Hello everyone,
As most folks were at one time, I'm new here. Long time lurker, seldom poster.
My question for anyone that may know. My DS won a 4year AROTC scholarship after the 2nd board and was accepted at NCSU. Even visited the campus / program twice. All went well until his DoDMERB 4/20/17, where he failed for D155.80, astigmatism >3.00 diopters. His is ~4.75. His portal status has been "Pending Waiver Submission/Review" since. He has contacted the ROO at NCSU via email and someone at Cadet Command as well. He's even had his JROTC instructor contact the ROO. No answer from anyone about what we should do. We don't know if they need more paperwork, another exam, etc...Waiting is all we know to do at this point. If waiting is what we have to do then fine. But I'd hate to be wasting time if there's something they need we are unaware of.
I should add we (his parents) have totally left the college stuff up to him. He's been accepted to both universities he applied to and the ROTC scholarship without us reviewing even one question, essay, or application. We have deliberately stayed out of it so we can be sure this is what he not us, wants. Until now we have done nothing but I'm afraid we have a smart 18-year old about to get a hard lesson in real world bureaucracy. Any help any one could offer would be much appreciated.
Thank you