I am curious of how many will go out on the very last board. Two weeks between the third and forth board is not a lot of time when you think about the 3rd board recipients have time still to respond.
It is a tricky business with the scholarships because HQ AFROTC does not talk to USAFA for selection and vise a verse. USAFAs mass mailing is done in the month of March. Some trickle out into the beginning of April. Yet, AFROTC has a limited pot of gold to disperse; like USAFA has a limited amount of appointments. If they offer too many and more accept than they had planned than it can impact later on in many ways.
1. AFROTC scholarship is what many of us call 2 + 2. It is valid for 2 years. As a 200 cadet you must be selected for SFT/EA (summer field training). If not selected HQ has the right to disenroll the cadet. Upon graduation from SFT than the next 2 years will be given. They will become a POC.
~ LY the rate overall was @55%. Nontech/non rated was 17%
~ Scholarship status is what the AF calls masked. IOWS, nobody on the board knows if the cadet is on scholarship or not. It is not a safety net to have a scholarship
2. It can impact the In College Scholarship (ICSP). If the entire pot of gold was used via the HSSP than they may decide not to have an ICSP board. In the past 4 or 5 years, if I recall correctly 2 of the ICSP boards were canceled due to lack of funds (jmpo). Only those in power know if it was because they decided that for those year groups they had reached their quota.
Best of luck to all. Just remember that if you want to commission as an AF officer, the scholarship is gravy. Maybe 20% of all cadets receive a scholarship, if that...typically it is 18%. Additionally, once in college, nobody discusses the scholarship. CoCs knowing that it is masked do not play favorites with these cadets. Many non scholarships cadets have a fire in their belly to prove themselves against their peers, while unfortunately some scholarship recipients don't realize that the slate is wiped clean and rest on their laurels that 1st semester...especially for the PFA.
You as an AFROTC cadet will have to prove yourself year after year. Scholarship or not. If you decide as a sr. in HS that you are not as competitive as a cadet compared to the scholarship recipient, I politely will say rethink the AF life.
~ Think about it...many AFROTC cadets want to go rated. At UPT, the slate is wiped clean again. DSs top grad that got a 16 was OCS. number 2 that got F15E was AFROTC.
~ 50% of flag officers are ROTC in the AF. I don't know how many were scholarship.
~ Jeannie Levitt the 1st female fighter pilot, became the wing queen at Seymour Johnson (F15 E)...AFROTC commission.
~ Col. Brian Kirkwood 15E Commander, Ops Group was an OTS grad.
Just saying, scholarship means nothing except paying for your college...so if the AT this time we are u unable to...letter arrives remember it means really nothing, except how to pay for your dream college.