Pima
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If you look at the military from the AD world, the scholarship route is very similar to their promotion boards. You need to understand that just like college admissions, this is always an in flux system due to the fact that the quality and amount of applicants will change year to year.
One year the candidate may qualify for a scholarship because they have less competition, the next yr they may not. Additionally the members on the boards change, mainly due to PCS's.
Boards are not like the SAT CR/M, they are like the WR, where it is more subjective. The only thing boards are sure about is they have limited funds, thus limited amount of scholarships.
I think they do as good of a job as they can by being as transparent as they can, but the fact is many of the sub-segments for the WCS are not white or black, X amount of points. Do you give more points to the FB player with 4 yrs that is on an okay team, or do you give more points to the LAX player who won district championship, but only played 2 seasons?
One year the candidate may qualify for a scholarship because they have less competition, the next yr they may not. Additionally the members on the boards change, mainly due to PCS's.
Boards are not like the SAT CR/M, they are like the WR, where it is more subjective. The only thing boards are sure about is they have limited funds, thus limited amount of scholarships.
I think they do as good of a job as they can by being as transparent as they can, but the fact is many of the sub-segments for the WCS are not white or black, X amount of points. Do you give more points to the FB player with 4 yrs that is on an okay team, or do you give more points to the LAX player who won district championship, but only played 2 seasons?