{"id":2044,"date":"2025-03-25T17:49:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rotc\/?page_id=2044"},"modified":"2025-03-25T17:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:49:42","slug":"marine-plc-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rotc\/marine-plc-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine PLC Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial Assistance for Future Marine Officers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-tarleton-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89b6c3d226e7373c8bd37cfa2d61bb61 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Marine Corps Financial Aid Program (MCFAP)<\/summary>\n<p>Provides <strong>$1,575 per semester<\/strong> or <strong>$3,150 per academic year<\/strong> for up to three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available to <strong>trained and fully-trained PLC candidates<\/strong> (including PLC Law Lieutenants).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Requires<\/strong> an additional <strong>6 months of active duty service obligation<\/strong> upon commissioning.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-tarleton-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b57744ef731d89d2b0d5fbf390e3699f is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Marine Corps Tuition Assistance Program (MCTAP)<\/summary>\n<p>Offers <strong>up to $5,200 per academic year<\/strong> for tuition-related expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available to <strong>trained and fully-trained PLC candidates<\/strong> (including PLC Law Lieutenants).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resets<\/strong> the Pay Entry Base Date.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-tarleton-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-72c31fa9c0dffa3d779b287f2d223e48 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Total Financial Support<\/summary>\n<p>For more details, refer to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MCTAP<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/portals\/1\/Publications\/MCO%201560.33.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/portals\/1\/Publications\/MCO%201560.33.pdf\">MCO 1560.33<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MCFAP<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcrc.marines.mil\/Portals\/95\/Officer%20Programs\/References\/MCRCO%207220.1A%20FAP.PDF?ver=2016-07-19-103214-390\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mcrc.marines.mil\/Portals\/95\/Officer%20Programs\/References\/MCRCO%207220.1A%20FAP.PDF?ver=2016-07-19-103214-390\">MCRCO 7220.1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-tarleton-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba8200b3b14778787acc26bdbd99e143 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Eligibility Requirements<\/summary>\n<p>Must be a <strong>U.S. citizen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 17-29 years old (waiverable up to 40 for exceptional candidates).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full-time college student<\/strong> with at least <strong>12 credit hours per semester<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minimum GPA of 2.0<\/strong> (semester and cumulative).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Qualifying test scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualifying ASTB-E scores for aviation candidates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1000 SAT (Math\/Reading Combined)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22 ACT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>74 AFQT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>150 LSAT (for Law candidates)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Assistance for Future Marine 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