Thin White Envelope
Lots of candidates will be notified they are on the waiting list. Many more appointments will be offered in March and even April. Some will be offered late in the process - think May.
Until you have received a letter notifying you that you will NOT receive an appointment - you are still in the running.
IMO - candidates who are notified they are on the waiting list and who will accept a AOG prep scholarship should communicate this to their Regional commander.
ALSO - Any candidate who receives a TWE should open it!! It just might not be a rejection.
My son is also on the NWL.
We've heard that this year will not be a good year for the NWL as far as appointments are concerned. Anyone else hear something different?
cjs - if you are on the NWL and later on admissions realizes that you won't make the cut then you will receive a letter.
From what I heard last year, those who were FQNS were notified of the scholarship in their rejection letter - sort of a consolation prize. I feel kind of bad mentioning it because I don't know if it will happen this year or not.
Again, if you have been on the NWL and have not heard anything for a few weeks - over a month - as we move into March; then make contact. If you would be interested in an AOG scholarship then notify admissions. They are trying to fill those slots as well.
All candidates who are rejected for admission will receive a letter informing them.
Last year all those who were FQNS (fully qualified, not selected) were offered a national 4 year Army ROTC scholarship to the school of their choice. Not sure if that will be the case this year or not.
From what I heard last year, those who were FQNS were notified of the scholarship in their rejection letter - sort of a consolation prize.
One on forum (or another) several kids posted this. Turned out to, in fact be true. I will look for the history and PM you.Where did you hear this? That goes against everything our government and the system stands for.
What makes you say that? Your logic escapes me.
WOW!!! If I dont get an appointment I hope they do the ROTC scholarship deal this year as well! That is a great deal!
Slots at Service Academy's and ROTC scholarships are budgeted based on laws created by Congress. West Point gets a finite amount of money to fund x number of cadets each year. ROTC gets the same. To my knowledge there are no contingency or supplemental funds allocated for this use.
Let's assume 1,300 offers of admission are awarded to West Point and 3,000 fully qualified applicants are not admitted. These 3,000 are given a full four year scholarhip to the college of their choice. 1,000 choose a private college at a cost of $45,000 per year (x 4 years) totalling 180 million dollars. The remainding 2,000attend an in-state school at a cost of $25,000 per year (x 4 years) totalling 200 million dollars. Total cost of 380 million dollars.
They say a West Point education is worth $250,000. For 1,300 incoming cadets this cost would be 325 million dollars, less than what it costs to give out consolation awards. Of course this assume none of the West Point applicants applied for an ROTC scholarship to begin with but you see my point.