seems to me from gathering info here that there are several possibilities upcoming over the next five months:
- applicant is awarded scholarship(s) around Jan. 28
- applicant is not, meaning application is automatically rolled over to the Feb. 28 Board for reconsideration
...........- applicant is or is not notified around Mar. 20
- assuming no award Mar. 20, then, sometime in early April a Dear John notice is posted on the Status website, and a Dear John letter arrives at applicant's home. Then:
1) in late April and May, awardees from the Feb. 28 Board of 4-year scholarships to multiple colleges will choose and notify their first choice Battalion of their scholarship acceptance, freeing up slots at AROTC schools offering a scholarship but not chosen by applicant
2) Around this same time, awardees choosing NROTC/AFROTC over AROTC will notify AROTC, freeing up 4-Year scholarships at some schools
3) Around July 1, after 30 June I-Day at the Naval Academy, R-Day at West Point, and BCT Report Day at Colorado Springs, awardees (or the Academy) will notify AROTC/NROTC/AFROTC that they own that body now and any ROTC scholarships awarded and accepted are now forfeited. This presumably opens up slots which are awarded around July 10-15.
4) I assume there is a Report day also at West Point and Colorado Springs, repeating the process in 3) above.
Man, this thing gets complicated.
Those not receiving a 4 year scholarship through the Fort Knox Cadet Command will then be in competition for 3 year scholarships at some Battalions. What I'm not clear on is whether these AROTC 3 year campus-issued scholarships are awarded prior to the awardee arriving as a freshman, or if they are awarded during the freshman year while applicant is participating as a non-scholarship ROTC Battalion member.