courtland
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Thank you for having this forum available to us as parents and students. I am a parent, and we found out last month from our Senior high school year daughter, that she wants to serve our nation. We are a family of service, and it's only natural that she made this decision, but, and a big but, she also wanted to take advantage of either an Army ROTC or NROTC (Marine Track) scholarship for a 4 year college, she'll be a freshman in fall 2016.
Since she just had this epiphany early last month, is it too late in the process to apply for either of those scholarships?
Last month we were in with the Army recruiter, and our daughter was ready to sign on for the reserves, with basic training summer of 2016, AIT to follow and she could then begin her college career in Spring of 2016 with the general assistance for college that Army offers such as 4000.00 per year.
When her high school campus Army recruiter informed her principle of her desires, the principal put the breaks on the process because he wanted us as a family to under stand our daughters options, the principle and the ROTC colonel of the school felt as though she had a great chance to be accepted into one of the service academies, or obtain an rotc scholarship. We had that meeting last week. Her principle and the school ROTC Colonel were really encouraging her to start the process, and they fully understood that applications are due very soon, but they felt she has a great chance.
I have been spending hours this last week understanding the process, and the deadlines, and the requirements, and it all seems completely overwhelming, and it all seems completely impossible at this point, it appears we are too late for both the service academies and any hope of scholarship applications being turned in on time.
So back to my original question, is it too late for fall of 2016 for either a scholarship application or service academy application? Thanks for any opinions.
John
Since she just had this epiphany early last month, is it too late in the process to apply for either of those scholarships?
Last month we were in with the Army recruiter, and our daughter was ready to sign on for the reserves, with basic training summer of 2016, AIT to follow and she could then begin her college career in Spring of 2016 with the general assistance for college that Army offers such as 4000.00 per year.
When her high school campus Army recruiter informed her principle of her desires, the principal put the breaks on the process because he wanted us as a family to under stand our daughters options, the principle and the ROTC colonel of the school felt as though she had a great chance to be accepted into one of the service academies, or obtain an rotc scholarship. We had that meeting last week. Her principle and the school ROTC Colonel were really encouraging her to start the process, and they fully understood that applications are due very soon, but they felt she has a great chance.
I have been spending hours this last week understanding the process, and the deadlines, and the requirements, and it all seems completely overwhelming, and it all seems completely impossible at this point, it appears we are too late for both the service academies and any hope of scholarship applications being turned in on time.
So back to my original question, is it too late for fall of 2016 for either a scholarship application or service academy application? Thanks for any opinions.
John