Posted on Mar 27, 2021
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Does the College or University I choose to attend have an impact on my competitiveness for an Active Duty slot and the Branch I want when I commission? For example, would it matter if I went to a small, local 4 year school with an ROTC program rather than a large, city, 4-year school with an ROTC program? One of them is also far better than the other education-wise but they both have Army ROTC programs so I wanted to know if it had an impact on ROTC and my possible ranking.
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SFC Retention Operations Nco
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You will be rated on many things in the Army, but the expense of your college and choice of degree program are not one of them
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Thank you SFC
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LTC Jason Mackay
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SPC (Join to see) - I second, no. The accessions process changed two years but the OML is still the OML. https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/how-do-i-choose-an-army-branch-a-framework
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MAJ Ron Peery
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No, it doesn't. What matters is the effort you put into your studies, your participation in the ROTC program, your demonstrated leadership, and your attitude.
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SPC Fire Support Specialist
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Thank you MAJ Peery
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MAJ Ron Peery
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SPC (Join to see) - Back in the early 1980's, the question was never whether you'd get active duty. You had to apply for guaranteed reserve forces. The big deal was whether you got a reserve commission, or Regular Army.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
CPT Lawrence Cable
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MAJ Ron Peery - And a lot of guys ended up Infantry Officers that didn't choose it as a Branch too. At least 25% of my IOBC class did not have Infantry as the first or second choice, quite a few didn't have it on their list.
I volunteer Infantry twice, enlisted and commissioned.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
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Excellent question and others have answered it.
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