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Portal shows scholarship offered! Still waiting for the letter! So excited!
Not sure what you mean about "slots readily available to become Active Duty 2LT's"
SMP does not give any advantage to make Active Duty, neither does being on scholarship. Getting AD depends on the cadets position on a National OML (Order of Merit List), getting a slot at the battalion level doesn't guarantee AD. The National OML include all cadets, Scholarship, Non Scholarship, and SMP. There is no distinction between them.
There are more cadets that want AD each year then there are AD slots available, it is getting competitive.
My point: The SMP likewise is not at a disadvantage to the scholarship ROTC recipients. Reverse your point about how many ROTC scholarship recipients "wash out". If a high # fail as you assert (and I agree) then then scholarship winner who declines and goes the SMP route has a excellent chance of getting a contract his Sophomore year just about the same time the ROTC scholarship winner does?
It's a current ROTC scholarship cadet and active ARMY officer who went thru via SMP that are telling me that SMP MAY BE the better path.
Not true. Most ROTC tuition scholarships are matched by many colleges in our part of the country with room and limited board thrown in. You get an ROTC scholarship at any of the 4 on my son's list and you get room and board too.
My son's status changed...scholarship at last school alphabetically. He's very excited and we are looking forward to the details in the letter (and to also see if other schools are listed). Question--he'll have 30 days to respond. He's also an active applicant for USMA....What happens if he accepts the ROTC scholarship and then finds out he's got an appointment to West Point????
ROTC scholarships are not like EA admissions. It is not binding. SA trumps ROTC scholarships.
They actually have the upper hand when you accept.
Fail DoDMERB with no waiver, scholarship is revoked.
Bust PFT and the scholarship is revoked.
Don't carry the cgpa min., the scholarship is revoked.
I am with Jcleppe, accept the scholarship, but remember plan B may become plan A very quickly.
Just checked. Received a scholarship to my 3rd choice. I'm not sure if I will accept it, as I have been really reconsidering everything. Here are my stats:
3.9 Cumulative GPA (Unweighted)
Three varsity sports (Captain on one of them)
Student Government throughout high school
31 ACT
Boys State Attendee
National Honors Society
Anyone receive their letter yet?
Son got a call (during a swim meet!) yesterday from the ROO at his #1 choice school informing him that he's being offered a 4 year scholarship there! He also told him that the letter will show offers from schools #3 and #4 and #6. I find it interesting that the portal only showed school #4 (and it turns out that this will one was only a 3 yr offer and the other three were 4 yr offers).
So, any of you out there feeling disappointed, just wait until you get the letters.
Roll Tide!