Getting Started
Lateral Entry Options
Learn other ways to join the program:
Alternate Entry Option
- Available to juniors, requires 2 years left until graduation
- Cadet progression is MSIII (Junior), Basic Camp, MSIV (Senior), Advanced Camp, commissioning
- Cannot accelerate your advance courses or attend CIET and CLC during the same year
- Not eligible for scholarships
Placement Credit
Use experience as placement credit for the Army Basic Course (MSI and MSII)
| Previous Training | Credit |
|---|---|
|
Active or Reserve Component service as an enlisted person or warrant officer in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard: Army basic training or equivalent in (including USMC PLC) other Services |
MSI and MSII |
| Attendance at a service academy (Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Merchant Marine) | |
| 1 year | MSI |
| 2 years | MSI and MSII |
| Senior ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) training | |
| MSI, NSI, ASI | MSI |
| MSII, NSII, ASII | MSI and MSII |
| MSIII, NSIII, ASIII | MSI and MSII |
| MSIV, NSIV, ASIV | MSI and MSII |
| Junior ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps) or NDCC training | |
| 1 year | None |
| 2 years | Not to exceed MSI |
| 3 or 4 years | MSI minimum; MSII maximum |
Alignment Option Program
- Take both Freshman and Sophomore courses in Sophomore year
- Take Junior army courses during Junior year
- Attend Advanced Camp in the summer after Junior year and take Senior Army courses Senior year