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My son did not need any ref letters for af or army rotc scholarship process - believe he just followed the instructions on the websires

Seems to be much ado about nothing - I remember showing up at the academy over 20 years ago thinking how out of shape most kids were. Lots of great officers came from that bunch of out of shape kids. Pretty sure they will figure it out.

My advice would be to go to the school you feel suits you best - you can be a great officer from ANY ROTC program. Go where you feel you will be happy!

Submitted transfer req on last Fri - approved on Thurs (yest). Was in-state to in-state (both public).

Transfer between brigades appoved today - from VCU (4th Bgd) to Radford (1st Bgd). Both are in state public. Very happy it turned out not as impossible as thought to be. Award remained a 4 yr.

Para - how were you notified?

Concur 100% - he made sure he included state public schools instead of only ivy league type stuff.

You are correct - he did get rejected (or waitlisted) from his top schools!! However, luckily Army ROTC is offered at lots of schools. He made sure he included lower level schools where he knew he would get accepted.

Last point - DS was also offered an AF 4 yr with same mediocre stats that met min for gpa and sat. Offered for any degree (nontech or whatever he wants). I think was based on overall well rounded resume with very high PT + making an impact during interview. ---- bottom line is that you must...

Here's what I should add - my oldest applied last year with over a 4.0 plus only missed 1 question on the sat - no scholarship. Did not have the well rounded resume as this years kid had tho (he did have pretty good tho - vol fireman (20hrs/wk), 3 sports/yr with varsity capt's) + job - not...

Academy grad here with son that got 4 yr. Thot I'd share stats for future award seekers. 3.25 weighted Gpa - unweighted much lower mediocre SAT (not terr / not great) several sports w/varsity + some Capt's good vol work (tutors refugees from Africa) crushed pt stuff (mile in the low...