I am a senior in high school this year and have been in the Naval ROTC Scholarship process. A few weeks ago I found out I received a 4-year full tuition scholarship to Oregon State University. As excited as I was, I've heard awful things about the DoDMERB process and them wrongly diagnosing. Yesterday (2/15/2013) I had my medical appointment to finish all my appointments, but I have some concerns about what I submitted. I've read many blogs on this website but haven't quite found my situation.
1) I selected "yes" for Allergies even though I have an extremely mild case of plant pollen allergies. Only when the pollen-air count is really high I get runny a nose (I might take some OTC Alavert - which I said no more than about 2 weeks within a year). My dad brought up the point that as selective as DoDMERB can be, they might get suspicious and question whether I have Hay fever or something similar - which I DO NOT- because I mentioned something that didn't really need to be.
2) I said I have a single, 1 inch scar going across my wrist. This came about with me being stupid opening a UPS package - containing Flight Sim X/ navy add-on of all things - with a butchers knife about 4-5 years ago :/ (not the best of decisions). Do you think they would start to think I cut myself and raise suspicion with that?
3) My urine sample tested positive only because it was too dark with high protein levels. I didn't hydrate like I should of that day which is the reason. Is there a chance that they won't let me retake it to test negative?
4) my eyes are pretty bad, but are correctable to 20/20 with glasses. From what I've read, I'll have to get a waiver for that - which won't really surprise me.
Along with these questions, will me being a selected scholarship recipient help my chances at getting waivers? Thanks so much for whoever answers
1) I selected "yes" for Allergies even though I have an extremely mild case of plant pollen allergies. Only when the pollen-air count is really high I get runny a nose (I might take some OTC Alavert - which I said no more than about 2 weeks within a year). My dad brought up the point that as selective as DoDMERB can be, they might get suspicious and question whether I have Hay fever or something similar - which I DO NOT- because I mentioned something that didn't really need to be.
2) I said I have a single, 1 inch scar going across my wrist. This came about with me being stupid opening a UPS package - containing Flight Sim X/ navy add-on of all things - with a butchers knife about 4-5 years ago :/ (not the best of decisions). Do you think they would start to think I cut myself and raise suspicion with that?
3) My urine sample tested positive only because it was too dark with high protein levels. I didn't hydrate like I should of that day which is the reason. Is there a chance that they won't let me retake it to test negative?
4) my eyes are pretty bad, but are correctable to 20/20 with glasses. From what I've read, I'll have to get a waiver for that - which won't really surprise me.
Along with these questions, will me being a selected scholarship recipient help my chances at getting waivers? Thanks so much for whoever answers