mariner116
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Besides calling PMS at target schools, is there a way that CC notifies applicants which schools they have scholarship offer at?
In a couple of days we will all know for sure how accurate his responses were to your questions. Hopefully you'll learn something about SOME of the people in the Army and taking advice from anonymous posters on an internet site. I'd bet on the posters here........but that is just my opinion....He said that I was not offered any type of scholarship for the round. He also told me when had no idea why the system gave me the DODMERB info, which is why I'm guessing it was some type of computer error on the status site or on the actual CC database.
I would anticipate receiving a letter from them within the next week or so.Besides calling PMS at target schools, is there a way that CC notifies applicants which schools they have scholarship offer at?
He said that I was not offered any type of scholarship for the round. He also told me when had no idea why the system gave me the DODMERB info, which is why I'm guessing it was some type of computer error on the status site or on the actual CC database.
I think it is important to note that the PMS did not say "I'm sorry the system is down and I cannot access it" or " You may have been approved for a different school and I can only pull up the results for this school" or "I can understand that you're excited and have been waiting for the board results, but I don't know what this DODmerb message means. Let me make a couple of calls and I'll see if I can get an answer for you". He said Mbeary was not offered any type of scholarship for the round.Not sure if the computer access limitations are still there...could explain though why a school would not see you have an offer...seems you could have an offer just not to that school?
Have you checked your scholarship status today Mbeary?He said that I was not offered any type of scholarship for the round. He also told me when had no idea why the system gave me the DODMERB info, which is why I'm guessing it was some type of computer error on the status site or on the actual CC database.
Have you checked your scholarship status today Mbeary?
The $229,000 is a lot of money. I was blown away that the Army was willing to pay the full amount. He is still hoping for WP though.
The ROTC site only provided a link to DODMERB which we check daily since those exams were scheduled through WP.
Congratulations!!! Hopefully when you are an officer you'll remember this experience and will spend an extra minute or so and give the people you are responsible for the correct answers instead of the convenient ones.I have! And I'm fairly sure I've won a scholarship now, just not to the school that I placed as #1 on my list (That's the scholarship officer I had emailed), I got one for my in state 'safeschool'.
After reading your post I racked my brain (limited though it is) trying to imagine where in the south or any place else there was a college that had an annual tuition of 57K+ per year (not including room and board) and couldn't come up with one. I went on line and Googled most expensive colleges and came up with a couple of lists (including Forbes Most Expensive U.S. Colleges)My son received a phone call last night informing him he would be getting a letter offering a 4-year AROTC schlolarship worth $229,000 to a private Southern college.
Congratulations!!! Hopefully when you are an officer you'll remember this experience and will spend an extra minute or so and give the people you are responsible for the correct answers instead of the convenient ones.
Have you received an acceptance letter yet from your #1 school? If you have, you might be able to transfer your scholarship to that school. Hang in there and good luck.
Good for you. Sounds as though it may all come together for you!I have gotten into the school, I spoke again with the admissions officer through e-mail and he was shocked that I hadn't gotten an offer from the school (U of Iowa) and that they would look into getting me an offer.
After reading your post I racked my brain (limited though it is) trying to imagine where in the south or any place else there was a college that had an annual tuition of 57K+ per year (not including room and board) and couldn't come up with one. I went on line and Googled most expensive colleges and came up with a couple of lists (including Forbes Most Expensive U.S. Colleges)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/03/most-expensive-colleges-business-0203_colleges.html
and the most expensive I could find was: "The most expensive in terms of tuition and fees: Washington, D.C.'s George Washington University, with a sticker price of $40,437 for the 2008-2009 school year."
and
"$36,173 for Harvard, $35,300 for Yale".
So for $229K your son could attend the most expensive US College for four years ($160K) and still have enough left over for two years at Harvard ($72K)...give or take a couple of thousand.
Now the above numbers do not include Room and Board, but the Army Scholarship doesn't pay for room and board AND tuition. Even allowing for the monthly stipend, I can't figure out how your son could attend a school that requires a 4-year AROTC scholarship worth $229,000. Can you please help me understand where the Army gets this number from? Thanks.