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McCormack is not alone in his dual desire for scholarship funds and a military career. About 150 Harvard students are currently enrolled in ROTC programs at MIT. Some say they came to Harvard because the school's reputation and its off-campus affiliation with ROTC...
Koma B. Gandy `95, a Navy ROTC enrollee from Philadelphia, says she wanted to go to the Naval Academy so that she could eventually fly, but was 25 days too young for the Academy's class of 1995. Faced with the choice of either waiting a year or attending the academy's prep school, Gandy chose Harvard and ROTC...
...Harvard didn't have that option, I probably would have gone to the Naval Academy prep school or attended Penn or Georgetown [which also have ROTC programs...
...although some ROTC cadets cite an overwhelming commitment to the military, others say they joined the program because it provides necessary scholarship funds...
Brent C. Ridenour `95, an Army ROTC cadet in Wigglesworth Hall, says he enrolled in ROTC primarily for the scholarship but acknowledges that his father's experiences as a Marine in Vietnam affected his decision...