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I’m going to take a stab at where the miscommunications may have arisen. I’m not a SEAL, just a wife of one who’s been at it for a long time. We have a mini-fridge stocked with beer in our back yard, so I’ll admit that most of my observations will be based on discussions that have occurred...

Maybe someone in the Navy will chime in here, but Captain’s MAST is pretty serious stuff. To my knowledge it is preceded by an XOI (XO investigation). Was your daughter’s meeting an XOI? Was she only threatened with loss of her command billet or did that happen already? Was MAST mentioned as...

My concern for this kid is that it won't be resolved unless he is proactive and calls Pensacola. He stated that he couldn't go on in his application. That's the problem with this error message for the NROTC application is that it doesn't give you an error message. The fact that he can't go on...

If he's already talked to his PO recuiter, then I suggest a call to the NROTC office in Pensacola to find out if his application is complete. A month is plenty of time to wait for the system to update. With one of our mids, we had a similar situation and the CPO told him to just be patient...

Yes. But then they would be looking for a combined composite. :eek: My kid answered as you suggest but got an error message. Clearly this is why there was a backlog of students with the same issue. No matter how he got to this point, if he can't progress in his application he needs to get it...

For our kids the NROTC application opened up @ April 1 and closed on January 31. They must have opened it in March this year for him to have started an application. Between February and the opening of the new scholarship application year, there was no option for starting an application...

That wasn't the case with my mid. The composite score brought up the error. She was so used to giving the composite score that she thought composite and combined were the same thing. It could have easily changed in the past few months and they are asking for something different this year than...

One of my mids had that same issue. Once the score was entered incorrectly the website would not allow her to correct the score. She was able to log in fine and enter her application but she could not get beyond that page. She started with her recruiter but in the end it took communication with...

I don’t know what you mean by this. Who’s contrarian view-Augustine’s or his adversaries? Contrarian to what—denial of free will? Which are Augustine’s writings on the denial of free will? Are you talking a complete work on the denial of free will or an excerpt? A letter he wrote or the full...

I disagree that St. Augustine taught that there is no free will. In fact he taught quite clearly and emphatically that free will exists. He was a professor of rhetoric so clearly it would be pretty easy to find quotes that would seem to prove the opposite of his point. That’s often how rhetoric...

ROTC mids are clearly eligible since they can use it for summer training. But do they still have to fall within the Air Transportation Eligibility requirements for the purpose of their travel? I know for dependents, we have eligibility but there are limitations beyond what are in the broad...

I definitely agree with that. We've used it a couple times for some very awesome family trips but only overseas and never since 9/11. I'd rather buy a flight and have a flight home. However, I'm not 20 years old with 6 weeks off for Winter break or 2 months off in the summer. That colors my...

I think that information on school choice is on topic for the original post. School choice matters now for both parents and students because they are in the midst of preparing applications. It's something that can be researched now while in waiting mode and put into action now in college...

I thought ROTC students could only fly Space A while on training. Can they do it for pleasure travel?

Great points, dunninla. Notre Dame is another that fills up very early in the process. Many students put that as number 1 because they hope that having a scholarship to that unit will help in admissions. In reality, the Notre Dame Unit gets filled early and many scholarship recipients have...

I was thinking the same thing. For our kids the NROTC interview was with an AD JO whereas the BGOs in our area are all civilians. But we live near Navy bases so I guess it's probably different all over the country. The good thing about the interview being done by a BGO is that you can see...

It’s not so much that the private schools fill up first, although some do. I think the reference may have been to the ratio of public/private scholarships given out overall. Cornell rarely, if ever, fills up so that’s a pretty safe bet for your son. What’s harder is getting into their...

My confusion is that you are talking about scholarship applicants whereas kinnem was referring to scholarship recipients. The difference isn’t just a matter of semantics, it’s systemic. I don’t mean to badger the point but it’s a pretty big difference if the scenario that you mentioned in...

I've never seen the board dates published but they usually have the first board at about this time of year. It's hard to say when applications need to be in prior to each board without knowing how many others have applied and how many have already been processed or are being carried over to...

The remarks I quoted were about competing for a scholarship in the first place, not about competing for a placement at a particular school after already receiving a scholarship. In the scenario you give, both already have received scholarships. Clearly, some scholarship recipients are...