ROTC 1st board results are coming

wisbang35 said:
I'm with you Stemmom! DS had his presentation at school yesterday, but we have to wait for the official letter to see the list of schools.
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Our presentation yesterday was very nice. The U of H representative was so kind and outside of presenting the award, spent time talking with my husband and I and our son. He visited with school administration and faculty answering questions and honoring our boy! He did not, however, know the specific award our son was receiving or the schools. He just referred to it in general terms. We did receive an email from his #2 school several weeks ago so we think we know.....This has been an interesting process for sure! Congratulations to your son! Hopefully that letter is "in the mail" as they say.
 
Son received his certificate yesterday in surprise ceremony at school. Lt. Col. from the local battalion came to one of his morning classes, dressed in uniform, called son up to the front and discussed the ROTC scholarship process. The whole class cheered at the end and son was pretty overwhelmed. He is a very humble kid but he glowed as he told us what happened. ...well done AROTC Cadet Command!! Now he waits for the official paperwork and the change in status from "Boarded."
 
I wish they would have done something like this at my son's school! We had to coordinate around several school events and sports to drive out to the local battalion for ours (just over an hour away). He is grateful but I personally would have loved for his principal and guidance counselor to have aware of this ;-)
 
Young 2nd Lt came and got my son out of class. Did small presentation with counselor, principal and superintendent all present and family members.
It's been all over the radio and newspaper and school board website today! Of course, I may have put it on FaceBook as well!
 
wisbang35 said:
Young 2nd Lt came and got my son out of class. Did small presentation with counselor, principal and superintendent all present and family members.
It's been all over the radio and newspaper and school board website today! Of course, I may have put it on FaceBook as well!
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That is impressive. Congratulations.
 
The notification process has sure been different this year, no status updates and having to wait until someone made contact to find out if they were awarded a scholarship. I can imagine the stress of having to wait until Dec. 4th to find out.

Just curious, what do they do for those that can't receive the presentation at their school. I only ask because my son's high school is, well, very liberal and PC, they don't allow any military on campus in uniform, they are only allowed to come in at a prescribed time during a career week and then they are escorted to just one room and not allowed to be in uniform or talk to any students unless they have a signed release from their parents. No military presentations are allowed at the school which is odd since every year there seem to be at least a couple students that get Academy appointments and a few with ROTC Scholarships. The big check presentation or even a certificate would never be allowed, even in the advisor's office. And yes, these kids that get appointments and scholarships get a lot of interesting comments from both students and faculty.

Yes, we think it's pretty stupid as well.

Does the Army find another way of making a presentation if they run into a situation like this.
 
My son was contacted by the local battalion for the presentation, and they gave him a choice of whether he wanted them to come to his school. He chose to opt out of the check presentation. He told them that it was very kind of them to offer, but that he was certain they all had very busy schedules. They didn't have any information on what schools he got the offer to, and knowing that he will be hearing that was good enough without the big "show."
 
rotc hopeful mom said:
My son was contacted by the local battalion for the presentation, and they gave him a choice of whether he wanted them to come to his school. He chose to opt out of the check presentation. He told them that it was very kind of them to offer, but that he was certain they all had very busy schedules. They didn't have any information on what schools he got the offer to, and knowing that he will be hearing that was good enough without the big "show."
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What a thoughtful young man! (Nonetheless, the "big presentation" is more for the benefit of the very proud Mom and Dad).
 
Jcleppe said:
The notification process has sure been different this year, no status updates and having to wait until someone made contact to find out if they were awarded a scholarship. I can imagine the stress of having to wait until Dec. 4th to find out.

Just curious, what do they do for those that can't receive the presentation at their school. I only ask because my son's high school is, well, very liberal and PC, they don't allow any military on campus in uniform, they are only allowed to come in at a prescribed time during a career week and then they are escorted to just one room and not allowed to be in uniform or talk to any students unless they have a signed release from their parents. No military presentations are allowed at the school which is odd since every year there seem to be at least a couple students that get Academy appointments and a few with ROTC Scholarships. The big check presentation or even a certificate would never be allowed, even in the advisor's office. And yes, these kids that get appointments and scholarships get a lot of interesting comments from both students and faculty.

Yes, we think it's pretty stupid as well.

Does the Army find another way of making a presentation if they run into a situation like this.
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I would not worry about that. My school is very similar and when I was contacted this year, the officer gave me the choice of doing a presentation at my school with the principal and counselers etc... or he would come to my home and present it in front of my family with a reporter as long as they all signed press releases. I'm sure they will work around his school situation.
 
Jcleppe said:
Congratulations to your son.

For others waiting, don't worry if your status hasn't changed or you have not been notified by a ROTC program yet. The programs are not supposed to be letting anyone know until the the results are posted and the letters are sent, some programs ignore this and jump the gun by calling an applicant. The official notification has not happened yet so don't think you were passed over, the results should be out soon.
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This board's results really sounds like a DIY free-for-all.
 
mahkcots said:
I would not worry about that. My school is very similar and when I was contacted this year, the officer gave me the choice of doing a presentation at my school with the principal and counselers etc... or he would come to my home and present it in front of my family with a reporter as long as they all signed press releases. I'm sure they will work around his school situation.
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Thanks, I should have mentioned that both sons have already commissioned When they received their scholarships the results were simply updated on their status page.
 
Jcleppe said:
The notification process has sure been different this year, no status updates and having to wait until someone made contact to find out if they were awarded a scholarship. I can imagine the stress of having to wait until Dec. 4th to find out.

Just curious, what do they do for those that can't receive the presentation at their school. I only ask because my son's high school is, well, very liberal and PC, they don't allow any military on campus in uniform, they are only allowed to come in at a prescribed time during a career week and then they are escorted to just one room and not allowed to be in uniform or talk to any students unless they have a signed release from their parents. No military presentations are allowed at the school which is odd since every year there seem to be at least a couple students that get Academy appointments and a few with ROTC Scholarships. The big check presentation or even a certificate would never be allowed, even in the advisor's office. And yes, these kids that get appointments and scholarships get a lot of interesting comments from both students and faculty.

Yes, we think it's pretty stupid as well.

Does the Army find another way of making a presentation if they run into a situation like this.
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Yes. My son was invited to a local college and presented it there with their ROTC cadet awards. We wish they would have come to our school but I'm guessing we live too far away from the closest battalion.
 
FYI...the guidance was to make the notification at the home and to coordinate at that time to make a follow on presentation in the spring once the whole process is complete in a more public venue...looks like that isn't happening in all cases.
 
As we await the formal letter that lists the schools the scholarship is for, I was wondering about the transfer request process. Can the student only request to transfer it to school 2 or 3 on the list that is in the award letter? What if, by chance, the student does not get into any of those top 3 schools on their list and wants to use it for school 4 or 5 or 6 that they submitted in the application process. Is it only possible to transfer to one of the three listed in the award letter? (I understand a bit of the process and the fact that there still need to be spaces left at those schools- but a first board and early action applications might help in that case.)
 
My understanding with Army at least, is that you can use it at the other choices but the PMS at that unit has input.
 
clarksonarmy said:
FYI...the guidance was to make the notification at the home and to coordinate at that time to make a follow on presentation in the spring once the whole process is complete in a more public venue...looks like that isn't happening in all cases.
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I sent you a PM Clarkson, if you have a few moments to answer a few questions for me.
 
clarksonarmy said:
FYI...the guidance was to make the notification at the home and to coordinate at that time to make a follow on presentation in the spring once the whole process is complete in a more public venue...looks like that isn't happening in all cases.
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I was surprised that the local battalion called my son directly and told him when they'd be at the school. There was no coordination with parents. It worked out fine. And my son is 18 already, so technically an adult. I had expected, however, a home visit. The scholarship officer is a civilian so no one came in uniform. They did offer to come back in the spring to the all-school awards assembly.
 
tjb1975 said:
clarksonarmy said:
FYI...the guidance was to make the notification at the home and to coordinate at that time to make a follow on presentation in the spring once the whole process is complete in a more public venue...looks like that isn't happening in all cases.
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I was surprised that the local battalion called my son directly and told him when they'd be at the school. There was no coordination with parents. It worked out fine. And my son is 18 already, so technically an adult. I had expected, however, a home visit. The scholarship officer is a civilian so no one came in uniform. They did offer to come back in the spring to the all-school awards assembly.
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Everything will go through your son now in regards to the military. If you want to know anything you will have to ask your son. My son is not yet 18 and that will still be the case.
 
The 2nd Lt that presented to my son last week made sure I knew about the event to be held at school. Just depends on the presenter.
 
HH6 said:
tjb1975 said:
clarksonarmy said:
FYI...the guidance was to make the notification at the home and to coordinate at that time to make a follow on presentation in the spring once the whole process is complete in a more public venue...looks like that isn't happening in all cases.
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I was surprised that the local battalion called my son directly and told him when they'd be at the school. There was no coordination with parents. It worked out fine. And my son is 18 already, so technically an adult. I had expected, however, a home visit. The scholarship officer is a civilian so no one came in uniform. They did offer to come back in the spring to the all-school awards assembly.
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Everything will go through your son now in regards to the military. If you want to know anything you will have to ask your son. My son is not yet 18 and that will still be the case.
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I was told by one of the awarded schools that the orders were very specific with regard to scholarship notification. First point of contact was to be with the parents. Interesting that on the application portal the only parental contact information requested is postal mail. My cell phone was listed as my son's home phone number, however, on page 1 of the application. As Clarkson indicated, regardless of orders, the DIY approach seems the norm.
 
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