Appointment "Scholarship" Name and Worth

Agree with all points discussed above.

I believe there's more "pride" for SA appointments/scholarships. Relatively all 3.0+ GPA students can attend colleges, granted that some are more prestigious than others. Many scholarships/grants are subjective to ethnicity and parents' work place and income, etc, besides academics and extracurricular involvements. Point is it seems "normal" that smart students will get some kind of scholarships with some grants to various colleges. However, when it comes to the SA's, there seem to be more a distinction. Regardless of the SA "dollar value", the fact that these smart top 10% senior students are going into the "military college" made many of the staffs, parents, and other people in the auditorium "proud". Hence, they received overwhelming standing ovation. At least that's what I experienced during my DS's USAF appointment presentation by the ALO at his Awards Ceremony night. That brought tears to our eyes.....
 
DS4Duty said:
Agree with all points discussed above.

I believe there's more "pride" for SA appointments/scholarships. Relatively all 3.0+ GPA students can attend colleges, granted that some are more prestigious than others. Many scholarships/grants are subjective to ethnicity and parents' work place and income, etc, besides academics and extracurricular involvements. Point is it seems "normal" that smart students will get some kind of scholarships with some grants to various colleges. However, when it comes to the SA's, there seem to be more a distinction. Regardless of the SA "dollar value", the fact that these smart top 10% senior students are going into the "military college" made many of the staffs, parents, and other people in the auditorium "proud". Hence, they received overwhelming standing ovation. At least that's what I experienced during my DS's USAF appointment presentation by the ALO at his Awards Ceremony night. That brought tears to our eyes.....
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How did you arrange for ALO to attend the Award Ceremony? DS award ceremony is next week but no one mentioned or reached out to me about his USNA appointment? We don't need any special award or recognization but if school is going to recognize students with $500- to full college scholarships I think DS should be mentioned. He is first one from his school to attend SA in 30+ yrs and I am thinking school does not understand, maybe?
 
I believe that all of the academies send a representive to speak at HS award nights for any of their appointees. My sons FFR contacted the school counselor on his own to make the arrangements. We knew that someone would likely present something, but was surprised that the FFR took the initiative to do so on his own. My son also followed up with him to ask if he should do anything in particular, but the FFR took care of things himself.

My son was also contacted by his USAFA liaison officer, asking about awards night. He must not have seen that my son declined the AFA appointment. He offered to send my son his appointment certificate in the mail, but as of yet he hasn't received it.

It is a tremendous gesture for the academies to have presentations made. We are excited. My sons awards night is next Thursday.
 
Blessedmom said:
How did you arrange for ALO to attend the Award Ceremony? DS award ceremony is next week but no one mentioned or reached out to me about his USNA appointment? We don't need any special award or recognization but if school is going to recognize students with $500- to full college scholarships I think DS should be mentioned. He is first one from his school to attend SA in 30+ yrs and I am thinking school does not understand, maybe?
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My DS called the ALO to tell her that he received that appointment and ask if she can attend his Award Ceremony. The ALO was more than happy to do so. Upon confirmation, DS told his school counselor and the school then officially sent out an invitation to the ALO to present the appointment. The ALO had a nice little speech about the USAF and SA's in general. For obvious reason it was a total audience attention when a uniformed person walked solemnly up to the stage. I definitely would encourage your DS to ask the ALO to present the appointment. All the SA candidates deserve the recognition. It takes lots of effort and strong desire to finish the application and then to receive an appointment.
 
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