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Lulu3

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Good Morning,
Applied ED and was deferred to Regular Decision. Has anyone had experience with this? I know we can transfer the NROTC Scholarship but
 
anxious that there may not be space at the other schools. Sorry (hit enter too soon). Any advice.....
 
Few schools fill up. If the student has already been awarded the scholarship, they can request to join the waitlist of up to three other units, just in case. Otherwise, I wouldn't be particularly worried.
 
NavyNOLA said:
Few schools fill up. If the student has already been awarded the scholarship, they can request to join the waitlist of up to three other units, just in case. Otherwise, I wouldn't be particularly worried.
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Thank you for the response. Should we go ahead and do that or wait to hear from the first school in April?
 
DS transferred his scholarship 2 times. As acceptances rolled in he moved his scholarship to his new top choice. On the last transfer, I got the impression that it was full and his move was going to open a slot for someone else. That school offered a room and board scholarship to ROTC students, so it is very popular, so after the move there was no going back.
 
Lulu3 said:
Thank you for the response. Should we go ahead and do that or wait to hear from the first school in April?
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It takes little effort to join the wait lists of up to three other schools- it's as simple as filling out a form and emailing it in. If it gives you peace of mind, can't hurt.
 
If you applied regular decision to the other schools, you won't know your status any sooner. If it were me, and it was my number one choice, I'd wait... but that's just me.
 
We had two NROTC units at different selective schools tell my kids to put as #1 a safety choice because these can fill up. And save 2-5 for selective schools (and the state school if not #1) because the selective schools' units don't fill up. You might want to consider making your top safe school your #1 choice just to know you're in a unit. Then if your selective choice comes through, change it. Good luck.
 
unkown1961 said:
We had two NROTC units at different selective schools tell my kids to put as #1 a safety choice because these can fill up. And save 2-5 for selective schools (and the state school if not #1) because the selective schools' units don't fill up. You might want to consider making your top safe school your #1 choice just to know you're in a unit. Then if your selective choice comes through, change it. Good luck.
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Thank you.
 
unkown1961 said:
We had two NROTC units at different selective schools tell my kids to put as #1 a safety choice because these can fill up. And save 2-5 for selective schools (and the state school if not #1) because the selective schools' units don't fill up. You might want to consider making your top safe school your #1 choice just to know you're in a unit. Then if your selective choice comes through, change it. Good luck.
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I would call the unit to get specifics from them, to help you make your decision. I would say a schools like Rice or Yale, for example, don't fill up, so if you desire to go there, but are fearful that you won't get in, I think it would be wise to move another school up to your #1 choice and then if you get in to the highly selective school, request the transfer. If you your top choice is a selective school like Notre Dame, though, I would keep that as your #1 choice as that school does fill up. I would stay in contact with the units you have on your list, as they can always tell you how many of their slots have been awarded, so you can reorder your schools, as needed. And takes NAVYNOLA's advice and get on the NROTC waitlists for your desired schools, while you await admissions decisions.
 
USMAROTCFamily said:
I would call the unit to get specifics from them, to help you make your decision. I would say a schools like Rice or Yale, for example, don't fill up, so if you desire to go there, but are fearful that you won't get in, I think it would be wise to move another school up to your #1 choice and then if you get in to the highly selective school, request the transfer. If you your top choice is a selective school like Notre Dame, though, I would keep that as your #1 choice as that school does fill up. I would stay in contact with the units you have on your list, as they can always tell you how many of their slots have been awarded, so you can reorder your schools, as needed. And takes NAVYNOLA's advice and get on the NROTC waitlists for your desired schools, while you await admissions decisions.
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Thank you all for the advice.
 
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