April AROTC Board

agree with goaliedad. This seems to be a unit specific issue. Daughter's ROTC top choice school had ALL 4 and 3 yr AD scholarships filled with Oct. and Dec. boards.

Now this school is waiting for four scholarship winners to make final decision between SA and ROTC unit, and also some scholarship students to become medically qualified. After May 1st when the dust settles more MAY open up depending on funding and other issues.

If a school is telling you there are no allocations, at this point it generally means that particular school is either anticipating approximately 100% acceptance rate or have already been told there will be no additional funds/scholarships for their particular unit.

I seem to recall that additional scholarships/funds come from Cadet command on a "case by case" situation/ meaning one school such as Vanderbilt may be able to request and get additional scholarships/funds while another school such as Local U. may not.

Also agree to keep communication open but strongly consider looking for ROTC program that is more receptive and presently has open slots rather than "maybe" in the future.
 
Some schools also will not discuss campus based scholarships until the National boards are completely over and the dust settles. My son's one school has only 2 and won't discuss giving them out until at least May but could be August. Another one of his schools doesn't do campus based scholarships until the kids get there in August. They then place everyone on the list and do their own OML list and go from there.

I have to say that goaliedad gives some excellent advice.
 
Thank you everyone, you all have some great information and you explain it so much better than the PMS!
Son sent an email to Cadet Command yesterday asking about his status. He completed his application early in the fall and each month they kept sending a letter that he was missing one document. Each month I faxed said document. Yet each month we received the same letter. So when we emailed it to them in February they said his file was complete, so we assumed he was being reviewed in the March board. Guess not:

This is their reply:


I have reviewed you application and all of your paperwork has been
received. You went before the board Nov. 2009. This is the final board
for the 2010 Scholarship year. You will be notified no later than May
31st if you are awarded a scholarship. If you should have any other
questions please feel free to call or email me directly. Thank you for
your time.
 
hey everyone! I am also still waiting on an army rotc scholarship. I had everything submitted by late October so the wait has been very frustrating as well. The one thing I don't like about this process is the lack of communication. It would be helpful to me to know what is going on with my application but I guess with thousands of applicants that could be difficult. Anyway hopefully I hear something at the end of this board and good luck to everyone. :shake:

Here are my stats:
24 ACT
1100 SAT
1620 SAT plus writing
8:10 mile, 33 pushups, 45 situps
Vice Pres of Animal Welfare Club
Executive Rep of Student Council
High School Softball and Track Team
 
hey so I noticed today that the website to check your scholarship status wasn't working. Could this mean they are updating scholarship statuses?:confused:
 
bfreeze92 said:
hey so I noticed today that the website to check your scholarship status wasn't working. Could this mean they are updating scholarship statuses?:confused:
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Hmmm...I checked it early this morning and it worked (still had the "interview" blurb on it). Now I can't access it at all! Wonder what's up?
 
Just tried also with no luck....do wonder what is going on since this is getting toward the end of the board week...
 
The website is back up, and I just checked DS's status. It still hasn't changed.... :frown:
 
My daughter received the 4-year scholarship after the March boards. The way she heard was the Commander at one of her 5 schools emailed her congratulating her. She didn't receive the official letter from AROTC until this past Friday. It may be a while before you get anything official from April's boards. Keep hope alive!
 
Well here we are, and the 5th and final AROTC board is complete.....
WOW, now we all wait and pray our son's and daughter's receive some great news:smile:
Another option is "campus based scholarships" which is the same as the ROTC scholarship except a different pot of money. Alot of movement between now and the end of May, good luck to all :thumb:
 
Just want to share with those waiting:

I had emailed CC about my son's application - just to see if it had been boarded, and this is their response:

"His file is complete and was boarded at the March board, he was not
offered, his information was also considered at the April Board, we have
not made any offers from that board. If offered he will be sent a
letter."

So, looks like no offers yet for those waiting! Hang in there.

(I'm not hopeful for my son at this point as we knew going in that while he was strong in academic and leadership, he wasn't strong in the sports area.)
 
Thanks for sharing that. Any word from CC seems to be pretty rare, so everyone appreciates it.
 
Has anyone heard anything yet?? seems to be quiet!! Please post when anyone has any news.
 
kydad said:
Has anyone heard anything yet?? seems to be quiet!! Please post when anyone has any news.
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Perhaps they're waiting 'til the dust settles, so to speak, and they know who will be accepting the scholarships they've awarded and who'll be turning them down so they have an idea of what they have left to offer.

Hang in there! You never know!
 
Tina I think you are correct. I know it is so hard to be patient but the process is almost over. I wish everyone still waiting the very best of luck and hope to hear good news on the forum soon.
 
Is this good news?

So we are a bit nervous but our sons status changed today to
"You may check your medical qualification status by visiting the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board DoDMERB WebSite"
However DoDmerb doesnt have his ss# uploaded yet (I called).
I hope this is a glitch in the system and not that someone clicked his name by mistake. :eek:
Hoping, hoping hoping...
Any ideas??
 
suek66 said:
So we are a bit nervous but our sons status changed today to
"You may check your medical qualification status by visiting the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board DoDMERB WebSite"
However DoDmerb doesnt have his ss# uploaded yet (I called).
I hope this is a glitch in the system and not that someone clicked his name by mistake. :eek:
Hoping, hoping hoping...
Any ideas??
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Congratulations! :thumb:

You should be notified soon which school you have a scholarship for. This could either be on the website (usually appears within a day or so) for a national scholarship or some campus-based scholarships OR it could be through a letter in the mail (campus-based scholarship only). The type of scholarship (4-year or 3-year AD) will be in a letter you receive.

The lack of an entry in DoDMERB is normal as it takes a couple days (IIRC) for the information to be passed to them. If you don't see it available in a few days, contact Larry Mullen (his email is all over the place on the DoDMERB forum) with the recipient's name and last 4 of SSN. He'll be able to advise/address the situation.

Enjoy! :thumb:
 
So does this mean that the decisions are coming out for the April board or could that just be a campus based scholarship?
 
I will bet that its a campus based scholarship as no one else has posted yet.
 
suek66 said:
So we are a bit nervous but our sons status changed today to
"You may check your medical qualification status by visiting the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board DoDMERB WebSite"
However DoDmerb doesnt have his ss# uploaded yet (I called).
I hope this is a glitch in the system and not that someone clicked his name by mistake. :eek:
Hoping, hoping hoping...
Any ideas??
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SueK66, so your son has taken the eye, audio and physical exams already?
 
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