MCO P1100.73B.pdf - Marine Corps

3001. NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (MARINE-OPTION NROTC
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM)
1. The NROTC Scholarship Program is a Navy administered program which
is offered to both men and women on the basis of a nationwide
competition. Selection for this program is on a competitive basis
determined by college board scores (ACT/or SAT), high school performance,
motivation towards a career as a Navy or Marine Corps officer,
and demonstrated leadership potential. Selectees are appointed
midshipmen in the U.S. Naval Reserve and receive a 4-year subsidized
college education. During this period of college training, the Navy
pays tuition, cost of textbooks, other fees of an instructional nature,
and a monthly subsistence allowance. Upon successful completion of the
established course, accepted Marine Corps-option students shall be
appointed to commissioned grade in the Marine Corps.
2. The Marine Corps, by agreement with the U.S. Navy, is authorized up
to 16 2/3 percent of all NROTC scholarships. Responsibility for publicizing
and recruiting for the Marine Corps portion of the scholarship
program rests with the recruiting service. We issue instructions for
the processing of applicants through an annual policy directive which
is updated by periodic informational letters by the CMC (MRRO-6).
Applicants with qualifying college board scores who indicate the
Marine-option will be interviewed and processed at a local Marine Corps
OSO or RS. Students selected by the Marine Corps will be designated
Marine-option students and awarded a scholarship at one of the colleges
or universities participating in the NROTC Program. While enrolled in
the program, students may change options from the Navy to the Marine
Corps and vice versa with the approval of Headquarters U.S. Marine
Corps and the Chief of Naval Education and Training.
3. Qualifications for the NROTC Scholarship Program are as follows:
a. U.S. citizen.
b. Under 25 years of age on 30 June of the year in which eligible
for commissioned status. Applicants with prior active duty military
service may be eligible for age waivers for the amount of time equal to
their prior service on a month-for-month basis for a maximum of 48
months. Age waivers may be granted provided the 29th birthday will not
be reached by 30 June of year in which graduation and commissioning are
anticipated.
c. Physically qualified under standards prescribed for midshipmen.
d. High school graduate or po3sess an equivalency certificate.
e. Agree to participate in not less than the 4 years of naval
science courses required for commission.
f. Have no moral obligations or personal convictions that would
prevent conscientious bearing of arms, and supporting and defending the
Constitution of the United States comes against all enemies, foreign
and domestic.
4. District Quotas. District quotas are assigned annually based upon
demographic studies and each District’s historical finalist application
submission performance. Quota credit will not be given unless the
finalist application is:
a. Complete - containing all required information to include high
shool or college transcripts, PFT results, etc., (as outlined in figure
3-2).
b. Received at Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps by the deadline
published annually in a Marine Corps bulletin in the 1120 series.
5. SAT/ACT. The greatest single source of attrition among applicants
is the nonrelease of college board scores to the scholarship program.
Historically, only about half of all the applicants actually submit
their scores for consideration. Applicants should be encouraged to
register for, take, and release the results from their college board
tests to the NROTC Scholarship Program (code 0656) as soon as possible.
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