{"id":9385,"date":"2025-01-27T15:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/?page_id=9385"},"modified":"2025-01-30T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:49:10","slug":"qualifications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/qualifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualifications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9385\" class=\"elementor elementor-9385\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-435e3c0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"435e3c0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1837a560\" data-id=\"1837a560\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252e6314 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"252e6314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to participate and complete the U.S. Air Force ROTC program at UPRRP, you will need to meet and maintain the following qualifications:<\/p><ul><li>Be enrolled full time at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus or participant crosstown school.<\/li><li>Enroll and participate in both the aerospace studies class and leadership lab each semester.<\/li><li>Be age 14 or older (minimum age for enlistment is 17; minimum age for commissioning is 18; maximum commissioning age is 39\u00a0\u2014 waiverable up to 42\u00a0if the candidate can meet high-quality standards).<\/li><li>Be of good moral character without serious or excessive civil involvements.<\/li><li>Complete in-processing checklist.<\/li><li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Take the Air Force Qualifying Test your first semester in the program.<\/span><\/li><li>Pass a medical examination.<\/li><li>Pass physical fitness requirements.<\/li><li>Successfully complete field training.<\/li><li>Maintain required GPA standards. 2.5 for scholarship cadets \/ 2.0 for all others (All attempted college courses count towards GPA calculation.)<ul><li>Scholarship retention \u2014 2.5 (term) and 2.5 (cumulative) on a 4.0 scale (pre-health GPA is 3.5)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Receive a \u201cC-\u201d or better in all aerospace studies courses and pass all leadership labs.<\/li><li>Receive an allocation slot in the professional officer course.<\/li><li>Be a U.S. citizen or working towards U.S. citizenship (contact AFROTC cadre for details on required timeline for obtaining citizenship.).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62506e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62506e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b76c9d\" data-id=\"0b76c9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcad589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bcad589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e1cb1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e1cb1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/01\/Group-5-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9447\" alt=\"Estudiantes con uniforme militar portando bandera de Puerto Rico\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/01\/Group-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/01\/Group-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/01\/Group-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/01\/Group-5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/01\/Group-5-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to participate and complete the U.S. Air Force ROTC program at UPRRP, you will need to meet and maintain the following qualifications: Be enrolled full time at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus or participant crosstown &hellip; 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