Here's an update. We found out today my son did not receive an NROTC scholarship. So he's decided to accept his appointment at the USMMA, although he remains on the USNA wait list. A different Navy recruiter contacted him after the final NROTC notices were sent out today and he told her he wanted to sign the release paperwork from Navy Nuke so he could go to USMMA. The recruiter kept him on the phone for 40 minutes trying to talk him our of going to USMMA and staying in Navy Nuke (this was far and away the longest phone conversation of his life by about 35 minutes). When he got off the phone, he was really hot under the collar because "she just wouldn't listen to me." Right now, he's at the recruitment office to sign the release papers. I'd love to be a fly on the wall listening to that. But I know my son, and once he's made up his mind....
My DS just called me. The recruiter tried to shame him. "After everything we've done for you." He told them repeatedly "I want to to to the USMMA." Finally, they produced the documents for release and he signed. Whew!