Search results

Got the bad news for my son in his portal about an hour ago. We are in California. We think he has a type 7 ROTC scholarship so will use it at San Diego State.

Thank you!!!

Yeah. He could contact his counselor, but I think it isn't in the cards for him this time. That was a pretty big (obvious) step to miss, so I think he isn't ready for the academy necessarily (or doesn't want it badly enough -- even though he talks about how much he wants to go there!) and will...

Thanks for your reply. He did get that letter a long time ago, but put it aside, maybe assuming you do it after you have gotten in. He obviously didn't research it well enough to know that it needed to be started a very long time ago.

This is a really dumb question, but I have let my son handle a lot of this stuff himself. He never even scheduled his DODMERB appt!! I assume this will probably disqualify him from even getting an appt. He was under the impression that it could be done later on. But looking at how close it is...

Yes -- San Diego is terrific! UC Davis is on his list too (not as nice as San Diego since it's north and inland near Sacramento) but UC Davis doesn't have ROTC on campus -- have to travel to another campus. UC Davis is the better school though. Oh well.

Yep -- we are in California! My son will also go to SD State if he doesn't get into USAFA.

We are in California and my son hasn't heard anything yet either. His plan B is San Diego State with an ROTC scholarship. Though still hoping there is a tiny chance he could still get an appointment!