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Son was waitlisted for NASS. Not sure why. Answered 52 of 54 SAT math questions correctly but grade curve knocked that down to a 740. Finished with almost 1400 SAT. Varsity in a sport. Approx 3.75 GPA. Wants to major in engineering.

Too much criticism I just read a lot of criticism in this thread of scholarship cadets who failed their first APFT. Most of the criticism seemed to imply that the cadet was undeserving of the scholarship because of it. It seemed that most of the criticism is coming from those with kids who...

Congratulations to you and your son. My son is also a freshman, also got the four-year, and was invited to join his Ranger Challenge team. I assumed that just about every freshman in his ROTC program had earned a scholarship, but recently found out that only about three out of twenty did. I was...

6th Brigade was at Fort Benning October 7-8. Son's team came in third in tier and he thinks fourth or fifth overall out of about 50 schools. Information slow in arriving.

I would say that this is something that comes from within. My wife and I are supportive of our son, but we would rather he pursued a different career, if only because the policy in DC is not coherent. Yet, this is something my son has wanted since he was eight or nine years old. So, he set...

I would not make that assumption. As I said above, my son only found out because he called his first choice school. They said they had not planned on sending out letters until next week.

Good Advice on this Board Checked in today for the first time in a while and noticed a lot of action in the ROTC section. Looked at the Army ROTC threads and noticed a lot of talk about status changes on the ROTC website. Checked in and saw that my son's status changed also. After some more...

Will AROTC scholarship applicants see their status change on the DodMERB website before it changes on the AROTC website? DS was thinking of applying West Point before he changed his mind and focused on AROTC at a civilian college, so he got the DoDMERB clearance early. Now I am just trying to...

I have read a few threads in which people posted that they had unsolicited contact from a PMS at one of the schools that they placed on their scholarship application. The posts implied that the PMS was interested in the applicant. Several have even indicated that they heard from PMSs at the...

My son never got one. The closest thing to one was a letter saying he was still missing X,Y, and Z, where Z was the interview. He called to schedule the interview as soon as he could.

Son is very interested in ROTC at Rice which is part of the University of Houston Battalion. He is very competitive but a borederline candidate for Rice. He would like to improve his odds by applying ED. Obviously a 4 yr Army ROTC scholarship would help too. Are you advising that he should not...

The LT in charge of scholarships at one of the schools in my state is interviewing my son today. The Lt told us that as long as my son had his application, interview and PFT done and submitted by the 18th, that he will be considered at the October board which meets on the 25th.

Shoot for a minimum of 1400 on your SATs. NJ candidates are very competitive.

And that, in a nutshell, is what I am talking about. I would want my son's back to be covered by cv64's son, and I think cv64's son would feel the same about mine. But because the Naval Academy has decided that they want fewer cv64s than the number necessary to ensure the safety of our sons...

To everyone who thinks that this issue is an old and dead one because the article I referred to is seven years old, please wake up. This issue is not waning it is getting worse. Listen to the graduates, Naval Academy professors, and officers that are able to talk openly about it...

The dreaded NASS TWE came in the mail today for my son. "Unable to offer a slot but opening the candidate file for admission next year..." I realize there are many outstanding candidates who are attending NASS and that other factors besides academics, leadership, and physical fitness come in...

I just noticed on another thread that some started to receive their TWEs for NASS yesterday.

There is a thread for NASS acceptances. Has anyone received a TWE for NASS? Still waiting here...

Son: M: 710 CR: 640 W: 640 Rejected for SLS and still waiting to hear from USNA on NASS.

...still waiting to hear something here in central NJ. Only one posted acceptance from NJ so far.