ROTC Board - Who are they and what actually happens?

DeepWaters

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The board for AFROTC is supposed to be reviewing my application on Monday. Who exactly is the board (active duty, vets, civilians?)? I'd imagine there is more than one AF board across the nation looking over all of these? Are they grouped by region? At this point, I believe the technicians have compiled my scores for grades, scores, ECs, interview, etc. So is it just a matter of picking up the top 100 or so or is there a discussion of each candidate? Do they make recommendations to a reviewing authority or is what the board comes up with the scholarship recipients? How is my choice of schools factored in? Anyway, I'm just curious about the process. Thank you.
 
Same. Would be interested to hear about the process. Ours tried to make the first board, but due to Covid, his PFA was delayed. Now trying to schedule the interview, but if their schedule goes as planned, he won't be reviewed till February...that's a long gap between boards.

Good luck to yours DeepWaters - I hope you get some good news!
 
I can't say as to who is on the board (I assume it's active duty Air Force personnel at AFROTC HQ), but I do know how they pick scholarship winners. Everybody is competing on a 1000 point scale. How many points a candidate gets is dependent on the PFA scores, GPA, ACT/SAT, interview score, interviewer's rating, etc. The people that are doing an Air Force-defined technical or foreign strategic language major are given priority. They choose those that have the highest scores, and that look like promising officers. If someone is competitive, but another candidate bests them, their application can be rolled over to the next board meeting. The board is the final step in the scholarship process; they make or break it. That's my understanding of it all.
 
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