NROTC First Board Results

GWU PNS said:
There is a board wrapping up this week, and it was a fairly large one. I doubt there will be any news over the weekend, but hopefully sometime next week. With omicron bouncing around it has slowed things a bit. But there is another board coming up in the next 10 days, so the results should be coming pretty steadily. I just dont want to make a prediction but we are in the peak season of application boards.
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Capt Myers Sir, If I may. Nurse Option Boards I know are few and far between, but considering the application period closes Jan 31, could one "assume" another Nurse Board coming. As I said in a previous post, my DS was Board Ready Jan 4th, or so, and my DS has already been accepted "Early Action" Nov 15th, to one of the hardest and most select Direct Admit Nursing Schools in the country.
 
For clarification, there isn't a specific board set aside only for Nurse Options. There just aren't enough of them to warrant a stand-alone board. They are reviewed and scored along with the other records, but they are in their own category. They are not competing against the regular NROTC candidates, they only compete for the nursing slots. What this means is that a person may submit an application for regular NROTC, and for Nurse Option.

We just wrapped up the 24-28 January board. The remaining boards are:
FY22-F7-11 February 2022Additional info by 15 Feb
FY22-G21-25 February 2022
FY22-H7-11 March 2022Mailed by NRC 1 March
FY22-I21-25 March 2022
FY22-J11-15 April 2022MSISR, BOOST grads

In any given year, there might be 10-12 Nurse Options selected, and so it is extremely competitive. I have reviewed some packages for Nurse and thought....this person would be a shoe in for regular NROTC.....but they only want the Nurse Option, and so it is very hard.
 
Thanks Capt, Yes my DS would be competitive for a regular NROTC but wants nothing to do with a Tier 1 Major.
 
Jimdlt19 said:
Thanks Capt, Yes my DS would be competitive for a regular NROTC but wants nothing to do with a Tier 1 Major.
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So, he doesn't have to be a tier 1 major. Over half of my freshman class are tier 3's. But, there are those who are terrified of calculus and physics, and that becomes the deal breaker for them.
 
Capt, Correct. He wants nothing to do with Calculus or Physics. He took college Statistics in place of calculus. That was the smart move because Statistics is required for ANY Nursing program. He has been set on Nursing since sophomore year and has set himself academically as such.
 
Captain -have you heard any specifics on the timeframe for releasing these two rounds? sounds like some may have heard this am but would they do throughout the weekend and next week too? just sitting here biting my nails 😒
 
Squidmom said:
Captain -have you heard any specifics on the timeframe for releasing these two rounds? sounds like some may have heard this am but would they do throughout the weekend and next week too? just sitting here biting my nails 😒
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What I "think" has happened is that some of the board members who had Midshipmen on one of these two boards have sent congratulatory emails. Nothing wrong with that, other than the fact that the civil service team is still trying to enter all the data into the Navy Option, Marine Option, Nurse Option, and ISR option databases and that takes time. I would not read into the fact that your DS has an empty inbox to be bad news. There just isn't a clean and easy way of getting the results out.

Weekend work rarely happens, but I think most of the January results will have been pushed through by next Tuesday. Someone posted on here a while back that when the college choices either get locked or greyed out, that's a sign. I can't validate that because that view of the website isn't available to me. But, if you were looking for something to do besides check the inbox, there could be that option as well.

I smoke cigars when I am nervous, which for the record, is bad for you. But, it could work ;)
 
GWU PNS said:
What I "think" has happened is that some of the board members who had Midshipmen on one of these two boards have sent congratulatory emails. Nothing wrong with that, other than the fact that the civil service team is still trying to enter all the data into the Navy Option, Marine Option, Nurse Option, and ISR option databases and that takes time. I would not read into the fact that your DS has an empty inbox to be bad news. There just isn't a clean and easy way of getting the results out.

Weekend work rarely happens, but I think most of the January results will have been pushed through by next Tuesday. Someone posted on here a while back that when the college choices either get locked or greyed out, that's a sign. I can't validate that because that view of the website isn't available to me. But, if you were looking for something to do besides check the inbox, there could be that option as well.

I smoke cigars when I am nervous, which for the record, is bad for you. But, it could work ;)
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I"m totally going to smoke a cigar tonight - way better than refreshing an inbox. You somehow made me feel better - thank you and happy weekend!
 
Captain - this is a very dumb question so sorry to ask - -when you say they "had midshipman on one of those two boards" does that mean they are already in the USNA? I'm just not sure the distinction between midshipmen above and DS - thank you :)
 
GWU PNS said:
What I "think" has happened is that some of the board members who had Midshipmen on one of these two boards have sent congratulatory emails. Nothing wrong with that, other than the fact that the civil service team is still trying to enter all the data into the Navy Option, Marine Option, Nurse Option, and ISR option databases and that takes time. I would not read into the fact that your DS has an empty inbox to be bad news. There just isn't a clean and easy way of getting the results out.

Weekend work rarely happens, but I think most of the January results will have been pushed through by next Tuesday. Someone posted on here a while back that when the college choices either get locked or greyed out, that's a sign. I can't validate that because that view of the website isn't available to me. But, if you were looking for something to do besides check the inbox, there could be that option as well.

I smoke cigars when I am nervous, which for the record, is bad for you. But, it could work ;)
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Capt Myers, My DS' application landing/status page has had the College Preference missing for about a week. Reading tea leaves? Damn I'm biting my nails like Squidmom :)
 
By the way to all, I noticed when signing in to the Net focus site there is a "scheduled outage" on 2/1 - I wonder if that is when they will be inputting results?! they had the time block listed too though I don't recall that
 
Squidmom said:
By the way to all, I noticed when signing in to the Net focus site there is a "scheduled outage" on 2/1 - I wonder if that is when they will be inputting results?! they had the time block listed too though I don't recall that
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10 year Marine and now Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic and I have never been as nervous doing those jobs as I am now. :confused:
 
Squidmom said:
Captain - this is a very dumb question so sorry to ask - -when you say they "had midshipman on one of those two boards" does that mean they are already in the USNA? I'm just not sure the distinction between midshipmen above and DS - thank you :)
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First off, I thought you were leaving to smoke a cigar? :rolleyes:

But to answer the question, no, those Mids were not in the USNA. For some reason, there are Mids who join as NROTC but either missed a deadline or for whatever reason had not been selected for NROTC 4 Year in their high school senior year. They are eligible to apply again and be part of this year's round of National Scholarships. So, in terms of these Mids being college programmers, they are being looked at for 4 year national scholarships. You could actually call it a 4 year sideload, but that would make some people really confused, so we left it as 4 year scholarships.

By the way, I am now heading off to smoke my cigar. My Mids have heard the results are trickling out, but I don't have the full list either. I have run out of excuses, and they are now practicing rifle drill with bayonets. Time for me to make an exit.
 
I have had my application for a couple weeks now but I was wondering if I could change my school choices? I have called the help desk and emailed them but still no word from the NetFocus. Is it even possible?
 
GWU PNS said:
First off, I thought you were leaving to smoke a cigar? :rolleyes:

But to answer the question, no, those Mids were not in the USNA. For some reason, there are Mids who join as NROTC but either missed a deadline or for whatever reason had not been selected for NROTC 4 Year in their high school senior year. They are eligible to apply again and be part of this year's round of National Scholarships. So, in terms of these Mids being college programmers, they are being looked at for 4 year national scholarships. You could actually call it a 4 year sideload, but that would make some people really confused, so we left it as 4 year scholarships.

By the way, I am now heading off to smoke my cigar. My Mids have heard the results are trickling out, but I don't have the full list either. I have run out of excuses, and they are now practicing rifle drill with bayonets. Time for me to make an exit.
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A tip from Nemo, remember to maintain eye contact and back away slowly!

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For clarity, anyone currently in a NROTC unit, as a college programmer or on scholarship, is called a midshipman. Same with the cadets at the Academy.

I believe this board was the first one where they considered applicants who are also currently in college for the mix (they wanted to see those first semester grades and what classes they were taking)?

My son did not apply for a NROTC scholarship in high school as he was completely focused on his applications to the USNA and USAFA (in which he made it to the final cut at the end of April for both before getting his TWE saying he didn't make it). He only joined the NROTC program at his school about a month before starting at the college. So, think of him as a "walk-on" that was then competing for a spot.

Since he is still just a Freshman, he is in the pool for the 4-year. If he did not get it, he would have then tried to compete in the "side-loaded" 3-year that they offer to existing college students.

That is a good message for those still not on the docket. There are other options still available even if nothing is received this year and someone still wants to get going while in college.
 
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