Absolutely, Bryson, I'll be happy to tell you what the general process is for securing an in-school scholarship at The Citadel, I'll post it on here to provide a reference for anyone else who may be interested.
Essentially, as soon as classes started, I immediately began "harassing" (probably more literally than not towards the end) the LTC in charge of scholarships with the Army department. There will be dozens of other knobs doing the same. Those first couple of months they'll attempt to get all Army-scholarshipped interested knobs' basic high school information (GPA, SAT/ACT's and such) as well as some other early-on information (Citadel PT test score) to place into an OML for scholarships. At the same time, you will be encouraged to complete all of the contracting paperwork (this is the same for cadets who recieved a high school scholarship). This is not to be trifled with: it's a big hairy, scary monster in the form of white paper and black ink, and takes lots of time to complete, with a much-more-than-comfortable room for error (I had to complete a certain document three times, one of which was due to a literal last-minute error)
Once the OML is secured, a certain percentage of cadets interviewed with the PMS as a final part of their "package". This is coupled with the previous data to determine which scholarship the cadet is selected for. The Citadel sends in a request for a scholarship, the Army replies with a yes or a no.
Now, the 4-year scholarship is tricky: the selected cadet must be 100% done with all paperwork, approved by the Army, and ready to take the oath by early-mid December. This year I believe Dec. 17th was the deadline. After that date, 4 year scholarships are voided and become 3.5's. To get everything done and approved, both as a 4th class cadet and as a student, is difficult, but not impossible by any means. But everything MUST be done before that date for that first semester to be paid for. A big issue is the cadet's way home. Christmas furlough at The Citadel starts as soon as a cadet finishes his last exam. What if a cadet is done with his/her exams that Monday, is planning to leave Tuesday morning, but there's a delay in the scholarship process where he/she can't contract until Friday? If a 4-year school-based scholarship is in your cadet's future: prepare to have VERY flexible transportation plans for Christmas break. When I was at that last day at The Citadel, I was planning on leaving at 0830 that morning. My ride had to be on the road by 0930. Inevitable last minute complications yielded running around campus until I was finally able to swear in at 1630. I was lucky to find another way home that didn't involve thumbing my way down I-95
The best advice I can give: NEVER quit!!!
But, that's the basic process.....if you or anyone else has any other questions, feel free to post or PM me.