Minimalmaple28
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Be thankful you even GOT a scholarshipThank you! Also, I received a 3 year scholarship. There's a chance this could get upgraded before the Fall 2019 term, correct?
Be thankful you even GOT a scholarshipThank you! Also, I received a 3 year scholarship. There's a chance this could get upgraded before the Fall 2019 term, correct?
You can snail mail the form back or upload into your portal.
No for DS this time also : ( It's a long wait when you have your paperwork in before the first board! What happens to all the winning offers that people do not select because they got in a different branch ROTC
or MA?
Sounds like a plan, I'll do that and then decide. Parents still pushing against Army though, said they wouldn't give me any money for college if I did Army ROTCI was informed that I received a 4 year Navy Scholarship Wednesday and 4 year Army today, what a week! Now I just need to get accepted into my schools...
You will have 30 days to accept or decline the AROTC Scholarship, if your not sure which to accept or you're still waiting to see what schools you are accepted to you are allowed to accept both scholarships. Once you make up your mind where to go you would then decline the one you don't use.
Plenty of people get scholarships while in Rotc. You can get anywhere from 3 - 3.5 years of money.I didn’t win, and I literally had to throw up in class after I saw with all my nervousness crashing down. This is extremely frustrating, I will persist. It’s doesn’t look good, as I don’t consider myself very competitive. Theyll be a bunch of last minute applicants with better scores who will jump me in the OML on the next board, so I’ll have to be looking more towards plan B
I’d go with what the ROO said, technology can be finicky. Here’s hoping I get a call like that, as, it says I'm not a winner in the portal.My DD did not receive a scholarship this round according to portal. She just got a call from her #2 school that she has been awarded a 4 year army rotc nursing scholarship. Is it possible portal could be incorrect? She got off the phone before asking if it was a campus based scholarship or not, but when she told him I thought I was passed over to next board, he said,”Nope, you are wrong. You have won a 4 year.” Any thoughts?
My DD did not receive a scholarship this round according to portal. She just got a call from her #2 school that she has been awarded a 4 year army rotc nursing scholarship. Is it possible portal could be incorrect? She got off the phone before asking if it was a campus based scholarship or not, but when she told him I thought I was passed over to next board, he said,”Nope, you are wrong. You have won a 4 year.” Any thoughts?
An unlikely situation to occur but feel blessed! I hope it works out for you guys.My DD did not receive a scholarship this round according to portal. She just got a call from her #2 school that she has been awarded a 4 year army rotc nursing scholarship. Is it possible portal could be incorrect? She got off the phone before asking if it was a campus based scholarship or not, but when she told him I thought I was passed over to next board, he said,”Nope, you are wrong. You have won a 4 year.” Any thoughts?
My DD did not receive a scholarship this round according to portal. She just got a call from her #2 school that she has been awarded a 4 year army rotc nursing scholarship. Is it possible portal could be incorrect? She got off the phone before asking if it was a campus based scholarship or not, but when she told him I thought I was passed over to next board, he said,”Nope, you are wrong. You have won a 4 year.” Any thoughts?
You will get a BFE in the mail. It'll have a certificate in a plastic cover.
Wow, they give certificates now?
Both my son's just got the packet with instructions to "Sign Here"
No for DS this time also : ( It's a long wait when you have your paperwork in before the first board! What happens to all the winning offers that people do not select because they got in a different branch ROTC
or MA?
My DD did not receive a scholarship this round according to portal. She just got a call from her #2 school that she has been awarded a 4 year army rotc nursing scholarship. Is it possible portal could be incorrect? She got off the phone before asking if it was a campus based scholarship or not, but when she told him I thought I was passed over to next board, he said,”Nope, you are wrong. You have won a 4 year.” Any thoughts?
Personally, I'd have my DD continue to refresh the portal. Some of these government systems of "glitchy." Maybe it didn't update yet.
How do we accept? What are the next steps in general? I know we have to qualify for DODMERB etc. but how do I schedule such a screening?
You will get a BFE in the mail. It'll have a certificate in a plastic cover.
In the packet will be a couple forms. One of the forums has the list of 3-4 schools that Cadet Command will give you an option. You indicate which school you will designate the scholarship and sign the form accepting it. I think I had to sign it too because my DD is only 17 years old.
You can snail mail the form back or upload into your portal.
I think my DD had 2 weeks to decide which school she will designate the scholarship and return the form.
+1 to @GoCubbies . . . in times past, some folks had to completely shutdown their computer and restart in order to properly clear the cache! Upon restart they found they had indeed been awarded a scholarship. Not sure if the problem was on the AROTC end or their own computer, and it may be that this glitch has been fixed, but if you did not receive a portal update showing you had been awarded a scholarship, please try it.
My DS is still waiting to hear from his first choice school (and #1 listed school on the scholarship), and is not scheduled to hear until 3/22. That will be tight to make the 30-day notification. Should he contact admissions and or ROO at that school to check in?
DS was told once you are boarded you can only improve your chances with an improve PFT or test scores. No letters of recommendations, etc.For those that did not get a scholarship, it's painful and gut wrenching to have to wait for the next Board. No other way to describe it. As a parent, its a tough situation, we all want the best for our kids. DS did not get offered anything at the first board but got a 3-year this time. I would suggest that you take the advice of the more experienced people and ROs that post on this board and try to increase your chances. Keep trying !!!!