habits and enjoy college. You will get it if you keep up the hard work.
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