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First Year Parent My son is in his first year at SUNY Maritime. So far so good! I think these schools are an affordable way to get a degree and set yourself up for employment! Our son was offered the chance to apply for the SIP but we want him to make the service decision later, so we are...

Maritime Meteorology My son is a MUG this year! The way you do the meteorology study at SUNY Maritime is: Major in Marine Environmental Science with a concentration in Oceanography and Meteorology. Beware the first few years are Calc, Chem, Physics...but he is pretty excited to know there is...

Check with the ROTC at each school We found out from tOSU AFROTC that they apply the merit first to reduce the amount of tuition paid by the ROTC scholarship. Good that they were honest because we were calculating by adding both amounts together. Keep asking too because initially we were told...

Thanks. Thank you notes are written and deposit is sent! See you in August!

No secret I'm psyched! So excited that my son picked SUNY Maritime! His choice was down to the wire, but I think he really picked a winner. Looking forward to his adventures (or at least what I get to hear of them)!

Thank you How did you or your child go about thanking the person responsible for nominating them for the scholarship. Obviously a written thank you note, is there anything else our DS should do?

He got it! Our DS was notified today that he did get the CAP scholarship! I hope he understands how fortunate he is to have this choice. He's ready to sign, we asked him to sleep on it. Tomorrow is the decision day I guess! I'm glad he waited to see all of his options.

"You have been identified as a candidate of exceptional ability and potentially qualify to participate in the SSOP at Maritime" It was an invitation to apply. I was thinking that part of it might be quicker for those that are already DoDMERB qualified. My son has completed that process...

Don't Give Up Yet! DS just got this email! "The CAP scholarship review is still underway. Your information has been forwarded to the appropriate state official and I expect to hear back by the end of next week. Once I receive notice, I will call you so that you can have the information as...

SSOP Hard to find clear info online so I will get my DS to call if he is interested as well. He also has all good options but must make a decision, especially if he needs to get his AFROTC scholarship converted by 5/31. He wants to study meteorology either way and it looks like there are...

Thanks! Did anyone else receive the SSOP letter? I think it looks interesting, DS doesn't say much about anything. I am asking his two younger brothers to pick their schools this weekend too so we can get it all over with at once. lol

You are correct Pima, AFROTC it is...he called his scholarship tech today and left a message. He accepted it as a type 7 because he only had a few days to do so and had not visited OSU yet...now he is down to the decision weekend. Hoping he has strong feelings one way or another because he...

Just visited tOSU Just visited tOSU with our DS last week. I have only great things to say about the city, the campus and the det. Not sure yet if it is where our son will attend, but it is in the top two...just making sure they can convert his 4 year type 7 to a 3 year type 2. I see so many...

Bummer DS got his financial aid letter from Maritime with no scholarships listed. Weird way to notify someone that they won't receive merit monies or CAP, but I think that is the end of the line for Maritime for us. Not a problem just back to plans A and B. Congrats to those of you who will...

Congrats! Wow! Congrats! We are stalking the forum waiting for this kind of news...still no news here in SYR! Maybe Monday???? How wonderful! It is impossible to make final decisions without this information. Our DS wants to do AFROTC and has been awarded a scholarship, but it can't be...