AROTC Board #1 Scholarship Winners

gussenn said:
Very similar to you. 1380 SAT 27 ACT. 3 Honors Classes also. Captain of both golf and wrestling. Two time class president. Max interview score. Hoping for a second board 4 year scholarship. Congrats on your scholarship
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Thank You. And Good luck to you in the next board. And these are my exact activities if you guys want to look at a winning profile and compare.
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Wave397 said:
Thank You. And Good luck to you in the next board. And these are my exact activities if you guys want to look at a winning profile and compare.
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For weight training and fitness/wellness did you have a team/club at your school? I have been doing powerlifting on my own for the last 4 years but my school doesn't have a team or anything. I made a powerlifting club at my school and put my position as president but neglected to put down my training down because it wasn't organized or anything, think I can put it down? Congrats btw!
 
I didn’t have a club at my school. The fitness and wellness I put down was from my own long distance running I did by myself. And I explained that it wasn’t a club and it was by myself in the additional information section. I say put it down as long as you make it clear in the other section.GOOD LUCK!!!
 
Razrbck said:
No worries. USMA is more whole person evaluation and nomination. Still in play. I see high test scores and high GPA’s coming out of this first board. Unless the rest of the boards have so many candidate’s with all high test scores and GPA’s then you are still in play.
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Thanks for posting such valuable information. I will head back to work on my application. I truly like the suggestion on including items such as fitness/wellness and how to show it is what you do on your own. I failed to include this because I was concerned it had to be an organized sport. I have a 4.0 Unweighted/4.375 weighted (mid year numbers I don’t know yet) GPA and a 29 ACT and I did not receive one. Congrats to everyone on their scholarship! Maybe this next round will be rewarding!
 
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MaximusPrime82101 said:
Thanks for posting such valuable information. I will head back to work on my application. I truly like the suggestion on including items such as fitness/wellness and how to show it is what you do on your own. I failed to include this because I was concerned it had to be an organized sport. I have a 4.0 Unweighted/4.375 weighted (mid year numbers I don’t know yet) GPA and a 29 ACT and I did not receive one. Congrats to everyone on their scholarship! Maybe this next round will be rewarding!
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My School does not have a JROTC program and was thinking possibly that is key with the first round too.
 
Another thing that seems pretty important is the essay. My academic credentials are good, but certainly not at the level I’m seeing on here with other winners (1330 composite SAT, low ACT with a 26), but I had a good interview where the PMS complimented my essay for talking about something that was personal and important to me (I talked about my time in Civil Air Patrol and my leadership journey so far). I’m pretty sure that’s what got me the scholarship this time around; otherwise I probably would have gotten picked up in the second or third board. For anyone waiting for the next round, obviously keep working on your resume, but don’t underestimate the essay. Make it something that could only be written by you. Good luck and hang tough!
 
WD1 said:
No schools in my area have JROTC either and I received a 4 year yesterday. I think there are more factors than that
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country_roadsNY said:
Another thing that seems pretty important is the essay. My academic credentials are good, but certainly not at the level I’m seeing on here with other winners (1330 composite SAT, low ACT with a 26), but I had a good interview where the PMS complimented my essay for talking about something that was personal and important to me (I talked about my time in Civil Air Patrol and my leadership journey so far). I’m pretty sure that’s what got me the scholarship this time around; otherwise I probably would have gotten picked up in the second or third board. For anyone waiting for the next round, obviously keep working on your resume, but don’t underestimate the essay. Make it something that could only be written by you. Good luck and hang tough!
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Thanks so much!! I’ve been working on the essays and uploading more documents all morning. I’ve learned so much from the forum winners! I can totally see how you all made the first round. Now to buckle up and get ready for the second round here.
 
tgtl said:
Someone told me that the majority (if not all) first board scholarships go to engineering and nursing, then the second board opens up to more majors. Just wondering if that is the case.
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My son applied for Business and was awarded a 4 year to his top 3 schools.
 
Just a note to all those that did not receive a scholarship from this, the first, board.

Don't try to over analyze, don't spend a lot of time asking what other's stats were. The process looks at the whole person, the interview and some parts of the application process are never seen by the candidate so there is no way to compare them. Every year people try and figure out the system, does your major make a difference, JROTC, everything else in the application. The fact is nobody knows except those that make the selections.

The biggest reason many are not selected on the first board is because they select very few compared to the next two boards. Don't try and over think it and don't drive yourself crazy trying to compare yourself to everyone else.
 
alliern said:
My son's school did not have a JROTC program, but he was a Boy Scout and earned Eagle which holds some weight similar to JROTC leadership.
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I was a Boys State Delegate and highly involved with the local VFW and American Legion Posts. Hopefully, that helps some.
 
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Jcleppe said:
Just a note to all those that did not receive a scholarship from this, the first, board.

Don't try to over analyze, don't spend a lot of time asking what other's stats were. The process looks at the whole person, the interview and some parts of the application process are never seen by the candidate so there is no way to compare them. Every year people try and figure out the system, does your major make a difference, JROTC, everything else in the application. The fact is nobody knows except those that make the selections.

The biggest reason many are not selected on the first board is because they select very few compared to the next two boards. Don't try and over think it and don't drive yourself crazy trying to compare yourself to everyone else.
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Thanks for the encouraging words! Regardless, as a result of this setback, I do see the error of my ways and I’m upping the A Game!!
 
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WD1 said:
My intended major is banking and finance, so maybe I was one of the lucky non-engineering/nursing winners or maybe that information is not true.
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I’m seeking a biomedical engineering degree and I wasn’t awarded a scholarship.
 
country_roadsNY said:
Another thing that seems pretty important is the essay. My academic credentials are good, but certainly not at the level I’m seeing on here with other winners (1330 composite SAT, low ACT with a 26), but I had a good interview where the PMS complimented my essay for talking about something that was personal and important to me (I talked about my time in Civil Air Patrol and my leadership journey so far). I’m pretty sure that’s what got me the scholarship this time around; otherwise I probably would have gotten picked up in the second or third board. For anyone waiting for the next round, obviously keep working on your resume, but don’t underestimate the essay. Make it something that could only be written by you. Good luck and hang tough!
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If that was your true profile, you are definitely an outlier. I had several folks I work with who scored much higher stats and had a great profile and didn't get the scholarship. All the stars aligned for you.
 
I think that's what makes trying to compare stats when results are posted so hard, it's difficult to compare with just the basic resume stats, the outliers as you mentioned always make some shake their heads on why they were not offered on that particular board. My younger son received an scholarship on the first board to his four top schools, his GPA was 3.5 u/w and a 24 ACT, to look at just those two stats it would really make people wonder why, The PMS he interviewed with told him it was the strength of the rest of his application that made the difference. Just to be transparent, his application was made in the fall of 2010.

The main point is to control what you can control, don't worry about the stats of others and remember that the vast majority of scholarships are awarded on the second and third boards.
 
Jcleppe said:
I think that's what makes trying to compare stats when results are posted so hard, it's difficult to compare with just the basic resume stats, the outliers as you mentioned always make some shake their heads on why they were not offered on that particular board. My younger son received an scholarship on the first board to his four top schools, his GPA was 3.5 u/w and a 24 ACT, to look at just those two stats it would really make people wonder why, The PMS he interviewed with told him it was the strength of the rest of his application that made the difference. Just to be transparent, his application was made in the fall of 2010.

The main point is to control what you can control, don't worry about the stats of others and remember that the vast majority of scholarships are awarded on the second and third boards.
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It was a serving PMS in 2010 and I didn't have access to the candidate's full application as you claim here. The PMS was likely referring to your son's ACT/SAT and perhaps a couple of other factors he/she did have access to. I do think stats on this forum provided by other posters give one a general picture of who came out getting a scholarship on this first board.

I don't disagree that you should just concentrate on what you can control-- but for those who were thinking they would be offered a four year scholarship on the first board, these results are disappointing.

BTW, I don't think a 3.5/24ACT would have gotten it done on the first board this year...
 
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