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My DS received a tier I scholarship back in Nov. We just returned from a Q&A at his detachment and they mentioned that service selection is mostly weighted on GPA. Seems to me that students in more challenging majors like tier I are not rewarded by this method being that it is typically more...

I agree it is the whole package for an appointment but prep is specially for students with an academic weakness where an extra year of schooling will better prepare them for the academy. Students are not sent to prep who are lacking in EC or leadership. F

Wondering being that it is such a competitive year if the prep school standards have also increased. My DS received a TWE and I would assume his weakness with academics. (ALO told him his leadership, EC and CFA were at the top of his group of candidates) Although UW GPA was 3.94 (4.0+ with AP...

Kammies- my son did not have 30 composite on act and he received both Navy and AFROTC scholarships. He math score was a 30 and I know they weight the math more than the other areas. All other aspects of applications were extremely strong ( high GPA,leadership, fitness test, EC, excellent...

Congrats Cal! Glad you will be a "buff" with my DS! :shake:

My Ds has an OOS NROTC scholarship and I would agree with all he previous posts and work on math and leadership. Also I believe it helps to have your app in early- my son submitted it in time for the first board- October and received notice in early November. There are less completed apps for...

Wow! Cal- sending you a private message.

iflylow- yup! You are right on! Upt class 91-10. ROTC grad 90!

It is all about timing! As an AF pilot wife, I have 22+ years of the highs and lows of the AF! Watching my husband work hard in ROTC to earn one of the few (5) pilot slots given because of cut backs, to the grueling year of UPT where he was very disappointed that there was only 1 fighter in the...

Thank you candidad! I shared your post with my Ds and got a huge smile which was the first in a while! Jadler03- I sat on this tread debating if I should add my comments because the last thing I wanted was to come off as a paret with sour grapes. But with SA becoming even more competitve now...

Drydock- I share your pain. DS received TWE from AFA and USNA in the last week. He too has two classmates, one appointed to WP and one to AFA who were both accused of being involved in a cheating scandal in their AP Literature class in the last fmonth. The teacher addressed it and basically...

Kinnem- are you saying there ae less NROTC scholarships awarded then USNA appointments? I have heard there often are more ROTC candidates then SA candidates since many who apply to SA also apply ROTC and many kids who apply ROatC have no interest in a SA and don't apply to them. My husband...

I posted recently about presidential noms and when those appointments typically go out. Wondering if there is anyone who could share how this has been done in the past. On the "official class" thread there are only a handful of pres. which leads me to believe they appoint from this group after...

Daw- congrats to your DS. Curious though, isn't your DS attending USNA? Are you transferring NROTC as a back up plan?