All advice above is on point. My daughter was put on the wait list for one of her schools a few years ago. It was specifically for the nursing program, after receiving the AROTC 3 year AD scholarship for nursing, the ROO contacted the Dean of Nursing, and my DD contacted admissions on the same day. Later that afternoon she received an email welcoming her to the University and the school of nursing, and stated she would soon receive an official letter but it also stated that they wanted to let her know ASAP since the admissions department recognized that she had a deadline for her AROTC scholarship. So it seems it had an impact. I would think for the very highly selective schools it might not matter, but for my DD’s “more selective” school, it seems like it helped. BTW, that is the school she chose and will graduate from next May.