Based on Montana's posts, sounds like there is less money for Cadet Command's scholarship budget overall. So, once you back out the national winners, there is less money going to the campus scholarships. It remains a mystery as to why they upgraded 250 scholarships instead of saving the money for ~ 80 campus based scholarships, but there are 250 people with a pleasant surprise. Maybe they felt like they needed it as a recruiting tool?
I’ll admit upgrading that many is odd. Maybe they are still competing against the SAs and AF/Navy ROTC
The letter can, and should be, simple. It doesn't need to be an advocacy piece. Read the instructions found at the "Additional Information" tab in the portal to make sure she does it right. Your daughter will need to accept the scholarship at one of the school's awarded. But at the same time she accepts, she can submit a separate request to transfer. She will need to separately upload her acceptance to School #1. The request to transfer just needs to be:
But they have historical data I'm sure that gives them a pretty good idea of how many awardees will choose high-priced schools and how many will choose state schools. Then use that data to generate a blended rate and plan using that. And not only that, but doesn't the national board itself somewhat control where the scholarships go by determining which schools the scholarships are awarded to?
Great question!
Why? Because YOU think they need to provide all this information? There are lots and lots of scholarships in this country and very few provide any feedback about why they chose a certain kid for their scholarship. In fact, from my experience as a high school counselor, many kids who are at the very top of the stats suck up most of the scholarships, while the kids that are just below those stats get NOTHING. That's just how it works. (But that's another soapbox.) Sure, the military is a government program and Americans like to see what the government does with every dollar since it is our tax money, but to say that a scholarship program from the government should provide this data and that data just so that you'll know more about who they are choosing, is a bit much.
Maybe they held more 4 years until the last board because everyone who didn’t have an ACT/SAT score was pushed to the 3rd board and they didn’t know what to expect? Then they compared those candidates to the 3 year winners and adjusted the 3 and 4 year awards once all applicants were reviewed?
Just one person/taxpayer's opinion. But if they do it for the SAs -- which they do -- why do you think they do it? More importantly, why don't you think they should for ROTC the same way they do for the SAs?
I don’t know, but it’s possible that this year would be different from any of the historical data in terms of the big high-priced university admissions because of the change to test-optional most have embraced. I’ve read a bunch of articles about how theses universities are getting way, way more applications than normal because people who don’t have test scores at all or whose test scores would normally be too low to be admitted are competitive this year. Not saying I know any answers, just saying that modeling could be quite skewed for this incoming class anyway.
Maybe, but regardless of however many extra applications there were, in the end they are all still going to have the same number of freshmen. Also, there was a suggestion earlier this cycle that at least with AROTC there were fewer applicants this year. No idea if that's true, but if true it runs counter to the increased number of applicants to high-priced schools.
There are definitely increased numbers of applicants to high-priced schools. Whether or not those applicants are also pursuing ROTC, I do not know. I’m not talking about an increase in freshman overall, I’m just saying there could very well be more of that same number of ROTC freshman going to big-ticket “prestige” schools which could impact budget in an unprecedented way.
Not sure if those three accept everyone into the nursing school then make the cut at the upper division (last 2 years) or you have to be accepted into the nursing school. If the former ask if rotc gets a guaranteed spot.
Congrats! My DD accepted her 4 year to TCU on the second board and is thrilled. While I do not know much about the ROTC program, other than it sounds great... Let me know if any questions about the actual school itself as it is wonderful and well known for Nursing. I graduated from there and have many other family members that are Horned Frogs as well. She would be glad to talk to her.
All three are direct admit nursing programs. Georgetown is saying they will be back on campus next year, but it’s unclear whether that means a return to anything resembling normal in terms of how classes meet or just allowing more kids to actually live on campus. My daughter does not want to go virtual, so that is a definite concern. Villanova and TCU are both in person this year so assuming it will be at least as good if not better next year. It’s just difficult to get a good feel for the culture of a school virtually and with travel restrictions at the kids current schools we have been limited on the ability to see much.
Thank you!
The AROTC process has a few components that are very important and the applicant gets very little (if any) feedback on how they did. The Essays are a big factor, the interview and the CBEF survey. No real way of knowing. Congrats to your DS on the NROTC!
I'll second EEBTTF. Really hard to know with those qualifications, which are outstanding. I remember back in my cadet days we had a cadre member for whom PT was everything. That's all he cared about in terms of preparing us for camp, maxing the PT test. Needless to say, that's only one piece of a multi-faceted puzzle. Nevertheless, if your son had the misfortune of being interviewed by someone like that, well, that would be a very unfortunate mismatch.
Things are good!