Campus Based Scholarships - Don't Give Up Hope!

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DS applied for a National Scholarship as a Sr. in H.S and ultimately was awarded a scholarship to a Jr. Military College (which he turned down) and then was not awarded a National Scholarship. Needless to say he was disappointed. He enrolled as an non-scholarship, uncontracted MSI (Army ROTC) his freshman year because he really wants to serve his country.

He learned last night that, after 2-years of hard-work, that he was awarded a 2-year camps based scholarship. DS is an average student (3.0 gpa) but really excels at ROTC. He has participated in 5 FTX during his 2 years and has received awards for his performance at 4 of them. He also volunteers and joins any and all ROTC events (Color guard, Ranger Challenge Team, Army 10-miler, recruiting events, etc.) His PT is off the chart. Cadre clearly see him as a strong leader.

My point is this - Never give up hope. Work hard, really hard and cadre and cadet leadership will notice. It's the same advice I would give anyone chasing a dream but campus based scholarships, up to the point he received one, seemed like Unicorns - now I know they're not. Good luck all!
 
Congrats to your DS! This is nice to read. I’m definitely passing on these stories to my own DS as he thinks about his future and starts to make moves. Always keep trying is a great message!
 
Congratulations to your DS. This makes my day-it took a lot of character to achieve this and it gives me hope to see that spirit alive to dig deep and serve.
 
Yep, my youngest who just graduated got a 3-year, last-minute campus-based scholarship to an out-of-state private school.

Because he had that scholarship the school cut the cost of his first year in half, making it competitive with in-state, public schools.
 
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