{"id":35,"date":"2014-07-23T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2014-09-04T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T15:51:40","slug":"the-williams-cadet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/the-williams-cadet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cross-Town Cadet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being an AFROTC cadet is a large commitment of time and effort. \u00a0However, it is also very rewarding, and it is a unique educational experience. \u00a0The following are a few things that pertain to Williams cadets specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Williams is a cross-town school for Air Force ROTC Detachment 550. \u00a0<strong>The Detachment is based at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute located in Troy, NY<\/strong>. \u00a0This means that there is 45 minute commute for all ROTC classes and events.<\/li>\n<li>Given the drive to RPI, freshman have been allowed to keep a car on campus in order to travel to and from ROTC events.<\/li>\n<li>The financial aid scholarship policy at Williams was recently adjusted to be more generous when it comes to military scholarships. \u00a0You can learn more about that here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/finaid.williams.edu\/how-it-works\/grants-scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/finaid.williams.edu\/how-it-works\/grants-scholarships\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>As a cross-town school Williams&#8217; holiday breaks do no always line up with RPI&#8217;s holiday breaks. \u00a0Cross-town cadets (aka cadets at Williams) are not responsible for any ROTC classes that they miss while their own school is on break and RPI is in session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being an AFROTC cadet is a large commitment of time and effort. \u00a0However, it is also very rewarding, and it is a unique educational experience. \u00a0The following are a few things that pertain to Williams cadets specifically: Williams is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/the-williams-cadet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":952,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/952"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/rotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}