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    Patiently waiting for NROTC

    Delay not always bad news.... Two years ago, my DD received a NROTC scholarship as Tier III and was notified on April 29! So it can happen --- With online banking and deposits easily accessed through college websites, it is possible to make your college deposit at the very last minute if you...
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    NROTC scholarship notification

    Timing of notification? I do not want to raise false hope in those still waiting for notification, BUT my daughter received her YES notification of a NROTC scholarship on April 29 of 2012. She was a TIER III applicant. Even at that late date, with online university access to deposits...
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    NROTC - Any News?

    There are other threads for info, but my DD's portal changed on April 28, 2012, when she was notified of her scholarship. That was just a day before university deposits, acceptance letters, etc were required. It is hard to wait. Have your other plans in place, etc. That long wait is what...
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    Thoughts of a potential AROTC parent

    I have seen other responses about the effects of grades, alcohol, or physical deficiencies having an effect on scholarship retention. But i want to respond about the fact that an 18 year old, can simply reassess their priorities, just as we adults sometimes do. My DD was awarded a 4 year...
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    NROTC Questions

    My daughter is at a midwestern state university with a NROTC scholarship for LREC. She has completed her freshman year of college. The competition for LREC is very intense. 85% of NROTC scholarships are distributed to engineering and tech majors who comprise Tier 1 and Tier 2. LREC majors...
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    Meeting with the unit before orientation. NROTC College Program

    Welcome to U of I - NROTC! My DD has just completed her freshman year on scholarship at Urbana/Champaign. I don't know anything about the in-school scholarship process so I can't offer any advice on that point. I would try to set up an appt; when my daughter and I were there in the summer...
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    What was your experience at NROTC orientation?

    Spend your summer doing PT and running so you are in the best possible shape for orientation week. At my DD's school this past August they had about a 25% drop rate in the 6 day orientation. Comments I remember her talking about: - learning to not have " eye liberty" - very little sleep -...
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    NROTC/AROTC Help Please

    I will send you a pm. I have never done that before so if you don't get it, this is to let you know I tried so you can contact me again.
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    NROTC/AROTC Help Please

    ZackL - Welcome to U of I and Congrats on winning the "last one to be notified" award. LOL My user name comes from my daughter being notified on April 29th last year about her NROTC award to U of I. She is in her freshman year at U of I NROTC and is enjoying it. More importantly - she is...
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    Columbia NROTC

    From this web link - it DOES NOT appear that Columbia has a NROTC program, but they do mention a Marine component. Here is a partial quote from their webpage and a link to the page itself. BEGIN QUOTE: In the many years of its existence Columbia's NROTC program graduated thousands of...
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    No decision still on NROTC portal

    Last year my daughter received her POSITIVE news on April 29 --- it could still happen! Good luck to you.
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    NROTC scholarship notification

    to justine and h20mom I know how difficult the waiting process can be - it was the origin of my user name last spring! BUT........ You can still hear good news at this late date. My daughter received her NROTC LREC scholarship on April 29, 2012. And she is currently enjoying her first year...
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    NROTC Recruiter

    My daughter received a NROTC scholarship this past year; she is now a freshman at her University. We never used a recruiter, and in fact did not know that working with a recruiter was even a possibility. She did receive an e-mail once along the way, but it seemed to be a follow up to the online...
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    Start checking NROTC portal!!

    For NROTC - in the spring of 2012, my DD received a positive update on her portal on APRIL 29 - 2 days before college deposits are due - which is also 2 days before they become non-refundable! We did have plan B in place and because everything is online these days, we were able to request a...
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    Application questions

    I can help a bit with the NROTC question. Last year when my daughter applied, the essay prompts are revealed in the online application, and the applicant answers them online. Because you can save your application and come back to it, you can work on the essays and then copy/paste them into...
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