ChildeRoland;
Please be aware that there may be some unused, unallocated (i.e. scholarships that were turned down, or where recepient was medically disqualified, etc.), that in some cases end up going to the ROTC unit at university.
These can be awarded as early as July.
Typically this happens with smaller Universities. You won't see this with any Ivy, Big 10, or other large university.
My son busted all 3 boards last year, but was contacted by ROOs at two of the universities listed on his AROTC scholarship app after last board asking if he was still interested. He had a phone interview with one, and an on-site personal interview at the other.
Long story short, he received a call July 3rd with a 4-year scholarship offer to both universities. Had to pick one right then and there. One in-state school is `18000, the other is 14000 for # of students. Both are comparable in $ (about $14,000 per year for tuition, fees, room and board). At the school he picked, they also gave him a room & board scholarship for the full year and he also received a small merit scholarship for all 4 years.
He has done exceptionally well and is training for the Bataan Death March memorial event currently. Absolutely loves AROTC.
Was not a stellar ROTC scholarship applicant (24 ACT, 3.4 GPA, 1 honors course, pt job, lettered in two sports, some volunteer hours, Eagle Scout, only an ok PT score (under 300), but aced the interview (given at a school on his list, but not one where there were any unallocated scholarships left over).
Bottom line, don't give up yet. You might want to have DS start calling some smaller schools to see if they have had unallocated scholarships in the past and how they award them / when.