briandelfs019
5-Year Member
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2013
- Messages
- 14
I finished the Army 4 Year Scholarship Application in early November. I sent an email regarding the status, and here is the correspondence:
Brian,
Your application was forwarded to the Selection Board the first week of November 2014, however, you were not offered a scholarship from the November Selection Board, instead, you were placed on an "ORDER OF MERIT" List - which means that you will not be re-boarded, but will be considered at a later time if any openings become available.
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Obviously that was not what I was hoping to hear.
Here are my questions:
-What did the email actually mean?
-Frank and straightforward, what are my chance of getting ANY kind of scholarship?
-Where am I now?
-What are the next steps?
Here are the schools I listed:
Santa Clara Univ.
UC Santa Barbara
Northeastern
UC Davis
NJIT
Here are my creds:
(I think I nailed the interview, the PMI said I have all the traits they are looking for)
17 yrs old
Scholar:
Unweighted GPA: 3.0
SAT: 1780
ACT: 26
Honor Roll: Twice
National Latin Exam Cum Laude Award
School wide christmas math competition- 2nd place as a sophomore
Band Member FO, SO, JR YEars
Athlete:
4 Year Winter Track Varsity Letter Winner,
Winter Track Captain Senior Year (This year)
1 Year Spring Track Varsity Letter Winner, Expecting to be captain
JV Baseball FR-SO Years
Summer City Organized Baseball League
Winter City Organized Basketball League
Leader:
Boy Scout since '07
Eagle Scout
Robotics Team Captain
Yearbook Section Editor
School Mentorship Program- 3 Freshman Mentees
Camp Counselor Freshman Year
Scholarship Fitness Test Results:
52 Pushups
47 Situps
9:21 Mile
Other:
Part Time Employee
Many Service Hours
Church Youth Group Senior Member
Brian,
Your application was forwarded to the Selection Board the first week of November 2014, however, you were not offered a scholarship from the November Selection Board, instead, you were placed on an "ORDER OF MERIT" List - which means that you will not be re-boarded, but will be considered at a later time if any openings become available.
----------------------------
Obviously that was not what I was hoping to hear.
Here are my questions:
-What did the email actually mean?
-Frank and straightforward, what are my chance of getting ANY kind of scholarship?
-Where am I now?
-What are the next steps?
Here are the schools I listed:
Santa Clara Univ.
UC Santa Barbara
Northeastern
UC Davis
NJIT
Here are my creds:
(I think I nailed the interview, the PMI said I have all the traits they are looking for)
17 yrs old
Scholar:
Unweighted GPA: 3.0
SAT: 1780
ACT: 26
Honor Roll: Twice
National Latin Exam Cum Laude Award
School wide christmas math competition- 2nd place as a sophomore
Band Member FO, SO, JR YEars
Athlete:
4 Year Winter Track Varsity Letter Winner,
Winter Track Captain Senior Year (This year)
1 Year Spring Track Varsity Letter Winner, Expecting to be captain
JV Baseball FR-SO Years
Summer City Organized Baseball League
Winter City Organized Basketball League
Leader:
Boy Scout since '07
Eagle Scout
Robotics Team Captain
Yearbook Section Editor
School Mentorship Program- 3 Freshman Mentees
Camp Counselor Freshman Year
Scholarship Fitness Test Results:
52 Pushups
47 Situps
9:21 Mile
Other:
Part Time Employee
Many Service Hours
Church Youth Group Senior Member