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Air Force ROTC High School Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 11/1/2024
Closes: 1/13/2025

Air Force ROTC High School Scholarship provides financial assistance to high school seniors or graduates who are interested in joining Air Force ROTC in college and are willing to serve as Air Force officers following the completion of their bachelor's degree.

Award Amount Varies
  • Essay Required: No
  • Need-Based: No
  • Merit-Based: Yes
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Requirements
  • This program is open to high school seniors who are U.S. citizens at least 17 years of age and have been accepted at a college or university with an Air Force ROTC unit on campus or a college with a cross-enrollment agreement with such a college.
  • Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and an ACT composite score of 26 or higher or an SAT score of 1240 or higher.
  • They must agree to serve for at least 4 years as activeduty Air Force officers following graduation from college.
  • Recently, first priority was given to students planning to major in the science and technical fields of architecture, chemistry, computer science, engineering (aeronautical, aerospace, architectural, astronautical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical, or nuclear), mathematics, meteorology and atmospheric sciences, nuclear physics, operations research, or physic.
  • Second priority was given to students planning to major in foreign languages (Arabic, Baluchi, Chinese (Amoy, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Wu), Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, PashtoAfghan, Persian-Afghan, Persian-Iranian, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Turkish, or Turkmen).
  • Students could major in any other field, although most scholarships were offered for technical or language programs.
  • While scholarship recipients can major in any subject, they must enroll in 4 years of aerospace studies courses at 1 of the 1,100 colleges and universities that have an Air Force ROTC unit on campus or that have crossenrollment agreements with the institutions that have an Air Force ROTC unit on campus. Recipients must attend a 4-week summer training camp at an Air Force base, usually between their sophomore and junior years. Most cadets incur a 4-year active-duty commitment.

    • Details

    Pursued Degree Level
    Bachelor's Degree
    Current Grade
    High School Senior
    Location
    • Country: US
    Intended Area of Study
    Architecture, Chemistry, Computer Science, Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Hardware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Arabic Language and Literature, Cantonese Language, Chinese Language and Literature, Farsi Language, Indonesian Language, Japanese Language and Literature, Korean Language, Mandarin Language, Pashto Language, Punjabi Language, Russian and Eastern European Languages and Literature, Somali Language, Turkish Language, Turkmen Language, Mathematics, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Operations Research, Physics
    Minimum GPA
    3
    Citizenship Status
    U.S. Citizen
    Affiliations
    Air Force ROTC

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