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DS is also taking the R&B option. Does he claim it on his taxes or do we? I knew R&B was taxable, but didn't think about who would claim it.

Woohoo! DS was finally contracted. I was getting nervous after some harrowing (shall we say) obstacles :wink: that kept pushing back his contract date. Now he is off to his FTX at Camp Elliot. It pouring torrential rain, should be fun!! :biggrin:

Yes, they were really slow in getting the contracts ready to sign, even though my son had his paperwork done before school started. Then they made him wait to take the APFT test. And of course, as I said in an earlier post, the day he was finally able to sign the contract, the government shut...

At least your kiddo is "contracted". Mine is being told, he cannot until this mess is resolved. I spoke with the Cpt. While we can swing his current situation financially, I don't know about how much longer. I guess it is more loans for us. We were hoping for some relief. At least the school he...

Thank you for your response. He absolutely loves his company and his experience has not been diminished being at the cross-town school, with certain minor differences. He is just feeling frustrated because he was there with pen in hand when the shutdown occurred and now there seems to be no...

Well, DS has yet to contract. He was in the office getting ready to sign when government shut down. He is at a cross-town affiliate so things move a little slowly. Now the everything is back up and running, they are telling him that he is not a priority and that they need to first work on...

Do you think they may extend the deadline? DS was sitting in the cadre's office ready to sign the contract when he came out to inform him the government shutdown has stopped all contracts being signed. I know he was really looking forward to applying for CULP. Is there an end in sight?!

Now feeling a little nervous. DS is at a cross-town affiliate, he finally made it down to BN to sign his contract last week and 1 minute before he was called in to sign, the Lt Col came out to notify the cadets that he was instructed to stop all contracts due to government shutdown. Now what do...

Thanks for the info. I think he takes his official PFT in October and it seems that we are probably looking at November/December timeframe. We were going to save it and apply it to next year's R&B since final payment will be in January. I guess we will always be a year behind. PS- He is in...

I did speak to the bursar and the housing office, but since he is taking the Room & Board option, no deferments allowed. Oh well, I guess we will just hurry up and wait :) Do you know if this will be the same way each year? I think he may be the only scholarship winner at his school. They said...

Just kidding... :cool: But seriously, my son earned an AROTC 4-year national scholarship and started school last week. He had been in contact with the Cadre at his school and turned in all the necessary paper over the summer, including the dreaded 104-R. Now I believe he is waiting to take the...

Thanks for the advice. DS talked to the cadre today, he mentioned filling out paperwork. I assume that includes the 104r. He suggested he just go down there to fill it out. Will investigate it out. Other than that, looks like I can sit back and relax:wink: While DS will be running, running and...

Whew! Scholarship awarded, DoDMERB Qualified, Deposit made, Housing secured and spoke with the on-campus cadre (DS is at a cross-town affiliate), so now what's next? (I guess the hurry up and wait continues! :wink:) PS - After hearing all the DQ'd stories, I was a little worried that DS would...

DS will be at a partner school, guessing that's a cross-town affiliate. The ROTC rep(?) was actually at the school when we went on a tour (it was Spring Break). He explained that all the PT and classes were taken on his campus. Which is helpful because the commute to the host campus would be...

1.Wienerdog-selected 4 yr NROTC to Rutgers 2013 (1/28 notified) 2.Sheriff3-DS accepted AROTC 4YR to University of Colorado-Fall 2013 (02/01 notified) 3.Cajuncarrier-DS accepted AROTC 4 yr scholarship to LSU 2/4/2013 4.mman5247-accepted 4 yr NROTC to Rutgers 2013 5.ProudOfOurMilitary-DS-AROTC...

Hope that my previous post doesn't sound ungrateful. DS is over the moon. This was his last choice school, but his greater goal is to be an officer. He is definitely taking the scholarship and looking forward to this fall.

DS just received his letter in the mail today. The offer was a 4 year to an IS school. In the letter and explanation it offers tuition and mandatory educational fees. I always thought it was for tuition or room & board. Being an IS school, tuition is cheaper and he was hoping to use the...

Thank you for your advice. Hopefully he will hear something today. If not we found the phone number to call and will follow that lead tomorrow. Looks as thought the school is on Spring Break. Once we know for sure, I am sure there will be many more questions to follow. Does anyone know if there...

Should DS be concerned? His portal changed to show he has received a scholarship, but he still has not received his letter. We are on the West Coast. He has tried calling the ROO at the school listed on the portal, but no answer. He also called the ROO for his #1 school; however, he won't...

Has anyone received their letter yet? Hoping to see it in the mail today. :smile: