Hoping for advice and assistance on a few questions. This is my family's first foray into NROTC.
Snapshot: My 17 year old son decided to graduate high school after his junior year (this year) and surprised us by getting an ISR (an early NROTC scholarship) He is a good student, 1500 SAT (780 Math, 720 Verbal) and ~3.8 unweighted GPA and 3rd in his class, 12 AP courses, Eagle Scout, etc. However, he applied to 7 competitive schools and only has 1 Waitlist so far. This is obviously a tactical error he/we made by not applying to more schools and/or by allowing him to graduate early but there is a real possibility that he doesn't get into any of his 7 schools. Initially, his attitude was that he would just wait another year and go to our local state school and try it again for his preferred schools. But now, of course, he really wants to go to college a be NROTC.
Questions:
1) Are there any schools that will consider a late or rolling application for a well qualified NROTC student?
2) Can the NROTC scholarship be award be delayed by a year or does he need to apply again?
3) Can NROTC advocate for someone on the Waitlist?
Any information is very helpful, thank you. I was USNA and his Mom went Navy OCS. His brother is going to be USNA Class of 2027 so we are a Navy family, just with no experience with NROTC.