I hear you about the tiring part of the whole "off-season" process. And with 2 service ROTC plus a SA - wow! The paperwork must be overwhelming.
At this point, we are only AROTC because only 2 D3 womens hockey schools have AFROTC and 1 has NROTC (same as 1 of the AFROTC schools). And both of those schools have AROTC. Plus her intended field(s) of study are not in the Engineering/Math/Hard Sciences world and her overall academic profile is not as competitive as many, making it a long shot. Yeah, she might get another service ROTC, but it doesn't increase the potential for places to play, nor chances of a scholarship. And her military career goals do not include flying or being at sea, so the Army can satisfy her needs.
In our situation, it is the driving that exhausts me. Basically we live about 1000 miles from goaliegirl's school, the hockey camp/tournament she went to this summer, the school touring trip we just got back from. So far this summer I've only drive 10K miles. You get the idea. And next week when goaliegirl and my wife head off to visit with my wife's sisters, I get to puppysit my in-laws 3-month-old Brittany, as my mother-in-law just had an accident tripping over the puppy and is bed-ridden for a couple of weeks with my father-in-law looking after her.
When they get home, we will begin the school application process. About 1/2 of her schools use the common app, but the long essay can be used on all of her applications. I'm not too worried about acceptances, though. Fortunately, none of her schools are highly competitive and she is at least in the middle 50% at all schools with regards to grades and ACT/SAT scores. Add in a 3-sport varsity athlete and you generally get an acceptance. And most of her schools are also rolling admissions.
Speaking of DoDMERB, how long of a delay did you have between the "get your interview" notification and getting your packet from Concorde? Our next logistical challenge is getting her in for the physical before Labor Day. Otherwise, she is 1000 miles from us, making it a wee bit difficult to get her to the facility.
And you bring up the no-ROTC safety option. A truly difficult subject. If hockey is still in the picture, there are a couple of schools on the list where we might still be OK financially, but we'd definitely need to add a couple of more hockey type schools. I can think of 2 that we could add that we could swing financially. Goaliegirl has seen both schools, so I know they would be OK. If hockey is not an option (say a year-long injury), then we have some local financial and academic safeties where she can cool her jets while she recovers and transfer later.
Color coding the cells is also a good idea. I was thinking Red/Yellow/Green where Red is an unfavorable characteristic (unsatisfactory town, another incoming goalie, etc.); Yellow is an unknown or unanswered characteristic (one school is a new hockey program); Green would be a favorable characteristic (All considered academic majors/minors, R&B supplement, etc.).
I don't think any school will be all green, but if she decides to order her characteristics by priorities, seeing a lot of red at the top will help to move those schools down the list.
At this point, we are only AROTC because only 2 D3 womens hockey schools have AFROTC and 1 has NROTC (same as 1 of the AFROTC schools). And both of those schools have AROTC. Plus her intended field(s) of study are not in the Engineering/Math/Hard Sciences world and her overall academic profile is not as competitive as many, making it a long shot. Yeah, she might get another service ROTC, but it doesn't increase the potential for places to play, nor chances of a scholarship. And her military career goals do not include flying or being at sea, so the Army can satisfy her needs.
In our situation, it is the driving that exhausts me. Basically we live about 1000 miles from goaliegirl's school, the hockey camp/tournament she went to this summer, the school touring trip we just got back from. So far this summer I've only drive 10K miles. You get the idea. And next week when goaliegirl and my wife head off to visit with my wife's sisters, I get to puppysit my in-laws 3-month-old Brittany, as my mother-in-law just had an accident tripping over the puppy and is bed-ridden for a couple of weeks with my father-in-law looking after her.
When they get home, we will begin the school application process. About 1/2 of her schools use the common app, but the long essay can be used on all of her applications. I'm not too worried about acceptances, though. Fortunately, none of her schools are highly competitive and she is at least in the middle 50% at all schools with regards to grades and ACT/SAT scores. Add in a 3-sport varsity athlete and you generally get an acceptance. And most of her schools are also rolling admissions.
Speaking of DoDMERB, how long of a delay did you have between the "get your interview" notification and getting your packet from Concorde? Our next logistical challenge is getting her in for the physical before Labor Day. Otherwise, she is 1000 miles from us, making it a wee bit difficult to get her to the facility.
And you bring up the no-ROTC safety option. A truly difficult subject. If hockey is still in the picture, there are a couple of schools on the list where we might still be OK financially, but we'd definitely need to add a couple of more hockey type schools. I can think of 2 that we could add that we could swing financially. Goaliegirl has seen both schools, so I know they would be OK. If hockey is not an option (say a year-long injury), then we have some local financial and academic safeties where she can cool her jets while she recovers and transfer later.
Color coding the cells is also a good idea. I was thinking Red/Yellow/Green where Red is an unfavorable characteristic (unsatisfactory town, another incoming goalie, etc.); Yellow is an unknown or unanswered characteristic (one school is a new hockey program); Green would be a favorable characteristic (All considered academic majors/minors, R&B supplement, etc.).
I don't think any school will be all green, but if she decides to order her characteristics by priorities, seeing a lot of red at the top will help to move those schools down the list.