From our experience the transfer processworked...thanks to P-Flying17, who is incredibly patient, calm, understanding, and an all around angel...(whom I miss conversing with, lol lol).
My DS's scholarship was placed at a University we thought forsure he would be accepted to, but it's didn't work out that way. While we waited and waited and waited to hear if he would be accepted to original placement school, DS put his name on the waitlist (just in case)for two other schools, he knew he was admitted to. And while we were awaiting a transfer decision DS also applied, in late April, to three more schools recommended by P-Flying17 that had openings in their unit...just in case again. He was accepted at those schools at the same time he learned his transfer was approved!!! Needless to say...the end of April and the beginning of May was the rollercoaster ride of a lifetime! I was barely hanging on...
DS is NROTC at Iowa State and loving every minute, it is where he was meant to be. My advise to prepare, plan, prepare and plan again. As nothing is writen in stone and can change on a moments notice...it's the bumps in the road that eventually even out that make the journey worthwhile.