NROTC Marine Corps Option Scholarship Results

[abbyad01]

I just got my results from my Staff Sergeant!! I got the 4 year NROTC Marine Corps Option Scholarship!! I will be attending UNF (University of North Florida) in the fall. I’m so excited and grateful for this opportunity.


If you’re wondering my stats are:


(17 year old female in Florida)


-26 ACT composite

-1200 SAT composite

- Dual enrollment credits (be careful with this though! there is a credit limit on how many credits you can have to apply for this scholarship!)

-274 PFT

-Letter of recommendation from the major of my city and my high school principal

-Captain of my swim team (also participated in track, cross country, and beach volleyball)

-Been in the DEP since July (highly recommend doing this! It gives you TONS of experience and time around Marines)

-100+ community service hours via sign language club, NHS, key club.

-Good interviews with the Marine Officers for the application


If anyone has any questions just ask away!! And my stats mean nothing to your chances! Don’t get all anxious because maybe your stats don’t align with mine. The marine corps considers so much when picking winners so keep your hopes up! Goodluck to everyone else!

 

[curiouslystrongmints]

Woohoo! Congrats!

 

[Flaps]

I just got my results from my Staff Sergeant!! I got the 4 year NROTC Marine Corps Option Scholarship!! I will be attending UNF (University of North Florida) in the fall. I’m so excited and grateful for this opportunity.


If you’re wondering my stats are:


(17 year old female in Florida)


-26 ACT composite

-1200 SAT composite

- Dual enrollment credits (be careful with this though! there is a credit limit on how many credits you can have to apply for this scholarship!)

-274 PFT

-Letter of recommendation from the major of my city and my high school principal

-Captain of my swim team (also participated in track, cross country, and beach volleyball)

-Been in the DEP since July (highly recommend doing this! It gives you TONS of experience and time around Marines)

-100+ community service hours via sign language club, NHS, key club.

-Good interviews with the Marine Officers for the application


If anyone has any questions just ask away!! And my stats mean nothing to your chances! Don’t get all anxious because maybe your stats don’t align with mine. The marine corps considers so much when picking winners so keep your hopes up! Goodluck to everyone else!

Congratulations man, it seems like they’re releasing the first wave of accepted results because I got a call from my recruiter yesterday informing me that I received an MO scholarship as well!!! Our stats are almost identical except our SAT scores are slightly different. Congratulations again and I can’t wait to see where this takes us.

 

[rhshizzle]

@abbyad01 @Flaps Congrats to the both of you, i'm still waiting on a notification. I was wondering, have Yall's Netfocus portals updated yet? Mine still says "No decision has been made" and it lists all my info plus my school choices.

 

[Flaps]

@abbyad01 @Flaps Congrats to the both of you, i'm still waiting on a notification. I was wondering, have Yall's Netfocus portals updated yet? Mine still says "No decision has been made" and it lists all my info plus my school choices.

No, in fact I believe I was notified by my local Marines before I was even supposed to know because just like you my Netfocus says “no decision etc.” That being said, the website has been troublesome for me through the entirety of the application process so I would talk more directly with your Marines then count on the website. Best of luck to you.

 

[NEPFan]

Congratulations! My son is waiting on this and the USNA. He has been admitted to the USMA.

Also waiting on a handful of universities, some of which he listed on his ROTC application.

This has been a whirlwind, exciting week that could go in any number of directions. Comforting to know that people here are still getting positive results.

Thanks and good luck to you all.

 

[Freedom1776]

@rhshizzle I got an Early Board scholarship in December and the portal didn't update until early February. The portal is incredibly slow to update so your recruiters are your best source of information

 

[Flaps]

@rhshizzle I got an Early Board scholarship in December and the portal didn't update until early February. The portal is incredibly slow to update so your recruiters are your best source of information

Precisely. Since you were on the early board could you give me any insight into the process? How much of a hassle is the medical quals? I already went to MEPS because I enrolled in the DEP program so I’m hoping that checks at least some of it off. But I just started getting all my acceptance paperwork and it’s quite a lot, did you have any hiccups/ what’s the process like for officially accepting the scholarship? Thanks for any advice you can give.

 

[Freedom1776]

@rhshizzle I got an Early Board scholarship in December and the portal didn't update until early February. The portal is incredibly slow to update so your recruiters are your best source of information

Precisely. Since you were on the early board could you give me any insight into the process? How much of a hassle is the medical quals? I already went to MEPS because I enrolled in the DEP program so I’m hoping that checks at least some of it off. But I just started getting all my acceptance paperwork and it’s quite a lot, did you have any hiccups/ what’s the process like for officially accepting the scholarship? Thanks for any advice you can give.

MEPS does not count at all towards DODMERB because the standards are much more strict for officers. In a few days to weeks you should get a n email that will let you activate your DODMETS account. That's where you'll fill out your medical history forms and schedule your DODMERB exams. DODMERB examiners can be pretty far away so be prepared to miss school. I had my exams in very late January, and got qualified around two weeks ago, but I had no waivers or remedials so the process may be longer.

 

[USNAismyplace]

Congrats! I've been rooting for you. Keep up the good work.

 

[Flaps]

@rhshizzle I got an Early Board scholarship in December and the portal didn't update until early February. The portal is incredibly slow to update so your recruiters are your best source of information

Precisely. Since you were on the early board could you give me any insight into the process? How much of a hassle is the medical quals? I already went to MEPS because I enrolled in the DEP program so I’m hoping that checks at least some of it off. But I just started getting all my acceptance paperwork and it’s quite a lot, did you have any hiccups/ what’s the process like for officially accepting the scholarship? Thanks for any advice you can give.

MEPS does not count at all towards DODMERB because the standards are much more strict for officers. In a few days to weeks you should get a n email that will let you activate your DODMETS account. That's where you'll fill out your medical history forms and schedule your DODMERB exams. DODMERB examiners can be pretty far away so be prepared to miss school. I had my exams in very late January, and got qualified around two weeks ago, but I had no waivers or remedials so the process may be longer.

Great info, I have no medical problems whatsoever and haven’t, never even broken a bone lol. Is it as long as MEPS? Or more like individual examinations that you do separately at different places?

 

[Flaps]

@rhshizzle I got an Early Board scholarship in December and the portal didn't update until early February. The portal is incredibly slow to update so your recruiters are your best source of information

Precisely. Since you were on the early board could you give me any insight into the process? How much of a hassle is the medical quals? I already went to MEPS because I enrolled in the DEP program so I’m hoping that checks at least some of it off. But I just started getting all my acceptance paperwork and it’s quite a lot, did you have any hiccups/ what’s the process like for officially accepting the scholarship? Thanks for any advice you can give.

MEPS does not count at all towards DODMERB because the standards are much more strict for officers. In a few days to weeks you should get a n email that will let you activate your DODMETS account. That's where you'll fill out your medical history forms and schedule your DODMERB exams. DODMERB examiners can be pretty far away so be prepared to miss school. I had my exams in very late January, and got qualified around two weeks ago, but I had no waivers or remedials so the process may be longer.

Also, at MEPS the whole message was “they are trying to disqualify you.” Like I said I have nothing to worry about, but I’m just curious, from your expiernce with the officer side of medical, does it seem like they’re trying to get you out? I would think not because if they’re paying for your college I’d imagine they want to keep you in at all costs.

 

[Freedom1776]

DODMERB has way more things that are disqualifying and my understanding is that waivers are harder to get. They haven't paid for anything yet and they don't want to pay if they think there's a chance you won't be fully deployable. Eye Exam was about an hour long, physical was maybe 90 minutes. They do not give you the benefit of the doubt on anything and report everything. They, however, do not determine if you are qualified. They are civilian contractors and they just send in your physical to DODMERB, and then their team makes the final determination.

 

[rocatlin]

DODMERB has way more things that are disqualifying and my understanding is that waivers are harder to get. They haven't paid for anything yet and they don't want to pay if they think there's a chance you won't be fully deployable. Eye Exam was about an hour long, physical was maybe 90 minutes. They do not give you the benefit of the doubt on anything and report everything. They, however, do not determine if you are qualified. They are civilian contractors and they just send in your physical to DODMERB, and then their team makes the final determination.

Officer qualifications are more stringent than enlisted qualifications. It was that way nearly 40 years ago. I was not medically qualified to commission because of eyesight, but was qualified to enlist. Tried to fight that waiver for quite sometime -- even after getting my degree and being enlisted.

Now, if you had a physical for the Naval Academy (assuming one applied for it at the same time as the NROTC scholarship), DODMERB already has your medical.

 

[tylermiller1]

Congratulations on your scholarship!

For anyone wondering the USMC XO in Indianapolis is currently calling to notify applicants of the scholarship results.

Best of luck everyone!

 

[Flaps]

DODMERB has way more things that are disqualifying and my understanding is that waivers are harder to get. They haven't paid for anything yet and they don't want to pay if they think there's a chance you won't be fully deployable. Eye Exam was about an hour long, physical was maybe 90 minutes. They do not give you the benefit of the doubt on anything and report everything. They, however, do not determine if you are qualified. They are civilian contractors and they just send in your physical to DODMERB, and then their team makes the final determination.

Officer qualifications are more stringent than enlisted qualifications. It was that way nearly 40 years ago. I was not medically qualified to commission because of eyesight, but was qualified to enlist. Tried to fight that waiver for quite sometime -- even after getting my degree and being enlisted.

Now, if you had a physical for the Naval Academy (assuming one applied for it at the same time as the NROTC scholarship), DODMERB already has your medical.

I was so relieved to find this out because I have already done all my DODMERB exams for the Naval Academy and I thought I was going to have to do it all over again. I was overjoyed to see that my Naval Academy Medical does in fact cover my NROTC medical. Just to be completely safe and sure, it says on the DODMERB website that I am “qualified” for both the Academy and NROTC. I only did exams and was found qualified for the Academy, I seriously don’t need to do any more medical stuff for NROTC?

 

[Flaps]

DODMERB has way more things that are disqualifying and my understanding is that waivers are harder to get. They haven't paid for anything yet and they don't want to pay if they think there's a chance you won't be fully deployable. Eye Exam was about an hour long, physical was maybe 90 minutes. They do not give you the benefit of the doubt on anything and report everything. They, however, do not determine if you are qualified. They are civilian contractors and they just send in your physical to DODMERB, and then their team makes the final determination.

Ah I see, apparently because I also applied to the Naval Academy and was medically qualified I do not need to do it all over again for NROTC. This is correct?

 

[kinnem]

@Flaps That's correct. NROTC will "kick off" the DoDMERB process and discover you've already completed it. They'll use your current results which means you'll be qualified.

 

[Flaps]

@Flaps That's correct. NROTC will "kick off" the DoDMERB process and discover you've already completed it. They'll use your current results which means you'll be qualified.

That’s excellent news, especially with AP testing coming up I was not looking forward to missing school. Regarding the process for my unit to be notified that I am qualified, do you know if I have to do anything regarding medical? Do I need to let someone know I am qualified? Or will DODMERB handle it all and I can just move on down the line of check marks. Thanks.

 

[kinnem]

You don't need to do a thing. Sit back, relax, and let your unit contact you. If you're anxious you can give them a courtesy call to let them know you are looking forward to participating in their program. You might ask what's next at that time.