@VonVinegar03 My bottom line advice is to buckle in and understand you may receive a decision more quickly, or you may be waiting your decision until mid to late April. but you should hear by end of April. 3 years ago, my DS went through the application process with a larger group of peers, classmates and for whatever reason decisions took a bit longer from the Navy on average/ for most. Boards happen fairly frequently in the next 2 months or so, but that doesn't mean all decisions are finalized. A number of candidates sit in limbo for months, in prior years. I think clear "No"s may be rejected more quickly but the talent pool is diverse and I appreciate the board takes it's time in sorting out who will be above the line ultimately in receiving the national scholarship.
Three years ago, there was a large group of NROTC candidates who received decisions in waves - seemingly a lot of rejections went out en masse (all together) in mid-April, and some acceptances went out in April as well. I recall a number of my DS's classmates received rejection notices on the same day. Some of these candidates waited for months. Hang in there - the good news from my perspective is that until you receive a decision, you are still in the running. You should also line up plans B, C, D in case you don't get this scholarship, that can include joining any branch of ROTC and competing as a college programmer or reapplying to a SA if that is your dream. Recommend you search the board for related posts from user GWU PNS who discusses this application process topic as a first-hand expert.
If you like, you should look into the pay and bonus structure for nuc engineers (SWO too), and also the Navy career path of being a nuc engineer on an aircraft carrier / sub rotation. Money's not everything, but imagine being handed a 105,000.00 bonus in your later 20s if you re-up SWO. Not too shabby.
Good luck to you and thanks for your interest and willingness to serve.
