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23Lt

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How do you decline your Army ROTC scholarship? I recently received a 4-year national scholarship, but would like to decline it ASAP (to give money to another candidate) due to my Appointment to a service academy. The instructions on the portal are extremely unclear.
 
23Lt said:
How do you decline your Army ROTC scholarship? I recently received a 4-year national scholarship, but would like to decline it ASAP (to give money to another candidate) due to my Appointment to a service academy. The instructions on the portal are extremely unclear.
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You’ll get a BFE in a few days.

There will be a memo that you’ll sign and allow you to annotate you’re accepting or declining the scholarship.
 
GoCubbies said:
23Lt said:
How do you decline your Army ROTC scholarship? I recently received a 4-year national scholarship, but would like to decline it ASAP (to give money to another candidate) due to my Appointment to a service academy. The instructions on the portal are extremely unclear.
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You’ll get a BFE in a few days.

There will be a memo that you’ll sign and allow you to annotate you’re accepting or declining the scholarship.
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And, you should scan it on a printer and upload the file on the file upload on the portal for fastest recording. Those of us who didn’t get a scholarship thank you for thinking to do this so fast after winning.
 
Minimalmaple28 said:
And, you should scan it on a printer and upload the file on the file upload on the portal for fastest recording. Those of us who didn’t get a scholarship thank you for thinking to do this so fast after winning.
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Could you please give it a break? I think everyone will do the best thing for them, which is what they should do. I'm also confident that many, if not all, keep in mind that the scholarship can be put to other uses if they decline it; whether that be a new 4 year scholarship for another applicant, or an in-school scholarship to some current cadet. @23Lt 's post indicates he is considering that factor. Again, I'm confident others are too.

Good luck. I understand the anxiety as we went through it with DS. He didn't get a negative reply on a scholarship until mid-April, but he had plan B ready to execute so it was no big deal. He is also serving as a Marine Officer today. Spend you energies working plan B, C, and D. There's nothing else you can do to help your application at this point, other than perhaps re-taking a SAT/ACT test. BTW - there is a reason folks are given 30 days to decide. There is a deadline you know, and I believe it's prior to the next board.
 
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23Lt said:
How do you decline your Army ROTC scholarship? I recently received a 4-year national scholarship, but would like to decline it ASAP (to give money to another candidate) due to my Appointment to a service academy. The instructions on the portal are extremely unclear.
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Don't be so quick to decline the scholarship, you can hold on to it for a while. A lot can happen between now and when you report to an Academy, injury being one of them. An injury may delay your entry but still allow you to go ROTC. Don't be in a rush to decline.
 
Jcleppe said:
Minimalmaple28 said:
And, you should scan it on a printer and upload the file on the file upload on the portal for fastest recording. Those of us who didn’t get a scholarship thank you for thinking to do this so fast after winning.
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You're quickly entering a whinning phase. There are reasons you don't decline a scholarship right away.
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How!?!? I’m literally answering the question “How do you decline your Army ROTC Scholarship?”
 
Minimalmaple28 said:
How!?!? I’m literally answering the question “How do you decline your Army ROTC Scholarship?”
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My recommendation to you is to not get on this forum for a couple days to decompress. By the this time next week, you be wondering what the fuss was about because the non-favorable decision will be a distant memory.

IF you become a military officer, you will quickly learn to choose your battles. Also, even though you’ll be in charge of America’s finest young men and women as a freshly minted O1, you’ll learn everyone has a boss.
 
GoCubbies said:
Minimalmaple28 said:
How!?!? I’m literally answering the question “How do you decline your Army ROTC Scholarship?”
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My recommendation to you is to not get on this forum for a couple days to decompress. By the this time next week, you be wondering what the fuss was about because the non-favorable decision will be a distant memory.

IF you become a military officer, you will quickly learn to choose your battles. Also, even though you’ll be in charge of America’s finest young men and women as a freshly minted O1, you’ll learn everyone has a boss.
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I will actually do that. Before I go, I’m just wondering how me answering the question posed in this thread is whining?
 
I could be off base, but SAs and colleges use yield management systems - they know a certain percentage of the offers are not accepted. They will continue to fine tune their assumptions as applicants decline offers; but one should not assume that if one applicant (e.g. @23Lt) declines his scholarship that it automatically opens on a slot for another applicant.

@23Lt - congratulations on your SA appointment. Don't feel pressured to quickly decline your scholarship offer - this is not AROTC's first dance and they'll make sure that they maximize the utilization of their scholarship funds.
 
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