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I just spoke with three people (at various levels) in support at NROTC and the site is not down for an update of candidates scholarship status. There are other issues and they have to deal with a third party vendor to get them fixed.

As far as DoDMERB going down for maintenance when a ROTC program "tu"s the scholarship information...that information is evidently secret.
 
PIMA said:
The one thing I wonder is if there is also a longer lag time for NROTC since they have to not only award the scholarship, but combine it with the schools,
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That makes sense. The process may be that the Committee awards a homeless scholarship, then a second step, which could take a week or more, is to find a home among the five colleges listed on the application. If for example Choice #1 is short on billets, Choice #2 is clearly a long shot to get admittance to, etc. then there must be a give and take about which college to assign the scholarship to. I am not aware that the actual process is described anywhere, that's just common sense speculation.
 
I don't believe it works that way, at least not for the first board. I believe they assign the scholarship to the #1 unit if there is a billet available, then the #2 unit, then the #3 unit, etc. Naturally, for the first board, more spaces are available so most go to the #1 school. Then the kids get to wait to find out if they got into the school because those decisions come much later. As we get later in the year, more scholarships would be assigned to the other schools. And of course later in the year you also have slots open because other kids decided to go to an academy or some other option. And then in May...after most of the college commitments, the great shell game starts for the folks who applied to transfer their scholarship to another unit, for whatever reason including not being accepted at the #1 school where it was applied.

This happened to DS...didn't get accepted to Georgia Tech where his scholarship was originally assigned. GT was a clear reach for him. The waiting game for finding out if the scholarship transferred: agonizing.
 
Clarification, I was going from an AFROTC point, because scholarships are not tied to the school, thus, it is easier for them to clear it out compared to NROTC or AROTC in a DodMerb perspective.

I ONLY HAVE AFROTC experience, and it is basically clear cut for them. Colleges do not play into the equation. In the NROTC or AROTC equation it is a player, and I was just throwing out there, that candidates need to understand a LOT more goes into the equation, issues we do not have answers for...i.e., how does the board release.

I am known as JANIE RAINCLOUD, but in this essence I feel that there are too many unknown variables to start fearing, or acting like Snoopy over the mailbox.

Bullet and I lived through this process, so did Centh and Aglages. It ABSOLUTELY STINKS! This site is great for info, but now that the boards have met, your gut falls down to your feet when you see the scholarship threads start. It becomes a FEAR, because one more kid will jump up and say YIPPEE SKIPPEE, I got a scholarship while you have no answer and live in the unknown.

DON'T DREAD! Take deep breaths, and realize you don't know if you (candidate) or the parent of the candidate met the board.

There was a great point made the NROTC board met 2x in 12 days. The Board is filled with AD members, they can only get through a specific amount of packages. Just because you submitted back in Sept doesn't mean they will get to it at the 1st board or even the 2nd. Boards are known to roll over applicants to the next board due to time constraints.

Deep breaths. Big picture. THIS IS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. Buckle up, and above all, say to your child, until they say NO, everything is in play.
 
jdalv2 said:
Also, we know that a board met in late September- this, presumably, is the board that sbbond93 got in on. Also, I've read from several different people on this forum that a second board met the week of Oct. 4th.
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Didn't happen.

All the scholarship awardees are from the September board, there wasn't a NROTC board during the first week of October or in August. So far only one board has met for the 2011 scholarships.

So far THIS year the NROTC scholarship notification process is different than last year. The NROTC powers that be would not allow the NROTC scholarship site to be updated with the new status of the awardees until after the "snail" letters were signed...which was last Thursday/Friday. They are currently working on the tech issues with the board.

sbbond93 received his scholarship from the same board as everyone else.
 
aglages said:
Didn't happen.

All the scholarship awardees are from the September board, there wasn't a NROTC board during the first week of October or in August. So far only one board has met for the 2011 scholarships.
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Where did you get this information?
 
aglages,

I just received a Private Message from the Unit Command, NETC. They are hoping you can send them your full name. They want to make sure your DS gets fast tracked (or so they say) :yllol:
 
centhea said:
This happened to DS...didn't get accepted to Georgia Tech where his scholarship was originally assigned.
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count your blessings. Georgia Tech is as tough as the USNA... he's probably enjoying where he is now much more than he would have enjoyed the grind at GA Tech :)
 
dunninla said:
They are hoping you can send them your full name. They want to make sure your DS gets fast tracked (or so they say) :yllol:
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LoL. I doubt they would want to visit the sins of the father on his son. :wink:
 
jdalv2 said:
Interesting...did this person give any indication as to when the next board will meet?
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I knew someone would ask that and I am sorry to say that I failed to ask. In fairness we were discussing what had happened since August and I was grateful for the knowledge that they did share. Hopefully the next time it meets we won't see the delays and problems that they have had so far in this years process. :thumb:
 
aglages said:
I knew someone would ask that and I am sorry to say that I failed to ask. In fairness we were discussing what had happened since August and I was grateful for the knowledge that they did share. Hopefully the next time it meets we won't see the delays and problems that they have had so far in this years process. :thumb:
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What did happen in August?
 
I didn't get an explanation, only that the board was cancelled. When I mentioned that there was supposedly another board in September and one during the first week of October, I was told "so far there has only been one board and that was in September".
 
ROTC site up showing 2011 finally!

We can finally get into the 2011 site and it says that they have everything and lists S's Sat scores and schools. Can we submit the sat scores for the test last week? Will it make any difference? We called NROTC yesturday and they said they couldn't give us any information. My S is also going for Army and AirForce ROTC but didn't finish his CFA yet! We have to get that done this week! Is it too late?
 
jagabiti said:
My S is also going for Army and AirForce ROTC but didn't finish his CFA yet! We have to get that done this week! Is it too late?
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It is too late for your son to submit his CFA for the October board for Army ROTC. However there are more boards after this one so he should definetely get it completed....ASAP.

The first Air Force ROTC scholarship board does not meet until December but again, don't wait to complete the CFA. Allow enough time for your son's ROTC interviews also.

Good luck! :thumb:
 
jagabiti said:
We can finally get into the 2011 site and it says that they have everything and lists S's Sat scores and schools.
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DD's page has the same information now. Good to know that they are correctly in the system.
 
I see the site has been updated and notice the test scores listed are from the June SAT. Ds has submitted his Sept ACT scores but are not reflected on NROTC site. Notice it says SAT or equivlent. On another academy site the SAT was raised reflecting a higher ACT conversion. I do know the newer scores have been sent officially and the new SAT scores are pending. Will these be reflected any time soon? Thanks for any comments.
 
aglages said:
It is too late for your son to submit his CFA for the October board for Army ROTC. However there are more boards after this one so he should definetely get it completed....ASAP.
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Cadet Command responded to my son that the next board would be January.

Found the Army ROTC PT form, but how does he initiate the interview process?
 
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