USNA appointed with waiverapproved but still waiting on NROTC

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mara

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Hi all- I apologize if this has been asked- My DD has been appointed with a USNA waiver (she is going on a CVW and weighing all her options) but NROTC still states pending review. Any thoughts or experience on the NROTC process? Waiver is requested for the same issue.
 
The granting of waivers is up to the commissioning authority and not the service itself. Therefore, NROTC can reach a different decision than USNA. Also, I believe there are condition that USNA can grant waivers for and NROTC cannot. That's probably something I picked up from a post here so I'm not certain about the accuracy of that statement. I doubt NROTC would pursue a waiver before they decided to award a scholarship, since contracting and money changing hands would still be dependent on the waiver, and they don't normally start the DoDMERB process until after the scholarship is awarded. That last is just a logical guess on my part, but that's how I wold run it if I were running it.
 
kinnem said:
The granting of waivers is up to the commissioning authority and not the service itself. Therefore, NROTC can reach a different decision than USNA. Also, I believe there are condition that USNA can grant waivers for and NROTC cannot. That's probably something I picked up from a post here so I'm not certain about the accuracy of that statement. I doubt NROTC would pursue a waiver before they decided to award a scholarship, since contracting and money changing hands would still be dependent on the waiver, and they don't normally start the DoDMERB process until after the scholarship is awarded. That last is just a logical guess on my part, but that's how I wold run it if I were running it.
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Thank you for the information. She has already received the scholarship notification for Princeton. In this case do you recommend reaching out to DODMERB or NROTC.
 
I think you just have to wait, but if she plans on attending Princeton it wouldn't be a bad idea to reach out to that unit in any case to let them know she plans on coming. They can perhaps give her guidance on the waiver at that time.
 
kinnem said:
I think you just have to wait, but if she plans on attending Princeton it wouldn't be a bad idea to reach out to that unit in any case to let them know she plans on coming. They can perhaps give her guidance on the waiver at that time.
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Thank you!
 
My DS needed a waiver for NROTC as well and currently has it after some time. One of the documents he received when getting the scholarship said to contact them if the waiver process didn't start 8 weeks after being awarded the prize. We contacted DodMERB and they gave us the contact for NROTC that initiates the process. They then contacted DodMERB to start the AMI process. WE did that. Took about a month to get the waiver after they initiated the AMI.
 
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