About the Competition

The JROTC Academic Challenge is a nationally recognized academic competition created exclusively for JROTC students. By participating, cadets learn the values of citizenship, academic competition, and college opportunity. The competition creates tremendous opportunities for JROTC and its cadets by demonstrating the academic abilities of JROTC students. JROTC curriculum is reinforced through the content of the questions, but general high school math, science and language arts is also included. National Finalists will receive software, books, scholarships and professional coaching concerning advanced education. Finalists will also receive the JROTC Academic Challenge Advanced Education and Assistance Package.

Teams will consist of no more than 5 students currently enrolled in the JROTC program. We recommend that the team include sophomores and juniors, since much of the material in the competition focuses on ASVAB, SAT and ACT material.  There are three levels of competition, and a percentage of the top teams will advance on to the next level leading all the way to the national championship competition. Initially teams compete in Level I: The Challenge. Winners  from Level I: The Challenge will advance to Level II: Zero Hour Threat. The top Level II teams earn advancement to the national championship.

LEVEL I: The Challenge
At Level I: The Challenge, teams will compete against other teams across the country and around the world without having to travel.  In this round of competition, each JROTC unit will receive login information for the competition website. A world class question and answer game has been created from content taught in the JROTC curriculum plus current events and basic standard questions you would see on the ACT, SAT, or ASVAB test. Top placing teams will advance to Level II: Zero Hour Threat.

LEVEL II: Zero Hour Threat
At Level II: Zero Hour Threat, teams will compete in an online game designed by IDEAS at Disney - MGM Studios with a web/voice interactive component.  Questions will come from JROTC curriculum, high school math, science and language arts and current events.

NATIONAL LEVEL: The Championship
Teams who advance to the National Academic Championship will compete against the top teams from all over the United States as well as Department of Defense school teams located world-wide. The format of the championship is dependent upon funding from contracts, grants and the fundraising efforts of JROTC units.  Teams will compete against each other in an in-person event or online, dependent on available funds.

The Package Includes the Following:

The Complete Guide to College Financing and Admissions This is an award winning and proven effective interactive program that takes all the guesswork out of the college admission and financing process. It includes a special emphasis on scholarships and supplies hundreds of related web links.

Student Planning Guide The Student Planning Guide provides a month-by-month plan of important steps involved in the entire college preparation process beginning with the student’s freshman year and culminating with senior graduation. This guide takes the guesswork out of the college preparation process.

Essential Student Guides to the SAT-ACT These e-books are designed to boost your test taking skills and confidence in taking the college entrance exams by providing the only SAT-ACT preparation material in our nation with embedded videos of peer student tutors who took these tests, achieved high scores, and now provide specific instruction in a video format.

Understanding Athletic Recruiting This guide is designed to simplify the complicated process of the recruitment of student-athletes as they transition to college athletics. It enlightens student-athletes and their parents regarding how to obtain athletic scholarships as well as how to balance their schoolwork with their athletic college careers and achieve success as a student and an athlete.

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Zero Hour Threat II We thought that helping students prepare to take the ACT-SAT exams should be more fun and our Zero Hour Threat games will do just that! We have received great responses from students as they build their math and vocabulary skills -while saving the planet! It has been proven to be successful for thousands of students. Give it a try!

Zero Hour Threat III A Challenging SAT-ACT Vocabulary Test Prep Game. Preview some of the 900+ Words!

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