bjkuds
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Got a scholarship notice today....even after school said his name didn't show up! Good luck everyone.....they are still sending them out!
Great news!! Congratulations!!
Got a scholarship notice today....even after school said his name didn't show up! Good luck everyone.....they are still sending them out!
whsoccerjc21 said:I know that it is for certain occupation and I know that I don't have a complete choice in my MOS but at the same time, I don't think the Army would put someone who isn't good at math into idk an accounting role.
Hi All,
I bit the bullet and called our ROO. DS is not on the list. Our ROO said he saw the most activity on Thursday and Friday with a few yesterday and one today for our school. He said there could possibly be a few more but it's not looking good. He said that I could call him back on Friday to see if by chance my DS was selected.
It has been fun waiting it out with you all.
Congratulations to everyone including those of us who weren't awarded. We will find a way!
If anything changes I will update.
Sorry Niko'smom. Hopefully a miracle happens or your DS has a plan B. I told DS a long time ago that it was a long shot, but one worth taking. My words to him are ringing true and it stinks. They are great kids and there are options.Hi All,
I bit the bullet and called our ROO. DS is not on the list. Our ROO said he saw the most activity on Thursday and Friday with a few yesterday and one today for our school. He said there could possibly be a few more but it's not looking good.
He said that I could call him back on Friday to see if by chance my DS was selected.
It has been fun waiting it out with you all.
Congratulations to everyone including those of us who weren't awarded. We will find a way!
If anything changes I will update.
Why are statuses not being updated? People who have recently posted said that their status changed to "we are sorry but you did not receive a scholarship.... "something like that. What does it mean for people whose statuses have not changed?
I just wanted to post a few of my opinions on how to improve this whole process. For one, there were many people who like me were completely finished with their application and board ready by mid July. Yet they wait until April and get nothing. I just feel like they showed their dedication to ROTC by getting everything in early and yet got no reward.
Also I think CC's requirements focus too much on grades. It's no secret that some of the best soldiers are not "book smart". Most of the education you learn during ROTC is new material and not taught during high school. So why is it then that your high school GPA is so heavily weighed? I'm not saying that people almost failing should be granted scholarships, but I believe they should go into more depths of the students high school grades. For example I ended up having a 3.3 through my first 3 years. If you look at my actual grades the class that is keeping it down is math. The main reason its low is because I am not interested in math, and I'm not scared to say so. However if you look at my history and english grades (Which I believe are more useful in the Army anyways), they are fantastic because I find that more interesting. Not to mention if they had requested grades from my senior year my GPA would have risen to around a 3.6 because I am enrolled in classes I enjoy learning about and my grades reflect that. Obviously ROTC interests me so my grades will be higher. Also why is it that colleges and university's across the country are slowly phasing SAT and ACT scores out of requirements because they realize they are not true indicators of how smart a student really is, yet CC still requires high scores in order to receive a scholarship? I understand that grades are still important, but I think CC should weigh them a little less compared to things like leadership and physical attributes. I believe that my other attributes should make me a great soldier even without stellar grades. (3 years of varsity sports, 1 year of captain, Received a leadership award for my team, in great shape, and did awesome on the interview.)
With that being said, I am still hoping for some good news today, and regardless of whether I get the scholarship or not, I will be enrolling in ROTC come the fall. Good luck to everyone who is still waiting. And I hope I didn't offend anyone with my post, these are just my opinions.
Sorry Niko'smom. Hopefully a miracle happens or your DS has a plan B. I told DS a long time ago that it was a long shot, but one worth taking. My words to him are ringing true and it stinks. They are great kids and there are options.
Please do!
I just saw KevDawgsPop's post and while I want to keep the faith it sound like pretty good information. I think I am going to sign off for now. I want thank everyone; it's been great to have this forum to keep the spirits up over these past few months. I hope all your DS's go on to do great things with there lives. For those of you who’s DS received a scholarship; congratulations & best wishes for their future. For those of us who’s DS did not, I have to believe God must have a different plan for our children, and I pray only good will come from this experience. Good luck to you all!
I’m not looking forward to telling my son the news. It will be a sad day, but he will pick himself up and move on to Plan B. He’s a great kid and I am very proud of him!!
Take care and God bless you all!
10000 scholarship applications and 4 people processing all the apps/offers/phone calls/emails/days off/holidays/weekends. It's a miracle this process even happens each year. Make sure to thank your POC at Cadet Command when this is all over.
My DS is one that received his DoDMERB medical packet last week, finished up all his exams this morning. As of yet he has not received a scholarship offer or seen any status update online.
Our ROO has been fantastic in keeping in touch with us. He is just as perplexed as we are that no offer has come forth since we just received packet. It used to be that getting your medical packet was a good sign and a offer of scholarship usually followed. Guess it's not the case this year.
I am in the exact same position and am hoping for a miracle. Apparently those who didn't receive scholarships are seeing their statuses changed online so I guess at this point that no news is good news. I can't get in touch with my ROO to see what's up and honestly feel bad calling. I called yesterday which is when she told me they were posting stuff as of then, so I feel bad calling her again today and bothering her. I'm just going to tough it out a bit longer.
Why are statuses not being updated? People who have recently posted said that their status changed to "we are sorry but you did not receive a scholarship.... "something like that. What does it mean for people whose statuses have not changed?