<p>crcowboyfan! Congrats and best wishes!</p>
<p>Congrats crcowboyfan! What is your first choice for college? My son found out today that he also got a 4 year NROTC-Marine Option scholarship. If he gets accepted to Notre Dame (his first choice) then he will have to decide between the Naval Academy and Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Notre Dame's is the #1 preferred NROTC program in the country. Was his scholarship for ND? Congrats! Pretty cool, especially if one likes little people in leather shorts ... ;)</p>
<p>anecdotally I heard something on TV over the weekend that I've not had chance to check out ... that ND has AVERAGED 7 wins/season over the past 14 years, noting that Weis was right on course. Could that be correct? :confused:</p>
<p>My first choice school is UVA. Hope I get in!</p>
<p>crcowboy fan,</p>
<p>Congrats to you!!!!</p>
<p>:o)</p>
<p>I hear UVA is a decent unit, very low key, one day a week. Great school.</p>
<p>Congrats. In a couple years I hope to get a NROTC scholly and admission to ND, but I've got a long ways to go.</p>
<p>just found out yesterday that my daughter received a 4 yr NROTC scholarship to ND. :-D
now we just have to wait to see if she can get into ND.
we were surprised to find out that the scholarship does not cover room & board, just tuition, books, and the monthly stipend. is this the norm?</p>
<p>That is the norm and is stated in several places on the NROTC site.</p>
<p>A few places, and you may be certain ND is not one of them, provide additional FA support to ROTC recipients. Congrats. The "easy" part is completed. Good luck @ ND.</p>
<p>Curious: Does anyone know how NROTC scholarships are treated for people on waitlists?</p>
<p>Whistle Pig, Do you mean if the student has a NROTC scholarship but is on the waitlist for the college he/she was assigned to by the Navy? </p>
<p>S1 (NROTC 1C) told me this weekend that he has heard of Notre Dame's reputation for having a great unit but has also heard that NROTC mids are required to live on campus all four years and must live on a NROTC hall. </p>
<p>Anybody now if this is correct and if so would it affect your kid's decision?<br>
S1 would not have considered staying 4 years in the dorms. That would have been a deal breaker for him..just wondering if it was true and if all those wanting to attend ND were made aware of it.</p>
<p>Yes,if a student has ROTC scholarship but is waitlisted. We've a friend who was in that situation ...ND was #1 choice where he was waitlisted. Was granted ROTC scholarship to his #2 choice which he did get accepted to. Late in summer, he was finally accepted to ND but did not pursue getting his scholarship changed, and ultimately attended #2 choice on that NROTC scholarship.</p>
<p>It's normally not an issue at the highly selective places like ND, but ND is so popular as an ROTC choice that they often have no ROTC slots for kids who got scholarships but NOT to ND. Much different from say a Cornell where they can never fill their NROTC billets. So just wondering how NROTC views these types of situations and how late they'll change the scholarshp destination, assuming there are slots remaining at the once waitlisted institution.</p>
<p>When we went the the process S1 was told that if he got assigned to a school that was not his number one choice that he could appeal and most likely get it changed if there were any slots left at #1 choice sch. </p>
<p>I would think that if assigned originally to #1 sch. then that sch. would hold the spot until acceptance was either offered or denied officially. I don't have any facts to back that up though,lol.</p>
<p>ND mids are NOT required to live on campus all four years. There are no NROTC dorms, mids live with the rest of the student body. Don't know how that person got their info.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how successful the Navy is at transferring 4 year scholarships for students who are wait-listed for a position at a different NROTC program than their first choice? S didn’t get into his #1 school and is on the waitlist to get scholarship transferred to the school he is going to attend.</p>
<p>Centh, I think it depends on the popularity of your son’s #1 school. If you don’t mind sharing, perhaps those familiar with the units could give you a better idea. As May 1 draws near, what does your s plan to do?</p>
<p>My son’s problem is similar. While he was selected for an NROTC scholarship, he is not yet ‘physically qualified’. His status on the dodmerb website for the last week has been ‘remedial requested’ but with no further information. We think we know what it is, but can’t do anything until we get some instructions on what to do. I suspect that it is going to take longer than a few weeks to get it all resolved and - in the end - he may be disqualified (or may not). Son’s problem is that he can not afford to attend his #1 school without the scholarship, so he is not certain what to do come May 1. (He is fine attending a different school w/o the scholarship, but really wants to be a Navy officer and would love to attend #1 choice). We’re not certain what to do…</p>
<p>He asked to transfer to George Washington, cross-enrolled from UMD. He passed the DoDMERB. He’s going to go to UMD next year either way and still enroll in the NROTC unit in hopes of earning a 3 year college option scholarship if the 4 year doesn’t transfer. </p>
<p>I hope you get the physical cleared up. I know the cadre at his first choice school were helpful when we talked to them before he got declined. One of the comments the CAPT had was getting the physical cleared was often the biggest hold up for the scholarship students. </p>
<p>Yeah, the wait-list issue is a conundrum, because they don’t start moving positions until May 15. The letter says they review the list every two weeks and it goes out through June and July. It’s driving both of us crazy, not knowing, lol.</p>
<p>My son is applying for a 2010 NROTC scholarship and we are wondering if anyone can tell us how to determine which school battalions might have the most available billet slots.</p>
<p>It would be good for him to have intelligence on the best opportunities of where the Navy has need in 2010 rather than just picking five schools at random or personal choice.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of a source for such information rather than just calling battalions at a number of schools at random?</p>
<p>I’m not sure I’d concur with the way you seem to be approaching this one. My suggestion is to apply for the schools he prefers, giving special consideration to in-state publics where the cost is less (The Navy seems to appreciate cost, value, and area of study (which seems to be receiving enhanced attention in both ROTC and USNA, i.e. preference to engineering/science majors.) The obvious is that 3 Mids at Cornell don’t cost the same as 3 at Michigan (who are also from Detroit, Muskegon, and Kalamazoo). Conversely, Cornell and similar highly selective institutions seem to nearly always have unfilled billets. Loads of candidates who be delighted to fill their billets, few who can fill Cornell’s admissions requirements.</p>
<p>I believe the better approach would be to list your son’s top 5 institutional preferences, and ask for a change of locale if necessary. </p>
<p>Others on here are much more versed in the nuances of the game you’re considering. And I’m confident you’ll receive more compelling counsel.</p>
<p>I agree with Whistle Pig. S1 just commissioned thru NROTC. He was at his first choice school which happened to be our big state u. He loved his school and would have gone there and done the College Program route had he not gotten a scholarship. </p>
<p>S1 decided not to apply to USNA because he wanted to experience the big state u. college life before beginning his military career. He would not have enjoyed it nearly as much if he had not gone to a school he really wanted to attend.</p>
<p>NROTC is a lot of work/committment. It makes it a lot easier to get through if you really like your school.</p>