Remaining NROTC Boards

GWU PNS said:
There is a list of acronyms somewhere on here, but I am not sure where.

So....
Unrestricted Line Officer. Why isn't it just UL....no one knows....at least I don't
Immediate Scholarship Reservation
Minority Serving Institution -- typically referring to HBC -- Historically Black Colleges or HHE -- Higher Hispanic Enrollment and there has also been use of the term HSI - Hispanic Serving Institutions
I also mentioned the NCP or Nurse Candidate Program. Separate thing from NROTC and I didn't want people to confuse them.
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I don't remember ULO or ISR at all from the application...who knows?
 
BlackDogMom said:
My DD learned today she received a Navy Nurse Corps scholarship. She's over the moon to have been given the opportunity to serve in this community. Thank you for the tracking of the board progress in this thread CAPT Meyers.
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SO AWESOME - -congrats!
 
BlackDogMom said:
My DD learned today she received a Navy Nurse Corps scholarship. She's over the moon to have been given the opportunity to serve in this community. Thank you for the tracking of the board progress in this thread CAPT Meyers.
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Fantastic news. Congrats.
 
liberty18 said:
Does NROTC coordinate with AROTC on notification dates? I've already heard from Army but am still waiting on Navy, however there's a deadline for accepting my Army scholarship.
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Two totally independent systems with NO coordination between them.
 
Portal updated Tuesday late afternoon for my son (first tip off was an email from DoDMERB saying it had an update - he’s Qualified for Academy apps and they’d shared that with NROTC) and then an email yesterday mid-day. Thanks to everyone (esp. Capt. Meyers!) for the updates on here which made the process less opaque. Now the challenge of deciding between his top two choices (if not USNA) and potentially seeking to transfer the scholarship from 1 to 2…
 
JRDinIL said:
Portal updated Tuesday late afternoon for my son (first tip off was an email from DoDMERB saying it had an update - he’s Qualified for Academy apps and they’d shared that with NROTC) and then an email yesterday mid-day. Thanks to everyone (esp. Capt. Meyers!) for the updates on here which made the process less opaque. Now the challenge of deciding between his top two choices (if not USNA) and potentially seeking to transfer the scholarship from 1 to 2…
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If there is desire from shifting from #1 to #2, the email from NSTC should have explained that. It is basically an email back requesting it. Just make sure he has the acceptance letter from #2. Otherwise you let the bird in the hand go.......
 
Yep, thanks! Accepted to both - but #2 (or 1a) is ND, which I know someone had noted in a comment weeks ago might be one that could exhaust its scholarship spots. Not sure if that really happens (a 4/C we met with there said not to worry), so we’ve emailed their Lt. to try to confirm (in case we should consider transferring now even though it’s possible he’d later want to transfer it back to the current 1)…
 
JRDinIL said:
Yep, thanks! Accepted to both - but #2 (or 1a) is ND, which I know someone had noted in a comment weeks ago might be one that could exhaust its scholarship spots. Not sure if that really happens (a 4/C we met with there said not to worry), so we’ve emailed their Lt. to try to confirm (in case we should consider transferring now even though it’s possible he’d later want to transfer it back to the current 1)…
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The ND PNS is a highly skilled Captain. He knows how to make things happen. I'd trust what their LT tells you but I think you will be fine.
 
JRDinIL said:
Yep, thanks! Accepted to both - but #2 (or 1a) is ND, which I know someone had noted in a comment weeks ago might be one that could exhaust its scholarship spots. Not sure if that really happens (a 4/C we met with there said not to worry), so we’ve emailed their Lt. to try to confirm (in case we should consider transferring now even though it’s possible he’d later want to transfer it back to the current 1)…
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Trust what the unit tells you, but I'll share that my DS attended another university with a highly selective acceptance rate; in the same range as ND. When he was applying, he was told by the XO that, because the university admissions were so selective, they never filled all their allocated scholarship slots.
 
Howdy..I’m hoping someone on this thread can help explain part of the ISR process to myself and to my DS. Captain Meyers, the experiences you share and the insight you have of the process is always appreciated and welcome. I posted on a previous thread and was satisfied that a selection was coming soon. That did not happen and my concern and angst has me posting again. My DS was awarded a ISR offer in late December. His NetFocus portal status still says “no decision has been made on your application“. We where under the impression that the ISR award was a commitment that he would receive a 4 year scholarship. We understood that his application would be sent down to NSTC for review, and that an email would be sent to him to accept the Offer. Has anyone else had a similar offer or experience. Did we misunderstand what my DS was awarded or offered. I have let my son handle all of this ROTC stuff. It’s his opportunity and his future and I’m confident he can handle the application and selection process. I’m having some concern now, maybe we did not understand what an “ISR” is and is not. Could it be that he has been selected as an ISR alternate? I see on this thread some applicants have been reviewed by the board but have not been awarded or denied, they assume they have been put in the alternate pile. Is this possible for a ISR recipient as well? Very little information is available about the ISR process. He has talked with his NTAG recruiter. The PO told him he would be reviewed on the Feb 7-11th board. No change to his status, no email received. Is the ISR the golden ticket we thought it was? Thanks in advance for helping one father out that is beginning to freak out. The process is so opaque, and two months of waiting for something to change on a web portal is a lifetime in my business. I appreciate all you parents that share your experiences.
 
Typically, for an ISR offer, your DS would have submitted his application through the recruiter, and someone in that district would have flagged his application as a potential for ISR. I don't know if every district does this, but most will have a specific interview done by either the NTAG CO or someone that the CO directs to do it.

Assuming the application is submitted as an ISR, then NSTC will review it for accuracy, but in terms of being in front of a board, those ISR records are completely separate from the rest of the CNSB or standard NROTC scholarships. And unless things have changed, the NTAG will be the one to send out any notification of the scholarship.

The Feb 7-11 board has reported out already. Because ISR is a selection made by the NTAG, there isn't an alternate for those. The general governing directive for ISR is the NAVCRUITCOM 1533.4E. They may be up to revision F but I don't think there have been any major differences. I attached a few pages of that instruction, but it's a big file so I trimmed most of it. You can probably find it in its entirety on the web.

And while most on here know this, the entity that owns this application process is Navy Recruiting Command. I am on the other side of the fence as the PNS. But, my sense is that either 1) some NTAGs are better than others at getting the word out and keeping folks informed, or 2) perhaps DS or DD types aren't copying the information correctly and translating to their parents. So, to the degree that I can, I try to wade through the minutiae. But, for the applications, I am just a passenger in the train, not the conductor, not the engineer, and not even the whistle blower.
 

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Does anyone have any scuttlebutt on the possible release date for the 21-25 February board?
 
JJ737 said:
Howdy..I’m hoping someone on this thread can help explain part of the ISR process to myself and to my DS. Captain Meyers, the experiences you share and the insight you have of the process is always appreciated and welcome. I posted on a previous thread and was satisfied that a selection was coming soon. That did not happen and my concern and angst has me posting again. My DS was awarded a ISR offer in late December. His NetFocus portal status still says “no decision has been made on your application“. We where under the impression that the ISR award was a commitment that he would receive a 4 year scholarship. We understood that his application would be sent down to NSTC for review, and that an email would be sent to him to accept the Offer. Has anyone else had a similar offer or experience. Did we misunderstand what my DS was awarded or offered. I have let my son handle all of this ROTC stuff. It’s his opportunity and his future and I’m confident he can handle the application and selection process. I’m having some concern now, maybe we did not understand what an “ISR” is and is not. Could it be that he has been selected as an ISR alternate? I see on this thread some applicants have been reviewed by the board but have not been awarded or denied, they assume they have been put in the alternate pile. Is this possible for a ISR recipient as well? Very little information is available about the ISR process. He has talked with his NTAG recruiter. The PO told him he would be reviewed on the Feb 7-11th board. No change to his status, no email received. Is the ISR the golden ticket we thought it was? Thanks in advance for helping one father out that is beginning to freak out. The process is so opaque, and two months of waiting for something to change on a web portal is a lifetime in my business. I appreciate all you parents that share your experiences.
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I can relate to what you are going through. DS was awarded an ISR early September 2017. It wasn't until late November, maybe even early December, that he got the official award notification. He was notified by a portal update. I was on pins and needles anticipating everything that could have gone wrong. DS was unconcerned and confident it would all happen, which it did. If the portal status says no decision has been made, that means everything is there and it should just be a matter of waiting. It sounds like, for one reason or another, the file probably did not get reviewed on the Feb 7-11 board.
 
JRDinIL said:
Yep, thanks! Accepted to both - but #2 (or 1a) is ND, which I know someone had noted in a comment weeks ago might be one that could exhaust its scholarship spots. Not sure if that really happens (a 4/C we met with there said not to worry), so we’ve emailed their Lt. to try to confirm (in case we should consider transferring now even though it’s possible he’d later want to transfer it back to the current 1)…
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We're in the opposite boat, sort of. Daughter has NROTC scholarship to ND but not yet admitted. We accepted in hopes that if she isn't admitted she can successfully request change to #2 (VT). And of course, still waiting for something...anything...from USNA. Anyone else struggling to keep their own anxiety in check so it doesn't make DS/DD more anxious?
 
I"m not an expert but if she already has the scholarship in hand, she might want to reach out to the PNS at ND and let him know - they can push admissions as it should be almost automatic at that point. Just a suggestion from the peanut gallery.
 
LissaB said:
We're in the opposite boat, sort of. Daughter has NROTC scholarship to ND but not yet admitted. We accepted in hopes that if she isn't admitted she can successfully request change to #2 (VT). And of course, still waiting for something...anything...from USNA. Anyone else struggling to keep their own anxiety in check so it doesn't make DS/DD more anxious?
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After last year, my son has been pretty "meh" about it. He doesn't have high expectations and he's focusing on what he can control, which is a heavier course load this semester in college (he's a college re-applicant) and excelling in his NROTC program. Since he was awarded the scholarship a month or so ago, he's just knocking out whatever they send him to complete - which right now is the DoDMERB waiver stuff.

But he hasn't heard anything from the Academy, and as of last week we knew he wasn't yet boarded, so he's still in the game!
 
Squidmom said:
I"m not an expert but if she already has the scholarship in hand, she might want to reach out to the PNS at ND and let him know - they can push admissions as it should be almost automatic at that point. Just a suggestion from the peanut gallery.
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Thank you! She has done that and they are communicating regularly at this point. But if I've learned anything in this process it's not to start counting those chickens yet. The older daughter was a much different process and one with which I was much more familiar-small liberal arts college applications and SA applications might as well take place on different planets!
 
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