Pima
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Congrats to your child.
JMPO.
1. Bubble wrap your child.
~~~~ Don't go insane, but remind them when they go skiing in March, that the black diamond trails are not wise. Take a mogul at the wrong angle and they can injure their body, causing a DQ from a DoDMERB issue.
Only this summer there was a poster where their child after graduation played a pick up game of basketball (?), and broke a bone. 4 weeks out from I Day; they became a medical turnback. Np I-Day. Spring sports is going to amp up the fear, esp/ for sports like LAX or Baseball. 1 hit to the head and your heart will sink.
2. School of thought regarding deposits and scholarships.
~~~~ It is a hot topic ever yr.
One thought regarding scholarships is your child took it away from another candidate.
~~~~ I do not belong to that school of thought. ROTC boards know they will not have 100% acceptance rate. They place that into their numbers.
Additionally, your child earned it. Many ROTC candidates get merit from the colleges they applied too. If the candidate that gets merit from a college waits until they hear from their 1st choice college, isn't that the same as your child holding on to the ROTC scholarship to the last minute?
The other school of thought is paying the deposit, and leaving a safety net for them to quit during that summer.
~~~~ My yrs here, the ones that did pay didn't quit because they had a safety net.
HOWEVER, I need to use my fingers and toes to count how many were medical turnbacks.
~~~ One hand would just be for twisting their knee coming off the bus on I Day, or the 1st week.
~~~ One hand would be during the Swine Flu (H1N1) epidemic and they went past the 8 days allows.
~~~ One foot would account for the strange things, such as an AFA recruited athlete contracting Guillian-Barre the 1st week, or appendicitis.
The ones that paid that deposit allowed their child to not skip a beat. Many of them also contacted the school because orientation is a problem. The college held the spot, but the kids knew they were going to get bottom of the barrel for class schedule and dorm options. They didn't go to their community college-nothing wrong with that, just saying they were able to attend their plan B college because the folks paid the 300-500 bucks deposit.
JMPO.
1. Bubble wrap your child.
~~~~ Don't go insane, but remind them when they go skiing in March, that the black diamond trails are not wise. Take a mogul at the wrong angle and they can injure their body, causing a DQ from a DoDMERB issue.
Only this summer there was a poster where their child after graduation played a pick up game of basketball (?), and broke a bone. 4 weeks out from I Day; they became a medical turnback. Np I-Day. Spring sports is going to amp up the fear, esp/ for sports like LAX or Baseball. 1 hit to the head and your heart will sink.
2. School of thought regarding deposits and scholarships.
~~~~ It is a hot topic ever yr.
One thought regarding scholarships is your child took it away from another candidate.
~~~~ I do not belong to that school of thought. ROTC boards know they will not have 100% acceptance rate. They place that into their numbers.
Additionally, your child earned it. Many ROTC candidates get merit from the colleges they applied too. If the candidate that gets merit from a college waits until they hear from their 1st choice college, isn't that the same as your child holding on to the ROTC scholarship to the last minute?
The other school of thought is paying the deposit, and leaving a safety net for them to quit during that summer.
~~~~ My yrs here, the ones that did pay didn't quit because they had a safety net.
HOWEVER, I need to use my fingers and toes to count how many were medical turnbacks.
~~~ One hand would just be for twisting their knee coming off the bus on I Day, or the 1st week.
~~~ One hand would be during the Swine Flu (H1N1) epidemic and they went past the 8 days allows.
~~~ One foot would account for the strange things, such as an AFA recruited athlete contracting Guillian-Barre the 1st week, or appendicitis.
The ones that paid that deposit allowed their child to not skip a beat. Many of them also contacted the school because orientation is a problem. The college held the spot, but the kids knew they were going to get bottom of the barrel for class schedule and dorm options. They didn't go to their community college-nothing wrong with that, just saying they were able to attend their plan B college because the folks paid the 300-500 bucks deposit.
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