4 year scholarship chances

[Dckc88]

My DD is nursing major, also - perhaps if she had her application ready to go first round, she may have been offered that scholarship to the more competitive school at that time - I think you're right - they were probably all filled after that round.
So many things to consider. I think it is wise to put a nice mix of schools on your list, only a couple of "reach" schools and more of those you know you can get into. A very sad scenario on this forum is to see students who were offered scholarships but weren't accepted at any of their schools because the reach was too high/competitive.

I think it is important to put the schools the applicant would attend without a scholarship, both academically and financially. That can be tough, I understand that. My daughter chose three schools she could get into, would like to attend and also that our family could afford without a scholarship. She could not submit her application without putting a school in our state. For nursing, there was one option in our state, a very expensive private liberal art school. It was a stretch academically, out of the realm of possibility financially, and not the type of school she thought she would want to go to. She listed it fourth out of four schools. It had also been pretty competitive ROTC wise for nursing because of direct entry and the school waves room and board for everyone on scholarship, so she honestly felt like it was unlikely that she would be offered it. The biggest advantage of that "had to list school" is that it is a direct entry nursing school meaning you get accepted into the school of nursing as a freshman. She could get into the school no problem but the question mark was getting one of the coveted nursing spots. She honestly would of gone to any of the schools on her list, at the time of application preferably her top three that were out of state, but if only offered one she was prepared to go there. She had visited all of them, applied to all of them, and only listed the schools she felt were a good fit, although a fit in different ways. She was offered the 1st, 3rd and 4th options. And she got a nursing spot at the fourth school to. She never
Expected to have that opportunity and she is now a rising sophomore at that school with no regrets. So I agree with you, it is agree to have that dream or stretch school in there, but being realistic about the school chocies should be the primary motivator. She would of joined ROTC without a scholarship and chose schools that she could realistically do that at.

 

[brob]

Thanks for sharing your insights on the process. How wonderful that you DD earned a nursing spot and a scholarship to a dream school! I'm so glad its working out for her. Was she selected during first round? It sounds like you helped her to be realistic about her school selections in the beginning and I think that is so important.
On another note, I totally agree with you about the advantages of direct-entry nursing programs - this encourages a cooperative rather than competitive attitude among students in the major. It makes a world of difference in the atmosphere.

 

[Dckc88]

Thanks for sharing your insights on the process. How wonderful that you DD earned a nursing spot and a scholarship to a dream school! I'm so glad its working out for her. Was she selected during first round? It sounds like you helped her to be realistic about her school selections in the beginning and I think that is so important.
On another note, I totally agree with you about the advantages of direct-entry nursing programs - this encourages a cooperative rather than competitive attitude among students in the major. It makes a world of difference in the atmosphere.

Yes, the direct entry is great there is an assumption you will be there and are treated as such by the faculty! She was a 3rd round pick actually, it was a long year with a lot of plan B and C discussions!

 

[CadetAviator]

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if some of you could throw some guesses as to what my chances are at receiving a AROTC, AFROTC and or NROTC Scholarship.
Class Rank: 72 out of 540 (I switched schools my junior year and my rank was not accounted for from my previous two years)
GPA: UW 3.95 W 4.67 (I have had three AP Classes so far with good AP scores and two Honors level classes)
SAT: Taken Twice May 2017 1310 (640V and 670M) January 2017 (660V and 690M as well as 6 on all three parts of the written exam)
Extracurriculars: Civil Air Patrol in which I am an Amelia Earhart recipient which is Cadet Captain, a fully qualified SAR Ground Team Leader, Mission Scanner (which is I am qualified to go up and conduct Air Search and Rescue in a CAP Aircraft) a Cadet Deputy Commander and Cadet Emergency Services Officer for my unit (I manage the search and rescue team for my unit) as well as several other duty positions and lastly various other SAR qualifications through CAP. I have been a member of a number of school clubs such as NHS, International Student Association, Salsa Dancing Club and Chinese Club. I also have been doing swing dancing outside of school for two years in which I have instructed a number of friends. I was also in Sea Cadets for little over a year in which I got to Cadet Seaman and did several trainings including RT and Master at Arms. I work at the local country club (I have worked several other jobs before throughout high school and middle school) in which I work around 30 hours a week during the school year and over forty hours a week during the summer.
PT: For CAP (we test to military standards such as breaking 90 on pushups, etc) I usually test at as follows: Mile: 6:25 to 6:45 Push-ups: 50-55 Crunches: 50 (in one minute)

Some other things to note, I have some pretty good essays (my ROTC applications are in the latter stages now and should be board ready by the end of the month) and I have had my applications reviewed by several former military officers. I know I do not have really any sports involvement however I do have a number of community service hours through CAP and Sea Cadets. I also have dealt with adversity as I have an estranged mother and had to deal with a nasty divorce in which my mother (who had custody of me during the weekends) would not let me engage in sports or do weekend activities up until my Junior year when I broke off ties with her.

 

[clarksonarmy]

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[eljay60]

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if some of you could throw some guesses as to what my chances are at receiving a AROTC, AFROTC and or NROTC Scholarship.
Class Rank: 72 out of 540 (I switched schools my junior year and my rank was not accounted for from my previous two years)
GPA: UW 3.95 W 4.67 (I have had three AP Classes so far with good AP scores and two Honors level classes)
SAT: Taken Twice May 2017 1310 (640V and 670M) January 2017 (660V and 690M as well as 6 on all three parts of the written exam)
Extracurriculars: Civil Air Patrol in which I am an Amelia Earhart recipient which is Cadet Captain, a fully qualified SAR Ground Team Leader, Mission Scanner (which is I am qualified to go up and conduct Air Search and Rescue in a CAP Aircraft) a Cadet Deputy Commander and Cadet Emergency Services Officer for my unit (I manage the search and rescue team for my unit) as well as several other duty positions and lastly various other SAR qualifications through CAP. I have been a member of a number of school clubs such as NHS, International Student Association, Salsa Dancing Club and Chinese Club. I also have been doing swing dancing outside of school for two years in which I have instructed a number of friends. I was also in Sea Cadets for little over a year in which I got to Cadet Seaman and did several trainings including RT and Master at Arms. I work at the local country club (I have worked several other jobs before throughout high school and middle school) in which I work around 30 hours a week during the school year and over forty hours a week during the summer.
PT: For CAP (we test to military standards such as breaking 90 on pushups, etc) I usually test at as follows: Mile: 6:25 to 6:45 Push-ups: 50-55 Crunches: 50 (in one minute)

Some other things to note, I have some pretty good essays (my ROTC applications are in the latter stages now and should be board ready by the end of the month) and I have had my applications reviewed by several former military officers. I know I do not have really any sports involvement however I do have a number of community service hours through CAP and Sea Cadets. I also have dealt with adversity as I have an estranged mother and had to deal with a nasty divorce in which my mother (who had custody of me during the weekends) would not let me engage in sports or do weekend activities up until my Junior year when I broke off ties with her.

No one here can give you an accurate answer. You can ask where your packet could use improvement and might get a decent answer, but no one here can reassure you that you definitely will receive an offer, or crush you and tell you there is no possibility. You might want to reframe the question in order to get an actionable answer.

 

[Dckc88]

If your main goal is to get a three or four year scholarship then an ROTC scholarship may not be a good fit, because it's not really a "scholarship". It's a loan that you will pay back with time and service. Find the school and program that will be the best fit, and set your mind to earning a commission, not figuring out how to get free school.
Control what you can control. You can't control how many offers the schools on your list will get. What you can control is the quality of your application.

I didn't comment on this right away, but I have been thinking about this post a lot lately. My DD and I have been talking about this problem and this issue is real and happens more than it should. My DD has been talking about how excited she is to get back to school including to see her friends, get back into class studying and also for ROTC, she says the one thing she is not looking forward to are the "people with negative attitudes" I wasn't sure what she was talking about. And she explained there students that are in ROTC with a scholarship, past the deadline of being able to walk away without paying it back, and feel stuck because they really just did it for the scholarship not as a primary motivator to become an officer. She said these people are Debbie Downers and make the experience less fun. Her school costs 44k in just tuition and fees, and the school pays for room and board too, so it is a huge amount if you walk away.