Tired and getting frustrated. Help please

[FlytillIdie]

As I'm sure some of you already know how it feels, I'm STILL waiting patiently to hear back from the Naval Academy. Two of my friends have been accepted to West Point and the USMMA. I'm trying my best to be patient and to keep waiting, but I wanted to post this today because of something that came in the mail.

Back in August I applied for a Navy ROTC scholarship, but my application was weaker than my application for the Academy... BUT anyways, today I received a letter in the mail notifying me that I did not recieve the scholarship... At this point I'm obviously feeling down and am starting to worry. Does not receiving a NROTC scholarship pretty much mean that I won't get an appointment to the Naval Academy? I have two nominations, and a very strong application. Please help or give some advice/ guidance. Im starting to worry, but I'm still trying to be calm and patient.

Thanks,
Phil

[quick]

One does not have to do with the other. The ROTC board and the USNA board are completely different and have nothing to do with one another. Both boards weigh things differently. I don't think they even speak to each other about common candidates or know if a candidate gets accepted to one or the other Just because you got rejected to one doesn't mean you won't get the other. Stay positive. I know how you feel i'm in the same boat and its killing me as well.

[FlytillIdie]

I'm worried that if I'm not able to receive an ROTC scholarship if this means that I am not even close to being able to getting an appointment.. But then again another side of me wonders if I did not receive a scholarship because I am going to receive an appointment? Im not quite sure... I just dont understand really how I did not receive a ROTC scholarship but yet I got 2 nominations and I have such a strong application. (and I'm not saying that it is not competetive or diffficult to receive an ROTC scholarship...)

[quick]

I understand what you're saying but i think that ROTC looks for different things than USNA. I really doubt not getting the scholarship has anything to do with receiving an appointment.

[jbowman55]

Keep your going.

There are fewer slots for NROTC than for USNA. And you were only considered for the slots at your five colleges.
The criteria are different.
Never say die, FlytillIdie!

[FlytillIdie]

I guess I am just upset now. Because I was accepted into Embry Riddle and I was waiting to hear back from Purdue, both of which were my NROTC schools... so now im not sure what to do for a "back-up"

[grtkidmom]

supporting jwbowman55 comments

The following 2011-2012 NROTC Scholarship information was obtained from Department of Navy NSTC (Naval Service Training Command) communication dated 16 December 2010.

2011-2012 NROTC Scholarships
LREC 47/20
ISR 150/65
ASR 110/78
MSISR 230/138
COSR 10/5
CNSB 1133/519
CNSB (Nurse) 150/100
Total 1830/925

* Offers/Enrolls
LREC – Language Regional Expertise & Culture Awareness
ISR- Immediate Scholarship Reservation
ASR – Alternative Scholarship Reservation
MSISR – Minority Serving Institution Scholarship Reservation
COSR - Cyber Option Scholarship Reservation
CNSB – Continuous National Selection Board

Interesting numbers, overall a 9.23% reduction from last year

[jennyp]

ROTC and USNA do not share knowledge ala "We are gonna give Joe Sailor and appointment, so don't give him a scholarship...."

You do need a back up plan. You need to know what you will do if a TWE arrives. My son's back up plan was to attend Texas A&M, no scholarship (he got NROTC scholarship to a school he didn't want) and apply to USNA again. I think that made the waiting a tad bit easier, because he knew exactly what he was going to do in the event of a TWE in our mailbox. So, you need to decide if you want to attend Embry Riddle, Purdue, or some community college and try to strengthen your application and try again or simply attend another college and be satisfied there.

NROTC is not the only scholarship game in town. The kind of kids who are competitive for ROTC scholarships and SA appointments are also competitive for many other scholarships at most colleges and universities. At this point, you should be pursuing all possibilities with fervor. And all avenues of financial aid.

[GA_USNA_Dad]

My son also received a rejection letter from NROTC. We could laugh about it because he has an appointment to USNA. We had felt all along that it would be a tougher road to get the NROTC scholarship that the appointment, and this proved true. He plans to hold on to that rejection letter for some additional motivation to do well at USNA and beyond! Having been rejected by NROTC does not mean that you have no chance for USNA!

[USNAhopeful~2015]

Originally Posted by FlytillIdie

As I'm sure some of you already know how it feels, I'm STILL waiting patiently to hear back from the Naval Academy. Two of my friends have been accepted to West Point and the USMMA. I'm trying my best to be patient and to keep waiting, but I wanted to post this today because of something that came in the mail.

Back in August I applied for a Navy ROTC scholarship, but my application was weaker than my application for the Academy... BUT anyways, today I received a letter in the mail notifying me that I did not recieve the scholarship... At this point I'm obviously feeling down and am starting to worry. Does not receiving a NROTC scholarship pretty much mean that I won't get an appointment to the Naval Academy? I have two nominations, and a very strong application. Please help or give some advice/ guidance. Im starting to worry, but I'm still trying to be calm and patient.

Thanks,
Phil

HAHAHA! Bud, EXACT thing happened to me today. I applied NROTC as well and got a rock thrown at me when I received at text from my mom "You have a letter from the Department of the Navy". After about 30 minutes of maximum stress and worry I tear open the letter I thought I'd been waiting for for 2 years and...NOT what I wanted.

Didn't get the scholarship. Still waiting...praying maybe the next alarm will be the real one. Hang in there, some of us are still waiting on the edge of our seats as well!

Best wishes- Go Navy!
Bri