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Can someone win the scholarship and then submit a Placement Change to a school that was NOT in their top 5 on the application?

I understand the struggle—I had to drive across my state and into another one to interview. Good luck to him!

Yeah, my interviewing officer read the questions right off of the document. Good luck to your son! Glad to be of assistance.

My finished package (with the letter) is being sent in today! Now it’s time for arguably one of the hardest parts: waiting. For the betterment of current and future applicants, here are a couple helpful sources I found while I was digging for info: -I’m sure many have come across this already...

And yes kinnem, you are correct that one can apply for the 4 year scholarship if he/she has less than 30 college credits under their belt.

Thanks for notifying me of the statement of my activities — another thing my recruiter never mentioned. Do you think it’s ok if I post some helpful documents that I found on the web during my application process? I don’t know if there’s any rules or stipulations on this forum regarding the...

Here’s an interesting update: my recruiter just email me and said he has to apologize because he thought that I was a current high school senior. He assumed I was doing an abroad program and that I was graduating in 2020. He said when he was screening my package, he was accidentally looking at...

Thank you all for the congratulations! To respond to justdoit19, I’ve already graduated high school and I’m currently in Africa. If I get the scholarship, I’ll accept it and use it when I begin school in the fall of 2020. Besides not wearing ripped jeans (good one), what other advice do you all...

Update: my recruiter called and offered me the Immediate Scholarship Reservation deal where I interview with his commanding officer and if he gives his approval, I’ll get a scholarship. Does anyone know how common this is, or is it a rare thing? Thanks.

Update: I took the SAT again and got a 1440 this time (670 eng/770 math). Since the Navy superscores, with my 730 in English from the last test, my composite is now 1500, so fingers crossed that will seal the deal!

That was the reason I said it, because I wanted to convey to him that I’m in it for the Navy, not the money. But just the way he quickly took note of it seemed a little odd.

Also, during the interview when the LT asked me what I’ll do if I don’t receive the scholarship, I said I’d probably join as a college programmer and he instantly wrote something down like he was waiting for it. Do you think it was a good or not-so-helpful thing to say? As in, could the board...

Thank you, kinnem, for the advice. Normally, high schoolers would fill out the app the summer before their senior year and into that fall so that they would utilize the scholarship the next year. I am applying the summer after my graduation so that I can utilize the scholarship for the year...

Thank you all for the advice. I do understand that the best that can come from sharing stats is targeting the areas in which I can improve, but even that is a major help. Here are my stats: For clarification, I’ve already graduated high school. -I took the Applicant Fitness Assessment...

Hello everyone. I’m nearing the end of my NROTC navy option scholarship, and I’ve got my AFA and interview completed. If I shoot out my stats would anyone be willing to chance me? I understand there’s a million “chance me” threads similar to this, but I was wondering if you all could give it a...