High School Students

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Army ROTC National Scholarship Information:

Scholarships are available to graduating High School Seniors.  The scholarship application opens in early June, immediately following their junior year of high school. Scholarship benefits include:

• Full tuition and fees (or $10k for room and board)
• $600 per semester for books
• $420 monthly stipend.

As a High School student, you may apply for a scholarship if you meet the following criteria:

• Are between the second semester of your junior year and the second semester of your senior year
• Are a US citizen
• Are at least 17 years of age within the first semester of the year you enter college
• Will be 31 years of age by December 31st of the year in which you will graduate from college and receive your commission.

What can I do to be competitive for a National Scholarship?

You will be evaluated on a “Scholar, Athlete, Leader” model for the scholarship. Demonstrating your performance in the Scholar, Athlete, and Leader domains indicates your potential to the scholarship board. Here is how each domain broken down, and what you can do to be competitive:  

• Scholar
  • Includes academics: GPA, course load, SAT/ACT scores
  • Have a competitive GPA
  • Challenge yourself by taking honors/AP/IB classes
  • Score well on the SAT or ACT. *Although some colleges do not require standardized tests, you will need it for the ROTC scholarship*
• Athlete
  • Includes sports and physical fitness
  • Participate in sports (can be community organizations, clubs, or school-sponsored)
  • Score well on your scholarship fitness assessment (1 minute of push ups, 1 minute of sit ups, 1 mile run) 
• Leader
  • Includes your involvement in a variety of activities, positions of responsibility, and leadership roles
  • Participate in extracurricular activities (can be community organizations, clubs, school sponsored, part-time or full-time jobs)
  • Hold leadership positions in your activities and/or your job

Finally, be able in answer the questions: Why do you want to be an Army Officer? Why do you want to serve? For information on the scholarship application timeline and the profile of a typical scholarship winner, click on the graphics at the top of this page.

Helpful Links:

• • • • • US Army ROTC Website
          • High School
          • Green to Gold (Active Duty Army Enlisted Soldiers)
          • Direct Commission
        • Non-Waiverable Medical Conditions
        • Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT)
          • Events:
            1. 3 repetition maximum deadlift (MDL)
            2. Standing Power Throw (SPT)
            3. Hand Release Push Up (HRP)
            4. Spring Drag Carry (SDC)
            5. Plank (PLK)
            6. Two Mile Run (2MR)
        • Walkthrough Video for the National Scholarship Application 
        • Penn State Army ROTC Interest Form

Army ROTC High School Scholarship Application Penn State University Web Application

*** Forms must be saved to computer to function – 1) Right click on form link, 2) Click ‘Save link as’, 3) Select a local folder/drive ***