Check the AFROTC Portal!

You might also want to check with tOSU to see if they offer in-state tuition rates for ROTC students. I know some colleges offer that and your Type 7 HSSP should be able to be used there if they do. Good luck!
 
You might also want to check with tOSU to see if they offer in-state tuition rates for ROTC students. I know some colleges offer that and your Type 7 HSSP should be able to be used there if they do. Good luck!

Good point. I was thinking OSU wouldn't be much better than attending Cornell, but if they offer in-state tuition for ROTC, or even near that, it might a better alternative than Albany due to on campus unit - besides the exotic feeling of going out of state.
 
AFROTC portal question

Question. I was reboarded from the December board and my portal status hasn't changed. Did the people who received scholarships find out via email? or was it just in the portal? I know that they also send word out via mail, but I live overseas with a DPO address and I didn't get the December letter (dated the 21st) until the first week of this month.
 
If you look at the 1st page of this thread it was their portal or the title of the forum, it was portal. Those denied also found out on their portal.(see page 3 or 4)

Guesstimate here, but my best guess is since it(portal) has not changed, you will be reboarded again for Feb. You are still in the hunt.

OBTW some also found out snail mail the same day, which would also lead me to believe those awarded or denied have all been posted on the portals by now.
 
Thank you so much for all of the information. The confusion comes from the fact that Cornell actually does have a "SUNY" side...my son's major is on that side, and they do have "IS" and "OOS" rates for the CALS majors. It is a 'land grant college' and is not private. They graduate with a Cornell University degree, it is not widely known but a wonderful option. I agree that it still might mean converting because the CALS tuition and fees are still way above the regular SUNY rates. I know some OOS schools accept the type 7, not sure if OSU is one of them. Lots of calls to make and of course to get everything in writing before he makes his decisions. Still not accepted at Cornell, and unsure if he will be...and the physical is still to come. All of the information here is helping him prepare! Thanks again. His plan B is SUNY Albany and RPI ROTC regardless, and Plan C is SUNY Maritime. RPI is a one evening a week program, there are enough students at Albany to do the fitness stuff together there.
 
You might also want to check with tOSU to see if they offer in-state tuition rates for ROTC students. I know some colleges offer that and your Type 7 HSSP should be able to be used there if they do. Good luck!

Thanks! Will do.
 
Good point. I was thinking OSU wouldn't be much better than attending Cornell, but if they offer in-state tuition for ROTC, or even near that, it might a better alternative than Albany due to on campus unit - besides the exotic feeling of going out of state.

I think he would jump at the chance to go to OSU if they will take the type 7. He is also in the running for a "Buckeye National Merit" which is 12k so again if they can be combined it's a win! Exotic Ohio, love that! Not sure if I'm right, but to me the on campus unit seems like a big deal! Such a wonderful feeling to be looking at such fine choices. Thanks again for the help!
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psychedmom,

Here is another reason why OSU may be better. OSU is a large host det., and they have lots of other things for cadets, i.e Arnie Air Society, Honor Guard, Angel Flight, Silver Wings. These meetings will occur at night, and if I read your post correctly at Cornell he will be doing PT at night at RPI, not sure when they would do LLAB, but still if he wants to join these military fraternities, it is one more night a week he will commute to RPI. At many dets they have what is called GMC night (AS100/200), the cadets meet at the lounge 1X a week, order pizza, watch DVDs, play Xbox, foosball, crud, etc. It is their way to bond.

Has your DS talked to each det. Has he talked to each det regarding how many get SFT (%) wise? 65% are typically selected. No summer field training (SFT) as a rising junior = dis-enrollment from AFROTC, and revocation of the scholarship!
~~~ Understand those fraternities have AFROTC cadre as advisors, so not only is he creating AF bonds, but he is also being seen by the cadre with more one on one time than cadets that just show up for PT and LLAB
~~~ Currently, the system is 50% CoC rec.

Has he talked about career assignments? ERAU prides their school on the fact that they give out the highest number of pilot slots after the AFA. It is a fact, what is in dispute is the statistical chance compared to other dets.

This could work against OSU. Assume they say 15 cadets TY got rated, but Cornell only got 5. That is a big disparity in numbers, but what I said 20 applied at OSU and only 5 at Cornell? Your opinion would change.

~ Just throwing out numbers as an example. I have no idea what their det break down was for FY14.

The cost is a factor, but so is the det too. Just like any college, each det. has a personality. If he really wants Cornell, but feels like he HAD TO attend OSU for financial reasons it may impact his enjoyment at college, which can impact his ADAF future.

If this is truly a financial issue, walk away from us, and sit down with him. He is an adult now. Explain the repercussions that will occur if he is not selected for SFT, and how as a family he can afford to stay for 2 more yrs. via loans, or whatever.

Discuss how involved outside of AFROTC requirements he wants to be. Does joining any military fraternity matter?

Has he thought about how long a day will be doing AFROTC 1 night a week, especially if Cornell only offers that mandatory class the next a.m. at 8?

Cornell you are not a number, OSU you will be.

All of these are factors regarding success. Kids enter thinking college will be easy, even with AFROTC because in HS they played sports or had jobs. They get there and are time warped just like from Middle School to HS. It takes time to find your footing. Unfortunately for AFROTC cadets, SFT selection only allows 3 semesters, and 1 bad semester can be the end.

He should also realize as he climbs the AFROTC ladder it is not just PT and LLAB, they will be given jobs in ROTC, that will require his presence at the det., on top of hours of work. Cadet Flight Commanders write weekly reports, they attend weekly meetings at the host det. It can be 20 hrs a week more.

I am not a xtown fan, because as I long as I have been here, the biggest complaint I have seen among AFROTC...notice AFROTC, not any other branch, is that between the commute, and inability to hang out between classes at the det., they feel they haven't experienced the real thing compared to those at the host det. See above regarding the fraternities and GMC nights.

By the time DS was a 200, if he had a 60-90 minute break between classes, he went to det lounge and hung out there with other cadets. He didn't go back to his dorm. Many times he also did that because some type of paperwork had to be submitted or checked up on with the 1st shirt. Easier to get an answer when you are standing in front of them, than waiting for them to respond to you email, especially if they have 200+ cadets invading their email container.

Long post, I know, but to me if you have to decide between two, every tiny little factor regarding their AFROTC career matters, and some of them will have a domino effect regarding their happiness/success in college and in AFROTC.
 
I so appreciate your long post and all the info contained. You have stated many of the reasons an on campus unit seems so important. It is SUNY Albany that has the connection to RPI. Both Cornell and OSU have on campus. If he does indeed get the merit at OSU it is "doable" on our dime with or without the ROTC money. He knows he would have to do the weather officer job and is unlikely to do anything else, since that is where the AF needs him. That works for him because it is what he has always wanted to study. SUNY Albany is also affordable, so he does have lots of choices. He has visited all det. with the exception of OSU, will do so asap. His decision regarding type 7 or type 2 is due by March 1st...that is why the crunch to get all of the info. Once we have the real #s he will have to look at them and make some prelim decisions! All good.
 
Wow

Pima, thanks for the advice to Matt (and psyched mom). So much to learn.
 
Response Deadline?

As I mentioned earlier in this thread, my son received a Type 7, 4-year scholarship (any major). He received his letter in the mail this past Saturday (2/16) which also specifies that he must respond by March 1st. This amounts to 2 weeks to decide and respond. Unfortunately, he is not expecting to hear from the 4 (in-state) schools that he applied to until April 1st. He also has other scholarship applications pending and is a Division I recruited athlete. Does anyone know if it is possible to extend the deadline to accept an AFROTC scholarship, and if so, how?

Thank you!
 
VirginiaDad,

He should accept the scholarship and list his school preferences in the order of preference of the school he wishes to attend. He can later contact Cadet Command and request a transfer of the scholarship from the assigned school; not getting admitted to a select school is one valid reason for requesting a transfer however not applying to a school is not.

You also need to also check the AFROTC website to make sure that the major he intends is accepted at the school he chooses. You find these by looking at the details of each detachment when searching for schools. There are some majors at some schools which are not approved for AFROTC scholarships.
 
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, my son received a Type 7, 4-year scholarship (any major). He received his letter in the mail this past Saturday (2/16) which also specifies that he must respond by March 1st. This amounts to 2 weeks to decide and respond. Unfortunately, he is not expecting to hear from the 4 (in-state) schools that he applied to until April 1st. He also has other scholarship applications pending and is a Division I recruited athlete. Does anyone know if it is possible to extend the deadline to accept an AFROTC scholarship, and if so, how?

Thank you!
Accept the scholarship. With AFROTC it is not tied to a school and he will be able to use it at any of the in state schools that has AFROTC. It is not binding so if he later receives a different scholarship offer that suits him better he can go back and decline/release the AFROTC schoarship.
 
in the same boat

I think we are in the same boat Virginiadad...the problem is deciding type 7 or type 2, which must be done in the next week. My best guess from the info here is accept one that you can make work, if it needs to be changed later, it might be possible. We have an IS acceptance in hand so may go with the type 4. Still waiting to hear back on the OOS school to see if they might take the type 7. I would have had my son find out all of this info before, but we didn't know what we didn't know. lol
 
Congrats to everyone. My son got a Type 1 Commander's AF ROTC scholarship and he is so excited. I couldn't be prouder!
 
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