USCGA acceptance and NROTC schools

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My son received his appointment to the USCGA and accepted it. He also received the NROTC scholarship and the acceptances to schools are starting to come in (he is a transfer student, so those acceptances come in later than traditional in-coming freshman acceptances, hence the late official notifications). So far, he has gotten into an Ivy and UNC and has about eight more decisions outstanding (he only applied to NROTC schools).

My question is should he "accept" the offers (and pay the deposit for enrollment--usually around $100-250) for his top three or four schools? I have heard that this is not a bad strategy just in case the worst happens like he breaks his leg or something and loses his USCGA appointment before his report day in late June/early July.

Any thoughts or ideas on this? He is committed to the USCGA 100% and of course thinks it is silly to have a contingency plan at this point since he is obviously invincible in all aspects (father laughs, but us parents know the fallibility behind Superkid status, lol). I am not a "wrap your kid in bubble wrap" parent, and he will have an active summer leading up to his reporting date. However, I want to be smart about not letting the NROTC scholarship slip away just in case we end up needing it as a fall back.
 
This was an acceptable plan in previous years.
The Navy changed its policy last year.
If you read bullet 9 in his congratulations letter it prevents you from doing this.
"If you receive an appointment to, enroll in, and then drop from the US Naval Academy or any other service Academy, you can not reclaim your NROTC scholarship, even if only for a day."
Seems pretty clear to me they have closed that door.
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So he should accept the NROTC scholarship and the appointment, and then take it from there, Oldsalt?
 
Yes. That leaves him covered if he is injured before he reports to USCGA. This stuff isn't that hard to reason through. One could always take their chances. I don't know how USCGA handles injuries prior to reporting, but perhaps it's worth a call to them.
 
I agree he should accept the NROTC scholarship, but I don't understand the strategy of paying deposits at 3-4 schools. If he knows which school is his top choice and his scholarship is assigned there or can be transferred there, I'd say just put down the deposit at that school.
 
Good advice. The problem arises when his last choices are deciding first, which they are. When his first or second choice comes in that makes it easy. Thanks for all the great input!
 
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