When does USNA start sending out TWE?

@redear1998, I'll answer for Swag since I got the same "no" email from Admissions last year.

The exact subject of the email is "United States Naval Academy Application Status Change Notification." The sender is USNA Admissions.

The email contains the same letter I assume is also found in a TWE. No need to sign into portal to find out.
 
redear1998 said:
@Swag -- just curious what the subject of the e-mail was? Yes I am an over-thinking mom, just trying to plan ahead...
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It simply said, Application Status Change Notification. I don't think you can possibly plan for this moment just as I'm sure those parents who receive good news can't plan for that as well. It was unexpected and much more emotional than I anticipated. Wishing all these amazing kids nothing but the best! Xo
 
Superior rocks said:
Swag, the military colleges are all about perseverance. When DS1 started his knob year at The Citadel, I tucked a letter I had written to him in his duffle bag. I told him to open the letter when he felt like quitting. Four days into knob year, DS1 opened my letter.

In my letter, I summarized General Patton's cadet journey. Patton applied to West Point as a high school senior. WP rejected him. Patton went to VMI. He reapplied to WP during his rat year. WP gave Patton the nod and he entered USMA as a plebe. Patton was not academically gifted; he was dyslexic. Patton failed his plebe year (math was and is a plebe killer). WP gave Patton another chance. Patton repeated his plebe year. The rest is history . . .
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Great advice, any tips as he attends his pre-knob? Feel free to PM me about you and your sons experience at the Citadel.
 
Sydney C. said:
The secret to patience is to do something in the meantime....I think you found it.
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Yes! I am holding on to a Partagas Culebra for LOA day. The scotch just seems to disappear...
 
My heart goes out to the TWEs and parents. It is a testament to your parenting that they are motivated to hit their plan Bs and move on with character, grace and dignity. My son has always been an underdog, and he has fought so hard to become a candidate and to exceed his own shortcomings to be ready. I wish for his dream to come true, but I try to never lose sight of how far he has come.
 
flying8764 said:
Another avenue just saying if he doesn't get the NROTC MO scholarship is that if he really wants to attend NROTC at MO he can without a scholarship, but his 2nd year he probably will receive a NROTC at MO. Happened at my son's NROTC friends. My son was one of few who was awarded a 4 yr scholarship and several of these same kids dropped after the first semester and they offered these to other NROTC kids who hung in there and who didnt apply or didnt receive one first rounds the 4yr scholarship for next year. Never give up.....the ship.
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We have heard that they are often more generous giving the scholarships after they have seen the student dedicated for a year. We will know very soon but in the mean time will visit Citadel and it is something I will discuss with admissions/financial aid office.
 
Swag said:
We have heard that they are often more generous giving the scholarships after they have seen the student dedicated for a year. We will know very soon but in the mean time will visit Citadel and it is something I will discuss with admissions/financial aid office.
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Awarding scholarships at the unit level is an entirely different process than the National awards. All ROTC cadets will be ranked in their unit each semester based on ROTC grades, PT test and overall academic GPA. If the local units have available funds, they will award the scholarships to the highest ranked cadets on the local OML. From what we have seen in a year of AROTC, there are not that many students who are really interested in ROTC as a career and not already on scholarship so the competition is only between a few individuals. As long as he does well, the likely hood of being given a scholarship is pretty high.
 
USMA 1994... Swag's son wants to be the Other Green....a Marine! For the Marine Corps ROTC remains one of the smaller pathways to meeting their commissioning goals. It will make the scholarship opportunities less plentiful but he has to be true to himself.
 
DrMom said:
USMA 1994... Swag's son wants to be the Other Green....a Marine! For the Marine Corps ROTC remains one of the smaller pathways to meeting their commissioning goals. It will make the scholarship opportunities less plentiful but he has to be true to himself.
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My DS was focused on the Marines growing up. Two years ago he applied to USNA, and NROTC/MO scholarships. Did not even apply for an AROTC scholarship or complete the USMA app.
After receiving TWE for both USNA and NROTC/MO, he declined his acceptance to an out of state SMC for financial reasons and instead was a walk-on at a local university AROTC cadet. (No NROTC program).

He ended up doing very well with AROTC during his freshman year bonding with his battalion right away. About a month into the semester, he received a phone call from a Mariine OSO suggesting he do both AROTC and PLC/OCS simultaneously. He did not feel this was a good example of integrity to "two time" his AROTC battalion and politely declined.

About a month after that he received a 3 year campus based AROTC scholarship that was later extended another half year. He hasn't looked back at the Corps since.

So I agree to being true to yourself, but keep an open mind.
 
My only point was that getting a scholarship from your local Battalion is different than the national awards if you (a) really want to be there and (b) do well. I would imagine that the situation in ROTC for all of the services are similar. There is a large group of scholarship cadets, another group who are just checking it out then a small group who really want to be there and did not get a scholarship for some reason. You are only competing against that small group.
 
Swag said:
It was an email he received this afternoon. Very generic, just stating they are not able to offer him an appointment and suggested re-applying and alternate ways to achieve being an Officer, nothing special. A year of hard work and dedication has gone into the application and receiving a Congressional Nomination...as you know. It's a tough one to accept but I think a glass of wine or two may help tonight.
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Swag, so sorry, i'll bet that was a rough evening. But you should be extra proud of him, as everyone has said here, he made it that far, and not to give up. I pray he finds his path, and hugs and prayers for all of you.
 
Swag said:
It was an email he received this afternoon. Very generic, just stating they are not able to offer him an appointment and suggested re-applying and alternate ways to achieve being an Officer, nothing special. A year of hard work and dedication has gone into the application and receiving a Congressional Nomination...as you know. It's a tough one to accept but I think a glass of wine or two may help tonight.
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Swag, we feel your pain. We all want to get the good news but it doesn't always go our way so I hope Plan B makes you just as happy then if it's really a passion to try again next year. If our DS gets declined at USAFA, we'll be sad at first but are happy because he's going to a school that's either 1 or 2 hours from where we will PCS to this summer.
 
I had about 3 hours to kill in the Charlotte airport last night because of the storms. I was sitting next to a nice old guy in a Navy hat and we struck up a conversation about DD's current possibilities and the excitement/nervousness that we're all going through. He asked if she had a nomination and I said yes. "Well then, she's got it in the bag!" Um, thank you for saying so but, no. :) I thanked him for his service and his optimism and said we're all hoping for that but she's got a great plan B and C too.
 
mpete2150 said:
I had about 3 hours to kill in the Charlotte airport last night because of the storms. I was sitting next to a nice old guy in a Navy hat and we struck up a conversation about DD's current possibilities and the excitement/nervousness that we're all going through. He asked if she had a nomination and I said yes. "Well then, she's got it in the bag!" Um, thank you for saying so but, no. :) I thanked him for his service and his optimism and said we're all hoping for that but she's got a great plan B and C too.
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i think that's a common misunderstanding... My friends think the same way - that the largest hurdle to overcome was for my DS to get a nomination from a congressman... Right... How about 5,000 applicants that have received congressman nominations and another 900+ that received senator nominations...Wish it was that easy...
 
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