Nobody here can or should say a waiver will be granted. Nobody knows your exact condition, but more importantly nobody sits on the waiver board!
Waivers when supply(ROTC Cadets) is low, and demand (AF) is high occur more frequently than when the supply is high and demand is low.
You have yet to understand how AFSC works for AFROTC. Yes, they have rated and non-rated slots. HOWEVER, AFROTC cadets that want rated meet boards before the non-rated board meets. If they are not picked up on the rated board, they live another day and compete on the non-rated board. In other words there are PPQ (Potentially Pilot Qual) that go non-rated, it is not reserved for those that are not PPQ.
Not to divert this thread, but you need to do some investigating regarding AFROTC. AFROTC is not like AROTC. Your concerns if granted a waiver arr completely moot until you graduate from SFT (rising jr yr in college), scholarship or not.
You need to understand that it is 4 yrs after graduation you will live that military life. 40/50/60 hrs a week, 365 days a yr. If you don't want to be in a tank, don't go Army. If you don't want to be in Maintenance for jets, don't go AF.
I don't think this is really now about DoDMERB issues, I think it is more about which branch will give you a better chance. Problem is 4 yrs AD does not equal happiness if you hate the branch.
I am a jersey girl, exit 9. Married an AF officer, 1st base I moved to was Holloman AFB,
http://www.holloman.af.mil/ 2nd was Mt. Home, ID
http://www.mountainhome.af.mil/ That was within the 1st yr of my marriage. Mt Home is the hub of Elmore County, 10K people, Boise is the closest city, 50 miles away!
It could have been worse, he could have been assigned to Minot, ND. In his 20 yrs ADAF, @ 7 yrs was at Goldsboro, NC. Goldsboro is the hub of Wayne County with 45K people. NJ you don't know when you leave a town because the next town is right there. Goldsboro you know you left it because all you have is stretches of road with nothing. Again, look at Holloman, Mt. Home, and Minot.
Same is true for the Army.
The only reason life was out the door great, was because Bullet loved being an AF officer.
You have to want to be in that branch, joining because they were the only branch to give you a waiver is just not enough!