I noticed that are qiet a few less people posting that recieved scholarships than in January. I am wondering if this is a good sign (Not all of the scholarship winners accounts updated) or a bad sign (Far fewer scholarships offered during the March board)
My son is still waiting to hear. And I am starting to figure how I am going to pay the $22,000 that he will have to come up with after scholarships to either VMI or Norwich. He has not decide which school he wil go to. He was hoping the Army was going to do it for him.
According to a post by the ROO from Marist, scholarship awardees were uploaded to CCIMS a few days prior to being posted on the applicants status pages.
One post indicated that the letters were sent out toward the end of last week, the first status change was reported on this board Thursday with one or two on Friday.
This seems to follow the same pattern as the second board in January.
Once the first person posts that they have received their letter will be the indication that the offers have all been given out, if your status page has not changed by the time the first letters start arriving then your probably not awarded a scholarship.
Your status page will remain as it is now.
Contrary to the answer above, most of the scholarships are given out the second and third board, very few scholarships are given out by the first board.
The ROO's at both VMI and Norwich will have access to the names of all the scholarship winners that listed their school. If you haven't heard anything by Monday, have your son call them and ask if he received a scholarship, they should be able to tell him.
During the last board, the status updates happened over two days, this is because CC waited to make the updates until they had mailed the letters. It looks like they did it the same for this board. My feeling from watching this process over the past few years is the all the initial offers have been made, if your status has not changed by, a scholarship was not offered.
Since this is the last board and many are still waiting for appointments to West Point, don't give up, there may stil be a few offers given as time goes by.
Now is the time to start to build a relationship with the battalion and ROO at the school you plan on attending. Get yourself ready so you can make a good impression from day one. Be ready to pass the APFT with a high score, start school strong with a good GPA your first semester. If a Battalion had any scholarship winners decline they may have an open slot to give a non deserving non scholarship cadet that starts school and the program strong.
My son's school gave one 4yr, one 3.5yr, one 3yr, and a 4yr to a sophomore that is on a 5yr academic plan. These scholarships were given out this year. The cadets had good GPA's (above 3.5) and great APFT scores, most 300 or above.
Work hard and put yourself in a position to take advantage of any opportunity that pops up.
Best of luck.
Just as a side note: In State Public schools have great ROTC programs and cost a lot less then OOS or private, Sometimes there is a need to balance school choice and debt. I hope that wasn't $22,000 per year, ouch.