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The only school my son got accepted to wasn't on his top 3. He got the AROTC scholarship to his 1st choice. He sent a letter explaining that he'd been accepted to school #4 on his list and requested a transfer. It was granted.

This may not be the best example of the type of transition the OP is looking to make. I have a chemistry degree. In addition to having to have almost as many math credits as a math major, I also had to take physical chemistry and analytical chemistry, both of which are basically math classes...

Congratulations! Wonderful news! Good luck to him!

Congratulations!!!! Buckle up! This year is gonna be a blur!

Oh wow! A huge FOREIGN city. I imagine that WAS a doozy! As of 2017, Seoul had 9.8 million people - 1.2 MILLION MORE people than New York City! And, major Asian cities are [notoriously] densely populated because they tend to cover relatively small areas. So I imagine it felt that much more...

Parent of a Knob here who was just in Charleston for Parent's Weekend 2 weeks ago. Charleston is a very nice, beautiful coastal city!!! And King Street is a favorite spot for Knobs on leave. Easy to get to by Uber. Lots of restaurants. Lots of people watching opportunities. My Knob told me...

Your stats/profile are very similar to my son's and he got into his desired school and got a 3 year AROTC scholarship. Good luck!

I've already decided that I'm not going into his room while he's away. I tried to avoid going in there while he was here (boy cooties - ick!). There's no reason to go in there now. Maybe I'll go check periodically to make sure no one has moved in with me without my knowing it!

LOL! These responses were AWESOME! I guess I'll trash it. We took a pic of him receiving it, him holding it, and then him holding it while standing next to his great grandma! I guess that's enough. And yes, I was SO hoping he'd get the big check but never thought about what you do with it...

Well, Awards Night has come and gone. I was so anxious for my son to get 'the big check'. And he did. But now that I'm looking at packing up his room and what not, it's like 'I've still got this giant check sitting around'. :yllol: What have others done with it? Frame it? Fold it up and...

This was beautiful!

My son's school didn't allow recruiters to wear uniforms but they were still very visible. DS had been 'talking' to them since his freshman year, even though they would remind him that technically, they couldn't talk to him till he was 18. The recognition of those who enlisted and the...

They can DO that?!?! My God, why would they even WANT to do that??? It's not like he was there to recruit! I'm truly stunned.

My son will be attending as well. You already know which company?

My son received the big check from a local ROTC program even though he's not going to that school. Lots of applause when he went up.

:biglaugh::yllol: Don't they require them to do laundry regularly?

I was wondering if I needed to stick around once he got into college. But I'm realizing that this is really only the beginning and there's so much more I'll need to learn - like how to back off, for starters . Glad to know so many of you will still be here. This is a great online community!

OP here. My son's transfer was finally approved on 4/23. I'm shocked that some are still waiting from March! I hope good news comes to all of you soon. Now he's just got to get through the DODMERB...o_O

Oh God NO! This is awful! I'm so sorry! My son had a mild concussion in January or February of this year and I think he disclosed it on his DODMERB. Is he at risk of being disqualified?

My son did campus visits to TAMU, VA Tech, and the Citadel, with overnight visits at TAMU & the Citadel. He loved them all. The overnight visits were very enlightening and I'm glad he got to do them. He go to attend classes and everything. It was great! So I agree if you can do visits...