Start checking NROTC portal!!

c2m3m said:
According to the insider, this year they are focusing more on EC's and being well-rounded than academic stats.
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Darn. Those are my big selling points. Still, good to know that there's an end date to the wait.
 
c2m3m said:
The next NROTC board is the week of March 18. Insider knowledge-confirmed. Given the standard 2 weeks for results to be posted and the fact they usually post on Friday, I would expect to see results posted around April 5. After that, I would expect the final board to be in April, probably the week of April 8, with results posted around April 26. Good luck to all. According to the insider, this year they are focusing more on EC's and being well-rounded than academic stats.
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...I thought February was the last board...where is March and April coming from?
 
From NCSU NROTC Unit Site

c. The NROTC college/university selection and placement process
Before offering advice on the college/ university placement section, I will take a step back for a moment to familiarize you with how the whole process works. Scholarship selection boards for the Navy meet about a dozen or more times (depending on the total number of applications) throughout the year with the first board usually convening in late August/ early September. Marine Corps scholarship selection boards are held in November and February. Each board will review approximately 500 applications and they are reviewed in the order in which they are received. For this reason, you want to make every effort to have all of your application complete by early August so that you will be reviewed as early as possible. By August, there are usually 2,000 to 3,000 applications completed so if you’re just finishing in the September timeframe, you may not be reviewed until several months later. The selection board ―scores‖ all of the applications it reviews based on everything contained in the application and then selects the top hundred or so highest scoring applications. Those not selected are automatically rolled to the next board which would meet about a month later and select another hundred or so applications. In this manner, about 1,800 to 1,900 students will ultimately be selected over the course of the year (the last board meets in April) out of the roughly 8,000 to 10,000 that apply. This represents around a 20 percent acceptance rate, though it varies by year. Again, this is why you want to take the time to make your application as strong as possible. Once a board has chosen the hundred or so students it will select, those applications are then sent to a placement department which determines what college/ university NROTC unit each scholarship will be assigned to. Obviously, every effort is made to place a student where he/ she wants to go, but other factors do come into play. For example, each particular unit (there are roughly 70 total) has a certain ―quota‖ or max number of students that they can accept in a given year. NC State’s quota is usually 30. For us, this means that once 30 students have been placed in our unit and have accepted the scholarship offer, no additional students will be added here. If a 31st student was selected and their application went to placement, they may then be assigned to their number two, three, or four choice of school (again, depending on availability at that school). There are a few ―morals‖ to this story. First, it is very important that you actually apply to all of the five schools that you list on your scholarship application because it is possible that you may not be assigned to your first choice. Second, you want to have your application completed early (before the August board) so that you maximize your odds of being assigned to your first choice (because certain schools, like NC State, tend to fill up fast). Other things that affect placement include whether a certain school would be in-state or out-of-state for a particular student. As you might expect, this doesn’t apply to private schools like Duke, MIT, etc. where there is no difference in tuition and most students come from out-of-state. It does, however, apply to state schools like NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, etc. For these type of schools, the Navy requires that a minimum of 50 percent of students placed there come from within that particular state. It is for this reason that you will be required to place at least one state school on your list of five.
 
c2m3m said:
c. The NROTC college/university selection and placement process
Before offering advice on the college/ university placement section, I will take a step back for a moment to familiarize you with how the whole process works. Scholarship selection boards for the Navy meet about a dozen or more times (depending on the total number of applications) throughout the year with the first board usually convening in late August/ early September. Marine Corps scholarship selection boards are held in November and February. Each board will review approximately 500 applications and they are reviewed in the order in which they are received. For this reason, you want to make every effort to have all of your application complete by early August so that you will be reviewed as early as possible. By August, there are usually 2,000 to 3,000 applications completed so if you’re just finishing in the September timeframe, you may not be reviewed until several months later. The selection board ―scores‖ all of the applications it reviews based on everything contained in the application and then selects the top hundred or so highest scoring applications. Those not selected are automatically rolled to the next board which would meet about a month later and select another hundred or so applications. In this manner, about 1,800 to 1,900 students will ultimately be selected over the course of the year (the last board meets in April) out of the roughly 8,000 to 10,000 that apply. This represents around a 20 percent acceptance rate, though it varies by year. Again, this is why you want to take the time to make your application as strong as possible. Once a board has chosen the hundred or so students it will select, those applications are then sent to a placement department which determines what college/ university NROTC unit each scholarship will be assigned to. Obviously, every effort is made to place a student where he/ she wants to go, but other factors do come into play. For example, each particular unit (there are roughly 70 total) has a certain ―quota‖ or max number of students that they can accept in a given year. NC State’s quota is usually 30. For us, this means that once 30 students have been placed in our unit and have accepted the scholarship offer, no additional students will be added here. If a 31st student was selected and their application went to placement, they may then be assigned to their number two, three, or four choice of school (again, depending on availability at that school). There are a few ―morals‖ to this story. First, it is very important that you actually apply to all of the five schools that you list on your scholarship application because it is possible that you may not be assigned to your first choice. Second, you want to have your application completed early (before the August board) so that you maximize your odds of being assigned to your first choice (because certain schools, like NC State, tend to fill up fast). Other things that affect placement include whether a certain school would be in-state or out-of-state for a particular student. As you might expect, this doesn’t apply to private schools like Duke, MIT, etc. where there is no difference in tuition and most students come from out-of-state. It does, however, apply to state schools like NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, etc. For these type of schools, the Navy requires that a minimum of 50 percent of students placed there come from within that particular state. It is for this reason that you will be required to place at least one state school on your list of five.
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That's the best write up I've ever seen. And given that Google reveals all I've saved a link to the website that has other good info. Thanks much!
 
My DS's NROTC portal was just updated to state he got a scholarship to UVa. Decision time!

Also received an E-mail from NSTC with this note:

EMBRY RIDDLE IS CLOSED TO NAVY OPTION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSFER NOR REQUEST PLACEMENT ON THE WAITLIST FOR EMBRY RIDDLE.
As well University of San Diego, Penn State & Virginia Tech are also closed to Navy Option Scholarship Recipients, however consideration will be given for placement on the waitlist for Penn State & VPI if and only if you are eligible to receive instate tuition (this means a reduction in tuition costs). Consideration will also be given to individuals that would receive instate tuition at one of USD's cross-town affiliated schools, UCSD, SDSU, or CSUSM only. USD and Point Loma are not options in which the scholarship can be transferred.


Best of luck to all!
 
Congratulations VaDad! My daughter's portal was also updated today - she was offered a 4-year Navy Option scholarship to the University of Oklahoma (which is an out-of-state school for her).

Good luck to all!
 
UVA!!

Our son's portal also updated this afternoon with some great news:

Navy Option University of Virginia!!

We are all thrilled and anxiously awaiting UVA's decision day (01 APR)

GO HOOS!!
 
Well, it looks like good news from the Navy Option folks. No news yet for Marine-Options as far as I know (personally, I haven't recieved word yet.)
 
Congrats vadad and usna82. DS is 3rd year UVa nrotc, let me know if I can be any help.
 
Congratulations. Nice to see the Navy Board results are coming out. Marine Options, keep in mind yours is a separate board so you still may be waiting a while.
 
I was notified that I received a 4 year nrotc scholarship to MIT but I was also notified that I was rejected from MIT today. Is there anything I can do, or is nrotc at MIT now impossible for me?
 
Ask To Have It Transfered

saf said:
I was notified that I received a 4 year nrotc scholarship to MIT but I was also notified that I was rejected from MIT today. Is there anything I can do, or is nrotc at MIT now impossible for me?
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Regarding NROTC at MIT, I don't think anything can be done as ROTC and admissions are separate processes. What you can do, though, is to ask to have the scholarship transferred to another one of your five school choices that you listed for NROTC and have been accepted to. You will have to indicate your intent to accept the scholarship before the deadline.

I would recommend you contact the detachment to a school you have been accepted to, and are interested in attending, to ask if they can advocate for the transfer of your scholarship. They should know if they still have any scholarships slots. A word of warning though, other posts on this forum indicate that many of more popular NROTC detachments have no more scholarship slots available.

Your situation is one of the reasons that many of the highly selective schools end up having ROTC scholarships going unfilled.
 
Accepted!

Good news! Son just got his first choice (NC State)!! His first choice!! Very excited for him! Good luck to everyone else!
 
Congratulations to you and your DS mudhen. Projected high temp of 74 here in the sunny heart of Carolina on Saturday! :smile:
 
Congratulations to jbrichmond22 and everyone who has heard thus far!
 
Navy or Marine option? It seems like only Navy option folks have heard yet.
 
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