Tigerrunnermom
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Good morning.
We were told in November that our DS had been selected for the 4-yr NROTC scholarship by "Immediate Selection Review" from the chief petty officer and the Captain who interviewed him in our area. I can't find anything about Immediate Selection Review on this portal or even in the NROTC information. His portal has not been updated with that information since November and when he called, they said that it had been sent to Pensacola for further review (which the captain basically told him was just a formality because they have 2 of these types to give per region). I'm new to this, so here are my questions:
It is my understanding that based on the list that my DS made in his application, they will "assign" his scholarship to a university. He has applied and been accepted 3/5 on his list (we are still waiting on choices 3-4, but he has a few "back-ups" just in case). We thought maybe the hold up was that his first choice was Embry Riddle University, but then we found out that they fill up those slots rather quickly and they were waiting to see if he had been accepted to his second choice (Texas A&M), which he has (as of last week).
1. Should we contact someone to let them know he's been accepted to TAMU or do we just wait patiently for his portal to be updated (I know it's the military, and we need to get used to waiting.)?
2. Are we supposed to find out which college he's assigned to when they update the portal with the scholarship information?
3. I understand that it could be up to April when final scholarships are awarded, so do those kids not know where they are going until April? I'm just wondering if his portal won't be updated until then and he will have to wait to select his housing and send in a housing deposit and sign up to attend a new student orientation.
I'm sorry for so many questions. Thank you for any advice or answers you can give me.
We were told in November that our DS had been selected for the 4-yr NROTC scholarship by "Immediate Selection Review" from the chief petty officer and the Captain who interviewed him in our area. I can't find anything about Immediate Selection Review on this portal or even in the NROTC information. His portal has not been updated with that information since November and when he called, they said that it had been sent to Pensacola for further review (which the captain basically told him was just a formality because they have 2 of these types to give per region). I'm new to this, so here are my questions:
It is my understanding that based on the list that my DS made in his application, they will "assign" his scholarship to a university. He has applied and been accepted 3/5 on his list (we are still waiting on choices 3-4, but he has a few "back-ups" just in case). We thought maybe the hold up was that his first choice was Embry Riddle University, but then we found out that they fill up those slots rather quickly and they were waiting to see if he had been accepted to his second choice (Texas A&M), which he has (as of last week).
1. Should we contact someone to let them know he's been accepted to TAMU or do we just wait patiently for his portal to be updated (I know it's the military, and we need to get used to waiting.)?
2. Are we supposed to find out which college he's assigned to when they update the portal with the scholarship information?
3. I understand that it could be up to April when final scholarships are awarded, so do those kids not know where they are going until April? I'm just wondering if his portal won't be updated until then and he will have to wait to select his housing and send in a housing deposit and sign up to attend a new student orientation.
I'm sorry for so many questions. Thank you for any advice or answers you can give me.