My son emailed his #1 school to find out if they know his scholarship status and if there are any scholarships available. They replied with " just reviewed the results from the final ROTC Scholarship Selection board. Unfortunately, you were not selected." Does that mean he wasn't picked for March or at all? Isn't there an April Board going on now? Or does the school already know that they didn't pick him for April?
Wow - hope that doesn't mean they've wrapped up April already! Surely it doesn't happen that fast.
I went ahead and emailed Cadet Command to see what the status of the April board is, and I also asked if my son's application was up for the April board. I hate to be one of "those moms" but I'm tired of waiting!
I didn't want to bug them either, but since it wasn't even clear if the March results had been posted, I emailed over the weekend. Here was the CC response yesterday morning:
Your file was boarded in Oct but you were not awarded a scholarship at that time. Your information will be forward to the April board.
I'll see if I can find out when exactly the April board is.
So, I wonder if that means that if you weren't awarded at an earlier board, it automatically goes to the last board? I thought those that were passed over automatically went to the next board.
Everything is about as clear as mud. LOL!
Let us know what you find out.
Just received email from PMS at son's 1st choice April board covenes today.
Yes - that is exactly how it was expalined to us.
For this year however, I was told that the "bar was not lowered yet." In other words - if they set it at 975 for the first review, they did not lower it yet. The PMS at my son's number 1 school shared that with us before the March review board.
My son emailed his #1 school to find out if they know his scholarship status and if there are any scholarships available. They replied with " just reviewed the results from the final ROTC Scholarship Selection board. Unfortunately, you were not selected." Does that mean he wasn't picked for March or at all? Isn't there an April Board going on now? Or does the school already know that they didn't pick him for April?
Son followed that up with:
Thank you for your prompt reply. Are you referring that I was
not selected during the April Board going on this week or that I was
not selected during the March Board? Are there any scholarships left
at the school? Also, if I don't receive a 4-year ROTC scholarship, how do
I qualify for a 3-year scholarship? Are there any campus based
scholarships?
Their reply:
The last board was in March for this school year. Currently, all
allocations for 4-yrs-ROTC-scholarship are filled, which include
campus-based scholarships. You can apply for a 3 year scholarship
while you are here.
I'm confused.
HOw can that be? The last Board is going on NOW. If he wasn't picked just tell us, which they did. I guess it would be possible for him to receive a scholarship during the April board for the other schools he put down, right? but they made it sound like there are no more boards, but that's not correct.