What does this mean. Any help appreciated.

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Ds received email today from Georgia tech tha4 stated. We just wanted to know is this a good sign for admission towards the school, does this help admission into the school, and how to follow up. :
Good Morning,

Congratulations on being awarded a NROTC National Scholarship! This past selection board saw a group of incredibly competitive students so your selection is quite an impressive feat. I have seen that you listed Georgia Tech as one of your top 5 schools and I am reaching out because we would love to have you in our program. Georgia Tech’s NROTC unit is one of the original NROTC units and continually produces naval officers into every unrestricted line community. If you have any questions about the school, our program here or about the application please feel free to reach out.

Very Respectfully
 
Well, it's apparently from the NROTC unit. Not clear if it helps admissions to the school but the cadre at the unit would know. At some schools it's helpful and at others it's not.
 
rsw1177 said:
Was the NROTC scholarship not awarded to GT?
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It was awarded to UCLA with USC, as the host detatchment. Ds just received an email from them as congrats and stating although they are hard schools to get into they believe he has what it takes to be competitive.
 
Sheesh, UCLA had 111,266 freshman applications in 2019, and that is DOWN 2% from 2018. It is still a tough school to get into.
dailybruin.com

UCLA sees decrease in fall 2019 freshman applications by about 2 percent - Daily Bruin

UCLA received fewer freshman applications than last year for admission in fall 2019, according to data released Tuesday. The number of applicants decreased by about 2 percent, from 113,695 in 2018 to 111,266 in 2019, according to preliminary data released by the University of California Office...
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Interesting, didn’t realize that the other 4 schools (where the scholarship wasn’t placed) would be notified [emoji848]
 
This is second year that all NROTC units see the school choices (#1-#5) for those selected for the NROTC scholarship. It is normal for the unit at the #1 listed NROTC unit to reach out and say congratulations. GT is just getting in on the action as well.

As @kinnem points out, the GT email is not an indication that the NROTC unit there has any pull with admissions. Why not ask them? They might be reluctant to answer that in an email, but might through a phone call. They encouraged you to reach out, so why not?

And I'll keep reinforcing this message - @Worriedparent2, the scholarship was not awarded to a school (UCLA/USC). The scholarships are not tied to a school. The scholarship was awarded to your DS. Congratulations! It was placed at the NROTC unit associated with the school your DS has listed #1 on his application. Gain admittance to any NROTC school and he can use it at any one of those schools. Even if it's not listed in your #1-#5. No limits or caps anymore.
 
As an AFROTC mom graduate, our DS received an HSSP and after that he received letters from schools across the country. Colleges he never applied to in the 1st place. One was UNC Chapel Hill, another was NYU Sterns. I thought the letters were a scam. Both letters were from the college itself and stated that although he never applied, they had a spot waiting for him if he wanted it. We were living in NC at that time so I called UNCCH to inform the admissions office that there must be a scam going on. Their response was NO, we actually sent that letter. It turned out for those schools they always have a ROTC staff member that sits on the board. That yr it happened to be AFROTC's turn. The CoC at those units saw his stats met the same as the college applicants that the school accepts. They put his name up for admission and the school agreed.

This is what I call the push pull method. Some schools actually have strong ROTC units and they sit on the admissions board. If there is a potential candidate that they think is a good fit, they stand up for them at that board. Our DS did not go to either of those schools. However, the one he did attend had big ROTC units for all 3. They would rotate each yr which branch sat on the board. IE this yr GT could have an NROTC officer on the board and next yr it would be AROTC. AROTC would not know what NROTC applicant has a scholarship, but they would know which AROTC does, hence they could theoretically put that candidates name in the admissions pool.

This was a decade ago, so it may have changed, but it sounds like it is exactly what occurred for our child.
 
DS should contact the unit to let them know they are interested in GT, ask some questions and also ask in having a NROTC scholarship helps in the admissions process. Also make sure GT admissions knows that DS was awarded a NROTC scholarship. It can't hurt and "may" help.
 
Worriedparent2 said:
It was awarded to UCLA with USC, as the host detatchment. Ds just received an email from them as congrats and stating although they are hard schools to get into they believe he has what it takes to be competitive.
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Wow, UCLA and USC together. Those are huge rival schools. I wonder how they all get along
 
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