Hi Everyone, whether to deposit at a civilian university, even though our son has an academy acceptance has been something we thought long and hard about. There are several past threads on the forum on this topic. We spoke to the Army ROTC ROO at the college and that solidified our choice of depositing. My son later accepted his academy offer. At that time, we did not notify or reflect any status changes with the civilian university.
Fast forward to now when we have to sign up for housing at the civilian university and a number of additional concerns came up. We decided to have our son contact the university with the below note. I’m sharing it in case it is helpful to anyone in a similar situation. I know we struggled to come up with the language so I figured sharing this now might save someone else some drafting time. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Dear admissions and housing,
I have received an offer of appointment to a federal service academy. My offer is contingent on my remaining medically qualified through the end of July. Because there is a chance of an injury changing my medical status, I do NOT want to rescind my acceptance to your university at this time. I would like to make that decision at the end of July and I understand that I will forfeit my $500 deposit with you if I am able to attend the service academy.
What I am uncertain of is how to handle your housing registration. I would like to understand the financial implication of signing up for housing now and potentially withdrawing at the end of July, assuming I am medically qualified to attend the service academy at that time. Please explain what additional amount I may be responsible for if I were to withdraw from housing at the end of July related to federal service academy attendance.
Thank you in advance for your guidance.
Fast forward to now when we have to sign up for housing at the civilian university and a number of additional concerns came up. We decided to have our son contact the university with the below note. I’m sharing it in case it is helpful to anyone in a similar situation. I know we struggled to come up with the language so I figured sharing this now might save someone else some drafting time. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Dear admissions and housing,
I have received an offer of appointment to a federal service academy. My offer is contingent on my remaining medically qualified through the end of July. Because there is a chance of an injury changing my medical status, I do NOT want to rescind my acceptance to your university at this time. I would like to make that decision at the end of July and I understand that I will forfeit my $500 deposit with you if I am able to attend the service academy.
What I am uncertain of is how to handle your housing registration. I would like to understand the financial implication of signing up for housing now and potentially withdrawing at the end of July, assuming I am medically qualified to attend the service academy at that time. Please explain what additional amount I may be responsible for if I were to withdraw from housing at the end of July related to federal service academy attendance.
Thank you in advance for your guidance.