DS received TWE mid-April last year as a high school senior. He was 3Q qualified with a nomination from his Senator. In mid-May he started receiving offers for ROTC 4-year scholarship opportunities (note- he did select ROTC interest on the WP application). DS was accepted to plan B school at UW-Madison, and the 4-year ROTC scholarship is working well he is part of the Badger Battalion.
DS is reapplying to WP. His profile is complete with the exception of first semester transcript, this likely won’t be available until the latter part of Dec, and is preventing his application from being 100% complete and advancing. He is waiting on status of senatorial nominations; he has two current nominations, one from his Congressman and one from ROTC. Last year DS received a LOE, this year he has not received any communication LOE or LOA.
Academics is the final piece. DS understands the importance of solid grades. In his classes grading will be done on a sliding scale, this is new to us, and makes it difficult to gauge how he is doing throughout the term.
I am just wondering if anyone else has had experience with sliding scale grades at a larger, competitive university and if grades don’t turn out all A’s, does high school academics also factor into Academic qualification?
DS is reapplying to WP. His profile is complete with the exception of first semester transcript, this likely won’t be available until the latter part of Dec, and is preventing his application from being 100% complete and advancing. He is waiting on status of senatorial nominations; he has two current nominations, one from his Congressman and one from ROTC. Last year DS received a LOE, this year he has not received any communication LOE or LOA.
Academics is the final piece. DS understands the importance of solid grades. In his classes grading will be done on a sliding scale, this is new to us, and makes it difficult to gauge how he is doing throughout the term.
I am just wondering if anyone else has had experience with sliding scale grades at a larger, competitive university and if grades don’t turn out all A’s, does high school academics also factor into Academic qualification?