Informing Civilian School of Service Academy Application

[MJ2020]

My DS applied to 2 SA. Plan B 2 military colleges with 4 yr ARotc and a merit scholarship. Plan C were 3 ivy colleges. Plan C UF, Ga tech, ucf. Plan B were his on the spot acceptance. He know he have 2 full ride with military trainings. Plan C were easy in too. Plan B were not financially easy. Since his goal is to become a military officer, by February he send all colleges his “no thank you”. Kept plan B with the 4 years ARotc and the merit scholar. But he told his college he is waiting for SA acceptance. They were happy about his honesty. Since they know about his SA application, it was easy to tell them in May that he just received his appointment. He withdraw his application and the merit scholar in a quick phone call. ARotc was not as easy to withdraw. The Army was coming to my DS’s school at 12:45pm to award his big check. DS got his call from SA at 10am. He called me immediately after, “mom, I accepted USCGA today. Please call the Army not to come to school”. I got that cancel right away but it took several phone calls to Kentucky to cancel ARotc scholarship. We were told not to give up ARotc until after swab summer. It’s fare enough to give the scholarship to the next in line. The Military college gave my DS until Sept 1 to officially withdraw. Good luck to you!

 

[bopper]

There are many reasons people don't apply ED...Need to make sure you are offered enough merit money, you want to include your first semester grades, etc.


You wouldn't tell College 2 that you applied to College 1 but they were your second choice.
You don't tell a job interviewer that they are your second choice.
You realize that they have other options and you have other options but nobody mentions either.

 

[Humey]

My DS applied to 2 SA. Plan B 2 military colleges with 4 yr ARotc and a merit scholarship. Plan C were 3 ivy colleges. Plan C UF, Ga tech, ucf. Plan B were his on the spot acceptance. He know he have 2 full ride with military trainings. Plan C were easy in too. Plan B were not financially easy. Since his goal is to become a military officer, by February he send all colleges his “no thank you”. Kept plan B with the 4 years ARotc and the merit scholar. But he told his college he is waiting for SA acceptance. They were happy about his honesty. Since they know about his SA application, it was easy to tell them in May that he just received his appointment. He withdraw his application and the merit scholar in a quick phone call. ARotc was not as easy to withdraw. The Army was coming to my DS’s school at 12:45pm to award his big check. DS got his call from SA at 10am. He called me immediately after, “mom, I accepted USCGA today. Please call the Army not to come to school”. I got that cancel right away but it took several phone calls to Kentucky to cancel ARotc scholarship. We were told not to give up ARotc until after swab summer. It’s fare enough to give the scholarship to the next in line. The Military college gave my DS until Sept 1 to officially withdraw. Good luck to you!

I am confused. Plan A was the SA, Plan B with Military colleges, Plan C Ivy colleges and Plan D was UF.... The reason i asked is i think you used Plan C twice, one for Ivys and one for UF. Did he get accepted to the Ivies?

 

[MJ2020]

My DS applied to 2 SA. Plan B 2 military colleges with 4 yr ARotc and a merit scholarship. Plan C were 3 ivy colleges. Plan C UF, Ga tech, ucf. Plan B were his on the spot acceptance. He know he have 2 full ride with military trainings. Plan C were easy in too. Plan B were not financially easy. Since his goal is to become a military officer, by February he send all colleges his “no thank you”. Kept plan B with the 4 years ARotc and the merit scholar. But he told his college he is waiting for SA acceptance. They were happy about his honesty. Since they know about his SA application, it was easy to tell them in May that he just received his appointment. He withdraw his application and the merit scholar in a quick phone call. ARotc was not as easy to withdraw. The Army was coming to my DS’s school at 12:45pm to award his big check. DS got his call from SA at 10am. He called me immediately after, “mom, I accepted USCGA today. Please call the Army not to come to school”. I got that cancel right away but it took several phone calls to Kentucky to cancel ARotc scholarship. We were told not to give up ARotc until after swab summer. It’s fare enough to give the scholarship to the next in line. The Military college gave my DS until Sept 1 to officially withdraw. Good luck to you!

I am confused. Plan A was the SA, Plan B with Military colleges, Plan C Ivy colleges and Plan D was UF.... The reason i asked is i think you used Plan C twice, one for Ivys and one for UF. Did he get accepted to the Ivies?

B: Senior military college C: Duke (2more can’t remember) yes he was accepted. D: Uf, GT, ucf he was accepted

 

[Goat 965]

I dont believe in lying. However, sometimes you have to keep your mouth shut and this notion that you have to give anyone every bit of information is naive. You have your interests and the school have their own. You worry about your own situation and let the college worry about their own. Do everything that is required and answer everything honestly. I am a CPA and have been taught when dealing with the IRS, never let you client alone with the agent. Whatever the IRS asks a question most people will answer the question and then add other five pieces of information that at best, is a waste of time and at worse ,bring ups something the agent never thought about. Same idea works with everything else. If you dont say anything about preference, the college has no idea if they are #1 or #9. If you tell they arent #1, then they know the answer

Agree. There is a difference between lying and answering a question that was not asked!! The IRS example is a great one.

 

[Humey]

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My DS applied to 2 SA. Plan B 2 military colleges with 4 yr ARotc and a merit scholarship. Plan C were 3 ivy colleges. Plan C UF, Ga tech, ucf. Plan B were his on the spot acceptance. He know he have 2 full ride with military trainings. Plan C were easy in too. Plan B were not financially easy. Since his goal is to become a military officer, by February he send all colleges his “no thank you”. Kept plan B with the 4 years ARotc and the merit scholar. But he told his college he is waiting for SA acceptance. They were happy about his honesty. Since they know about his SA application, it was easy to tell them in May that he just received his appointment. He withdraw his application and the merit scholar in a quick phone call. ARotc was not as easy to withdraw. The Army was coming to my DS’s school at 12:45pm to award his big check. DS got his call from SA at 10am. He called me immediately after, “mom, I accepted USCGA today. Please call the Army not to come to school”. I got that cancel right away but it took several phone calls to Kentucky to cancel ARotc scholarship. We were told not to give up ARotc until after swab summer. It’s fare enough to give the scholarship to the next in line. The Military college gave my DS until Sept 1 to officially withdraw. Good luck to you!

I am confused. Plan A was the SA, Plan B with Military colleges, Plan C Ivy colleges and Plan D was UF.... The reason i asked is i think you used Plan C twice, one for Ivys and one for UF. Did he get accepted to the Ivies?

B: Senior military college C: Duke (2more can’t remember) yes he was accepted. D: Uf, GT, ucf he was accepted

Impressive