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    AFROTC Summer FT selection

    Our son just returned from Max 3, no worse for wear and is looking forward to next year as a cadet. Just wanted to pass on a few tidbits to any underclassmen who review these boards. As you may have heard, selection to FT this year was a bit tougher than in the past (40-45% selection rate)...
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    January 4, 2011 AROTC Board

    Enrollment Allocation for summer field training...something that was a given when I went thru...not any more
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    January 4, 2011 AROTC Board

    Thanx for the sentiments Pima; my son is tickled pink to have received his EA...esp given the stiff competition this year. He observed that many of the kids who did not get an EA...(all, except a couple, were scholarship kids) showed up unprepared and relatively uncommitted. It was obvious...
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    January 4, 2011 AROTC Board

    Scholarship Selection Criteria I'm a parent of a non-scholarship cadet currently going thru summer field training. My son applied for a scholarship before his freshman year, but unfortunately he wasn't selected. Ever since, his has wondered why his application didn't measure up; he is one of...
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    Unaccepted AFROTC scholarships

    These scholarship boards DO have a tough job...having sat in on similar type boards...they have to review literally thousands of apps and refine them down to perhaps around 10% (about the size of an academy freshman class); just wish they considered achievement beyond the junior year. I judge...
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    Unaccepted AFROTC scholarships

    Thanx much...makes perfect sense. Another question along the same lines...are scholarships ever pulled (ie, for academic or other reasons)? If so, is this also factored in? My son has been reboarded and is beside himself because he knows of individuals that have been awarded scholarships...
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    Unaccepted AFROTC scholarships

    It seems, understandably, that many who apply to the academies also apply for ROTC scholarships. Anyone know what happens to scholarships gone unclaimed due to academy acceptance? Are those scholarships wasted opportunities or are they recycled to later boards?
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