{"id":1152,"date":"2022-11-15T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/?page_id=1152"},"modified":"2025-04-02T20:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T20:27:44","slug":"prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id=\"yui_3_17_2_3_1497040799629_546\"><strong id=\"yui_3_17_2_3_1497040799629_545\">General Requirements:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>To participate in Air Force ROTC, you need the following:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>80% Attendance<\/li>\n<li>Take Air Force Officer Qualification Test by December of your sophomore year<\/li>\n<li>Register as a transient student (if you attend one of our crosstown universities):<\/li>\n<li>\n<ol>\n<li>Go on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jsums.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/jsums.edu&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643934703891000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2WR3NVk2Y7rzMhNYzbtCwg\">jsums.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Click Admissions<\/li>\n<li>Apply today<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Complete the Undergraduate application<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Create an account<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Pay the $25 dollar non-refundable fee<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Scholarships:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Scholarships may be offered that pay up to\u00a0<strong>full tuition<\/strong>, fees and textbooks. In addition, contracted cadets will receive up to $5,400 stipend per year, $900 yearly textbook stipend, and possible full room and board coverage for scholarship recipients for\u00a0<span class=\"il\">JSU<\/span>\u00a0students only. Please click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrotc.com\/scholarships\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more scholarship information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>College Students:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Qualified undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the AFROTC program are eligible for scholarships if they meet the requirements. Selection is based on GPA, physical fitness, standardized test scores and overall performance as a cadet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>High School Seniors:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0There are four-year scholarships available on a competitive basis to high school seniors. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrotc.com\/\"><strong>www.afrotc.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to start application.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/files\/2017\/06\/AFROTC_Det_006_Brochure-20170614.pdf\">DOWNLOAD DETACHMENT 006\u2019s<br \/>\nINFORMATIONAL BROCHURE<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_17_2_3_1497040799629_626\">PREPARE TO LAUNCH<\/h2>\n<p>Want to learn more about Detachment 006 and Air Force ROTC<br \/>\nopportunities in Jackson, Mississippi?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/contact_us\/\">Contact Us \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Air Force ROTC Detachment 006 \u00a0 | \u00a0 Jackson State University \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0J.Y. Woodard Building\u00a0 | \u00a0 afrotc@jsums.edu \u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0601-979-1620<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Requirements: To participate in Air Force ROTC, you need the following: 80% Attendance Take Air Force Officer Qualification Test by December of your sophomore year Register as a transient student (if you attend one of our crosstown universities): Go on\u00a0jsums.edu \u00a0Click Admissions Apply today \u00a0Complete the Undergraduate application \u00a0Create an account \u00a0Pay the $25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1273,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions\/1273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/afrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}