November NROTC board results known?

Texasblues said:
I am so mentally exhausted waiting to hear something from NROTC!:rant2:
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So am I.....I'm just crossing my fingers for a generous financial aid package from one of my schools because I'm starting to lose hope on receiving an NROTC scholarship.

Assuming the worst, if I am forced to attend SUNY Geneseo for financial reasons,but decide I want to transfer to another school (for simplicity's sake let's say U of Rochester) so I can be in their NROTC unit, how would I go about applying for a 3-year scholarship? Is it even possible?
 
Well, I'll bump this with some good news! Son had been deferred by MIT after getting his NROTC scholarship there from the November board and just got his ACCEPTANCE this evening!!!! :jump1:
 
marciemi said:
Well, I'll bump this with some good news! Son had been deferred by MIT after getting his NROTC scholarship there from the November board and just got his ACCEPTANCE this evening!!!! :jump1:
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Congrats Marciemi to you and your son!!
MIT....that is quite an accomplishment.:thumb:
 
marciemi said:
Well, I'll bump this with some good news! Son had been deferred by MIT after getting his NROTC scholarship there from the November board and just got his ACCEPTANCE this evening!!!! :jump1:
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That is AWESOME!!!!! Congrats!!!
 
marciemi said:
Well, I'll bump this with some good news! Son had been deferred by MIT after getting his NROTC scholarship there from the November board and just got his ACCEPTANCE this evening!!!! :jump1:
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That's outstanding news! Our kids will be in the same unit.
 
Congrats Marciemi!

MIT? WOW! Congratulations. Strike up the celebration! If I could, I would supply a drumline, but this is the closest thing!

:band::band::band:
 
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Texasblues said:
We should gets some results this week. Not sure how many more times the board will be meeting. They meet every couple of weeks but I think they're getting close to being finished.

I am so mentally exhausted waiting to hear something from NROTC!:rant2:
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Has anyone heard anything this week? No change in status here. He's gotten "likely letters" from a few schools, including some on his NROTC list. We've pretty much given up hope that the Navy will come through.
 
DS is still waiting....for NROTC, AFROTC (told he was competitive but bumped to the next board). Also, USNA, AFA, USCG. He has a solid plan #6 (UND), but getting him to look at private scholarships is like pulling teeth. He really believes he belongs in the military..I do, too! The wait continues......
 
marciemi said:
Well, I'll bump this with some good news! Son had been deferred by MIT after getting his NROTC scholarship there from the November board and just got his ACCEPTANCE this evening!!!! :jump1:
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Congrats!!!!!!
 
UND

chjorg..my DD is at UND, not for anything military related, although here is what happened to her roommate...roommate went to Freshman Orientation as required and somehow ended up talking with the ROTC folks standing in receiving area (ROTC has a table set up as soon as you walk into the Welcome Area)

...unbeknownst to her parents she disappeared for a while (they took her to do a PT test right then and there)and came back with an AROTC scholarship for nursing! Seriously...never did any of the stuff our DS/DD's have done to get to where they are...so my question is...have you talked with the ROTC folks at UND? I have to think not all the slots fill and "maybe" they save spots for "walk-ons"? Keep in mind that statement was pure speculation...I just found it amazing roommate did what she did! I tried to get my DD to do the same!!! She said "NO WAY! Do you know how early they have to get up to EXERCISE?!"

Good luck to you and your family...my fingers are crossed for all of us waiting for any kind of news!
 
lroddy said:
chjorg..my DD is at UND, not for anything military related, although here is what happened to her roommate...roommate went to Freshman Orientation as required and somehow ended up talking with the ROTC folks standing in receiving area (ROTC has a table set up as soon as you walk into the Welcome Area)

...unbeknownst to her parents she disappeared for a while (they took her to do a PT test right then and there)and came back with an AROTC scholarship for nursing! Seriously...never did any of the stuff our DS/DD's have done to get to where they are...so my question is...have you talked with the ROTC folks at UND? I have to think not all the slots fill and "maybe" they save spots for "walk-ons"? Keep in mind that statement was pure speculation...I just found it amazing roommate did what she did! I tried to get my DD to do the same!!! She said "NO WAY! Do you know how early they have to get up to EXERCISE?!"

Good luck to you and your family...my fingers are crossed for all of us waiting for any kind of news!
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We are heading up to UND next week. We have an appt. with the AFROTC unit, among others.
How does DD like UND? My DS will pursue Mech eng. with an aerospace focus. I think it should be a great school for that, but it is in the middle of nowhere with brutal winters!
We are used to cold and snow, but they get never ending cold!!!!
DS relishes the workout! During swim season, they get up every morning at 5am to either lift or swim. He is very disciplined...I think that is one of the reasons he would flourish in the military. DH and I were both in the Army, but as a do over, I would have chosen a different branch. I think I may have biased him against a career in the Army. It isn't on his list.
Good Luck to your family as well. The waiting is tough and everyone is just such an outstanding candidate! They should all be very proud of their accomplishments, no matter what the outcome!
 
Still no word yet. I just wish I knew if I was rejected or not so I can move on and try again next year. Waiting is definitely the worst part.

For anyone who ends up not receiving a scholarship: Joining an NROTC unit as a college programmer is not always the easiest way of receiving a scholarship. Two different sources told me I should re-apply for the scholarship this fall with first-semester college grades and transfer to the college I received the scholarship at (assuming I get accepted to the college as well as receive a scholarship).

If I don't get an NROTC scholarship or get accepted to USNA, I'll most likely be attending Davidson College in NC, where I'll re-apply to USNA and NROTC there. If that doesn't work out I'll do OCS after college. I know I want to serve, and no rejection letter is going to stop me from doing that. Best of luck to everyone!
 
I just got off the phone with the local NROTC Scholarship Coordinator. I learned a couple of things.

1. The list of college choices located on the status update website (https://www.nrotc.navy.mil/status_scholarship.aspx) totally do NOT match DS's actual college choices in the NROTC computer. For example, the website lists UCLA as one of DS's school choices, but DS has never applied to that school. However, the NROTC computer (the one that really matters and the one that the NROTC Scholarship Coordinator can access from his desk) is consistent with the request that DS previously sent to PNSC_NROTC.scholarship@navy.mil. DS is basically ignoring what is listed on the scholarship status website.

2. The NROTC Scholarship Coordinator also said that the Navy has been tight-fisted with scholarships so far, because there is a lack of clarity on the budget front. Based on my conversation, though, I don't think there has been any official communication that this is in fact the case, and the Coordinator may have just assumed that this is the case. In any event, he did say that, historically, most of the scholarship offers are released at the end of the academic cycle (i.e., in early April).
 
patentLawyer said:
In any event, he did say that, historically, most of the scholarship offers are released at the end of the academic cycle (i.e., in early April).
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That may be true for the less popular programs, but certainly not for the more popular Battalions. All 5 of the schools listed on our application (USD, Tulane, FL, GW, BU) are apparently quite popular, and had filled their allocations as of late Feb. A conversation with the LT at USD in early Feb revealed that USD had a quota this year of approx. 41 offers, from which they could take a max of 35 enrollees (I believe 35 is a national hard cap on any Battalion's single year 4 years scholarship Navy Option awards). At that time, late Jan/early February, 36 Navy Option offers had been made of which 31 had already been accepted. That number does not include the STA-21 program awardees, or Marine Option, or MECEP.
 
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patentesq said:
I just got off the phone with the local NROTC Scholarship Coordinator. I learned a couple of things.

1. The list of college choices located on the status update website (https://www.nrotc.navy.mil/status_scholarship.aspx) totally do NOT match DS's actual college choices in the NROTC computer. For example, the website lists UCLA as one of DS's school choices, but DS has never applied to that school. However, the NROTC computer (the one that really matters and the one that the NROTC Scholarship Coordinator can access from his desk) is consistent with the request that DS previously sent to PNSC_NROTC.scholarship@navy.mil. DS is basically ignoring what is listed on the scholarship status website.

2. The NROTC Scholarship Coordinator also said that the Navy has been tight-fisted with scholarships so far, because there is a lack of clarity on the budget front. Based on my conversation, though, I don't think there has been any official communication that this is in fact the case, and the Coordinator may have just assumed that this is the case. In any event, he did say that, historically, most of the scholarship offers are released at the end of the academic cycle (i.e., in early April).
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aka We need Congress to pass a budget ASAP!!!! haha



-signed an anxious NROTC applicant
 
status changed to "congratulations"!

DS staus changed this morning...to " Congratulations!" 4year Navy option scholarship to GA Tech - so excited to have something positive to report! Can't wait for him to get home from school and check his portal. Dying to go to the school and tell him!! But will hold back and let him have the pleasure of finding out for himself.
 
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