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The first MO board meets in November, and the second meets in April. There are only 2 Marine option boards for each year, whereas Army ROTC boards meets once a month or so starting in September.

Thanks for the kind words kinnem! :shake: USMCGrunt brought up good points. The essays are an essential part of the application as a whole. It's the first place where the board hears your own words, so make them good! Take up all 2500 characters you are allotted for both. There is...

Hello all- Looking back on the application process, I realized that one of the few guiding sources I had was this forum. People like kinnem are incredibly valuable; use them as fountains of advice. There is intense competition for these scholarships. Given that the Marine Corps is...

Sorry for the late response! I found out yesterday that the scholarship transferred successfully to UVA. I will be a Marine option First Year 4/c (wow that's a mouthful) :shake: What is your DS?

85. Prospective USMC - Marine NROTC 4 year - UVA

Yeah, I was accepted in the early action pool and only found out last week that my original number one wasn't going to work. I found out last Monday, and was put on the waiting list by Wednesday. Since I'm in-state, I would hope that would put me near the top of the list but honestly I have no...

Is anyone here familiar with the wait-list for NROTC? I received an email today stating I had been placed on the waiting list for my three schools, and that "a decision will be made at a later date" regarding what school and where. Because my number one is the school I really desire to go to...

I received a Marine Option NROTC scholarship in the early board to Notre Dame. I just found out that I was denied admission there. Now I would like to transfer the scholarship the the University of Virginia (an in state school). Given that I live in state, what is the probability of a successful...

How do you know what Tier the scholarship is for? I have scanned the portal, and can't seem to find any indication. Is this common for Marine Option scholarship recipients?

I received an email yesterday stating that because it has been 30 days since my last activity, my account is now Inactive. When I tried logging on, it barred me from doing so, and when I tried to reset my password, thinking that I may have put it in wrong, it refused my email altogether. Does...

All went well! I found out yesterday that my status was changed to "Qualified." We followed DoDMERB's instructions and gathered all pre- and post-op records, and sent them in, and I guess it was enough. We also requested a letter from the surgeon who performed the procedure, which I think...

Remedial or DQ? "He was medically disqualified for it, even though we presented a letter from his doctor stating he no longer has ptosis and that his vision is fine and in no way impaired. They still didn't remove the medical disqualification, so I am curious to see if a medical waiver is...

What are the conditions one must have to get past ptosis? I have a remedial for which I need to explain pre and post op eyesight, and I was curious if my case is bad because DoDMERB doesn't seem to like surgery.

The website just updated to reflect that a remedial is requested, but it hasn't uploaded a code or anything to reflect that. Will it update soon, or should I begin looking for a letter in the mail?

Receiving Packet of Information? Has anybody else not received the packet of information that was supposed to come two weeks after notification? I was called on 3 Jan and my portal updated 8 Jan, but I still haven't heard anything.