Getting a scholarship is not necessarily the easiest thing to do either.
There are all sorts of qualifiers depending on your activities, how old
you are etc. Talking to the Military Science department is a good idea
but also remember that recruiters and military personnel getting
applicants for the Army are there to sell the Army and will not always
tell you what you need to know. They may distort the picture of Army
life, leave details out and some have been known to lie.
If you are Native American or a woman or both, you may have better
chances of being accepted because ROTC battalions are encouraged to fill
slots with these particular minorities. This does not mean you get a
free ride though, you still have to work like everyone else. It does
mean that those criteria come in your favor when deciding who goes
where.
I was a non-scholarship participant in Army ROTC and was enrolled at a
college which did not have an ROTC program. If anyone has any other
questions about my experiences, I will be happy to answer them.