ThinkingRed
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- Oct 21, 2022
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I wanted to start by acknowledging that it was my own fault for delaying so long in getting through my side of the DoDMERB process. I know I have an auto DQ on my record (asthma after 13th birthday) and the process for getting a waiver for that can take a while (if I get it at all). I have both an AROTC and AFROTC scholarship for the same school but need to select classes in mid-July, meaning I’d need to commit to one branch or the other by then (or by the time class drop/switches are due at the latest).
My worry is that I’ll commit to the “wrong” one and lose out if I only get a waiver from the one I don’t join. So I have a couple questions: #1 lets say that I sign up for the leadership lab and fall semester AFROTC courses (thus committing to AFROTC) would AROTC still continue working on my waiver so in case I don’t get it from AF, I still might get it for army? And #2, lets say that I do end up getting a waiver from army but it’s too late to change into AROTC, could I switch to taking AROTC courses and still commission into the army (I’m not too concerned about the scholarship tbh, just that I’ll be able to still commission).
Finally, ik that the air force is currently pinching down on the high school scholarships for AFROTC. Is that making waivers harder to get this year?
Any advice or insight would be highly appreciated!
My worry is that I’ll commit to the “wrong” one and lose out if I only get a waiver from the one I don’t join. So I have a couple questions: #1 lets say that I sign up for the leadership lab and fall semester AFROTC courses (thus committing to AFROTC) would AROTC still continue working on my waiver so in case I don’t get it from AF, I still might get it for army? And #2, lets say that I do end up getting a waiver from army but it’s too late to change into AROTC, could I switch to taking AROTC courses and still commission into the army (I’m not too concerned about the scholarship tbh, just that I’ll be able to still commission).
Finally, ik that the air force is currently pinching down on the high school scholarships for AFROTC. Is that making waivers harder to get this year?
Any advice or insight would be highly appreciated!