A few questions re: AROTC application process

[AROTC-dad]

Interesting how each branch is different regarding even the basics of how uploading works.

I know for our DSs AFROTC scholarship he could upload the PFA, but the HS GC had to log in using their own created/assigned password. He never saw at all what was asked and required by them. She could not print it.
~ He had a great GC, so we were lucky she told us exactly what type of questions that were posed.

I also want to say as a long term poster that every year I have been here it seems something is tweaked, and yes, sometimes they come back full circle, but the point is DO NOT take anything stated here as gospel unless the poster is in a current position of being inside the process.
~ Even at that point, especially for A/NROTC remember they are going off historical data at their college. I.E how does my stats stack up? Last year you could be an easy in, but this year you could be a No because of the size of the pool and the quality of candidates.

Take everything as a grain of salt for your enlightenment and nothing more. Nobody here sits on any board, and if they did they would not say it on a public forum....especially NROTC. Just kidding...kind of! For new posters NROTC is super secretive about board dates.

Good luck to all, and remember that like a rollercoaster there are going to be moments you scream OMG and moments you scream WEEEEE! And it can happen within a blink of an eye! I?E you have been awarded a scholarship! WEEEE! Than you see it is not to your number 1 school, but the one that already decided not to admit you OMG! You find out that in the spring you can request a transfer....WEEEE! The school needs their answer before you are guaranteed AROTC will approve. OMG! AROTC approves 24 he's prior to school deadline...WEEE!

That basically sums up a lot of posters senior year.

This site is great because it is insanely supportive and typically there is someone that if you have a really unique question that google can't direct you to an answer someone can give you at least a starting point to look.

AROTCPMS, I hope you don't feel we are picking on you, but if you have been out of the system for a couple of years as a PMS they could have changed things, with your latest comment about Knox, that inisuates you are AD still and in the system. AAs a member of this forum you will be able to truly change the system, because you can illustrate that answers are flying all over the place!
~ Long ago there was MullenLE, he works with DoDMERB. He was instrumental and getting the help desk set up, because as O have said before answers fly all over the place. He is no longer here since creating that system, except to maybe check in every 6 months and remind posters that the 1st answer should be go to the help desk since every candidate application is unique. The same is true when we discuss things like chancing, or which is better to perform the PFT?

+1 Pima, LOL.
I think your "roller coaster" paragraph gave me 19 more gray hairs in the time it took for me to read it! It is so prophetic that it should be made into a sticky! (Title: OMG....WEEE!)

 

[Vista123]

last year, if you just looked at the form it clearly says what to do with it... fax or email. period. it was very streamlined. Start by reading the directions. (im not being snarky...lt's in the details and details change)

I agree with Pima every single year things change. This forum is a great starting point but is not the final answer on anything. ever.

 

[Pima]

Gokings the ride does not end once the final answer of getting a scholarship. It continues until the day they leave the military. Each hurdle is bigger climb and bigger dip.

You get off of this rollercoaster and a few short months later you are in the ROTC one....Pass the PFT WEEE. Pull a 2.5 GPA freshmen year OMG! Go to summer training...WEE! Be at summer training OMG! Career assignment time....WEEE! OMG is my OML high enough for my first choice! Commission ...WEEE! OMG this is real they are in the military(parents) For some cadets it is also OMG can I go back to being in ROTC because it was more fun not working 14 days straight training! Parents, yeah they be in college a again for one more Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthday, etc!

See I just made you age a lot!

Back on point.

+1 Vista.

The devil is in the details. Sometimes the details can be mis-read, but it appears that AROTC is very clear regarding these directions. Candidates can submit either way.

Part of the military is following instructions. If it is unclear to you, this site can also be unclear, but again remember it is a forum. LYs process might not be what is the process for this year

 

[Iowa 73]

Scan and upload.
And finally, your best bet is to try to get the ROO at your school of choice involved. If you were interested in Clarkson I would love to get an email from your son asking about the PFT or asking what his status looks like to me or seeing if there is anything missing. There are 5 or 6 people at Cadet Command processing about 12000 applications in a given year. The ROOs are the guys and gals that should be helping keep those people at Cadet Command from answering a lot of the easier questions.

The ROO at the battalion that my DS is shooting for has been very active in coaching my son, and he made sure my son finished everything with plenty of time to spare. All that is left now is the waiting.