Son just texted me. Very frustrated after reading some of the forum. DS was emailed yesterday from a school not on his list saying he was very competitive, etc. and good luck, He is pretty much exhausted on the AROTC process after completing everything this past August. The saving grace is he is MO NROTC and the Captain wants him to redo his PFT with the Gunny tomorrow. One of his MC sponsors (Former Marine Officer) went into the Recruiting office Tuesday (just found this out) and spoke with the Captain and hand delivered a letter of recommendation. They told him to come in and knock out the PFT and that he is their #3 MO selection out of the 4 they have in mind for the award. The top two kids got awarded in the first board. I'd prefer him go AROTC but he is pretty focused on the MO NROTC program. Think the AROTC process has burned him out. Even more frustrating to him is he has already been accepted to every school for the AROTC and the MO NROTC scholarships. Good luck to everyone and keep your chin up!
Not sure why he would be frustrated, the application process for an AROTC Scholarship is spelled out pretty clear. Complete the application by certain deadlines to meet the following three Boards. Applicants will be selected by all three boards and the dates are listed for each board. Those that are not selected by the first board will roll over to the next, the same goes for the second board.
There are many applicants that are deemed very competitive, more then will be offered scholarships. Being told that they are very competitive is not a guarantee to be selected by the first board, the first board selects very few winners by comparison to the next two boards.
While it's hard to wait for any results it should not be frustrating, Cadet Command has stated that the results would be out by Feb. 1st, it sounds like they may come earlier then that based on a couple previous posts, not sure why that would be frustrating. If he is Exhausted or Burned Out with the AROTC process, which seems to be running right on schedule, before it's even completed, then he will really be exhausted when it comes time for Component Selection, Branch Selection, Post Selection, BOLC dates and so on, all of which can have much longer wait times and deadline dates that come and go.
I'm sure your son understands that the NROTC-MO is a scholarship that is also awarded on a National level, a recruiter may state that they are a top recommendation but it still goes through a National process, the recruiting office doesn't give the scholarship.
Seeing that a few ROO's (none on this board) have disregarded orders not to notify applicants but have done so anyway, it sounds like the results will be out soon.
I can't emphasize enough having had two sons go through this process and commission in the Army, patience is a virtue. Not only during the scholarship process and all through ROTC but the entire time they are in the military.
Best of luck to your son.
(j/k, j/k, trying to lighten the mood!)
