Conditional appointment

[Wallarm]

Our DD is 99% sure of accepting her USCGA appointment (conditional appt for now) but has a single eye disqualification that has a pending waiver for 2 months now. She has also received a 4 year Army ROTC scholarship to a top 20 school that she was accepted at (and would be happy at but her definite first choice is USCGA) and is now getting emails from the PMS and ROO congratulating her and about the steps to finalize her ROTC acceptance.

She is DODMERB qualified for Army ROTC, as the USCGA has a stricter eye requirement.

How do these kids handle situations like this? She is wondering whether to tell the school Army ROTC that her first choice is the USCGA but she will definitely take the acceptance if she doesn’t get her USCGA waiver.

Also I know many have a backup plan in case of an injury before Swab summer. If
She gets her CG waiver, she plans to decline the ROTC scholarship but make the school deposit to keep her spot in case of injury before summer training and then lose the deposit. If injured, she would attend the college as a regular student. But not sure if it’s right to accept a college spot through summer training.

Are others accepting a regular college admission also just in case of possible injury? She has no med problems but I know every year there are a couple people who get hurt right before plebe or swab starts.

 

[Bluebear28]

DS was deferred to RA but is already registered and ready to go to college (Plan B) "just in case" the outcome is not in his favor. He received an "under waiver review" status today from DoDMERB. So, we are just bracing ourselves for the result on April 1. This process is a roller coaster ride! We are enjoying the ride and hoping for the best. DS is playing it cool. Parents are anxious.

 

[ProudMom7]

Yes, a lot of kids accept a spot at their plan B school. I suggest that the applicants talk with admissions at the other school to let them know the situation. Many schools are very understanding and some even return the deposit if the student ends up withdrawing. If it were me, I might reach out to CGA's medical liaison to see if they can give information on whether CGA ever gives waivers for her condition. She probably can't give you a timeline or information on what CGA might decide for the waiver, but she might be able to let you know if it is even a possibility.
The information for the medical liasion is:
Shannon Castineira
DoDMERB/Medical Questions
860-701-6775
Shannon.E.Castineira@uscga.edu

Also, although regular admissions decisions should be out by 1 April, the deadline for medical is not until 15 April. So many applicants don't receive medical waivers until after 1 April. In addition, some applicants will likely end up on the waitlist. In past years, applicants have been pulled from the waitlist through May and even into June. The numbers vary per year (although none were pulled from the waitlist in 2024). I say this just so you are aware that conditional offers can sometimes take a while to be decided.

 

[dberkeley]

Our DD is 99% sure of accepting her USCGA appointment (conditional appt for now) but has a single eye disqualification that has a pending waiver for 2 months now. She has also received a 4 year Army ROTC scholarship to a top 20 school that she was accepted at (and would be happy at but her definite first choice is USCGA) and is now getting emails from the PMS and ROO congratulating her and about the steps to finalize her ROTC acceptance.

She is DODMERB qualified for Army ROTC, as the USCGA has a stricter eye requirement.

How do these kids handle situations like this? She is wondering whether to tell the school Army ROTC that her first choice is the USCGA but she will definitely take the acceptance if she doesn’t get her USCGA waiver.

Also I know many have a backup plan in case of an injury before Swab summer. If
She gets her CG waiver, she plans to decline the ROTC scholarship but make the school deposit to keep her spot in case of injury before summer training and then lose the deposit. If injured, she would attend the college as a regular student. But not sure if it’s right to accept a college spot through summer training.

Are others accepting a regular college admission also just in case of possible injury? She has no med problems but I know every year there are a couple people who get hurt right before plebe or swab starts.

I like to know what the finalizing ROTC scholarship acceptance means. My understanding is you can always accept it now as you would with any non-binding schools. We are more or less in the same situation.

 

[dberkeley]

Yes, a lot of kids accept a spot at their plan B school. I suggest that the applicants talk with admissions at the other school to let them know the situation. Many schools are very understanding and some even return the deposit if the student ends up withdrawing. If it were me, I might reach out to CGA's medical liaison to see if they can give information on whether CGA ever gives waivers for her condition. She probably can't give you a timeline or information on what CGA might decide for the waiver, but she might be able to let you know if it is even a possibility.
The information for the medical liasion is:
Shannon Castineira
DoDMERB/Medical Questions
860-701-6775
Shannon.E.Castineira@uscga.edu

Also, although regular admissions decisions should be out by 1 April, the deadline for medical is not until 15 April. So many applicants don't receive medical waivers until after 1 April. In addition, some applicants will likely end up on the waitlist. In past years, applicants have been pulled from the waitlist through May and even into June. The numbers vary per year (although none were pulled from the waitlist in 2024). I say this just so you are aware that conditional offers can sometimes take a while to be decided. waiver

Any past experience on the duration for CGA waiver review?

 

[ProudMom7]

Any past experience on the duration for CGA waiver review?

My daughter is class of 2024. She received her conditional appointment in Dec and received her waiver about 4 weeks later in early January. That seemed pretty quick compared to many others. Her DQ was also for something she had a "history of" and was for something that hadn't impacted her in over 16 years. So it wasn't a current condition that needed to be considered.

 

[dberkeley]

My daughter is class of 2024. She received her conditional appointment in Dec and received her waiver about 4 weeks later in early January. That seemed pretty quick compared to many others. Her DQ was also for something she had a "history of" and was for something that hadn't impacted her in over 16 years. So it wasn't a current condition that needed to be considered.

Thanks and good to know. DD got a waiver from NROTC in the same timeframe. My older one (who is in the fleet now) did not have the DQ issue, so not sure how CGA process it. Go Bears!

 

[Wallarm]

I like to know what the finalizing ROTC scholarship acceptance means. My understanding is you can always accept it now as you would with any non-binding schools. We are more or less in the same situation.

She did accept thr ROTC scholarship after she got it in October. I’m not sure what they mean by finalizing it either, that’s just what the PMS said in his recent email to her after she got her actual acceptance.

 

[Wallarm]

Yes, a lot of kids accept a spot at their plan B school. I suggest that the applicants talk with admissions at the other school to let them know the situation. Many schools are very understanding and some even return the deposit if the student ends up withdrawing. If it were me, I might reach out to CGA's medical liaison to see if they can give information on whether CGA ever gives waivers for her condition. She probably can't give you a timeline or information on what CGA might decide for the waiver, but she might be able to let you know if it is even a possibility.
The information for the medical liasion is:
Shannon Castineira
DoDMERB/Medical Questions
860-701-6775
Shannon.E.Castineira@uscga.edu

Also, although regular admissions decisions should be out by 1 April, the deadline for medical is not until 15 April. So many applicants don't receive medical waivers until after 1 April. In addition, some applicants will likely end up on the waitlist. In past years, applicants have been pulled from the waitlist through May and even into June. The numbers vary per year (although none were pulled from the waitlist in 2024). I say this just so you are aware that conditional offers can sometimes take a while to be decided.

Yes she has reached out and it is waiverable. Thank you. .