<p>I decided to go to georgia tech next year and may be receiving the NROTC scholarship for the first year though I do not think I will keep it past my first year. That being said I live in Florida, scored a 700 CR, 720 math, and 740 writing on the SAT, I have taken 9 AP's scoring 4's in two of them, 5's in three, and have not yet finished the other four. I have a few leadership positions in my resume along with some EC's. I received an email yesterday saying I am not a semifinalist for the president's scholarship, does this mean that I also did not make it for the Provost's scholarship? Also, can anyone tell me if georgia tech offers other scholarships for my merit besides these two?</p>
<p>We are wondering the same thing. Are the Provost recipients a subset of the PSP semifinalists? Not sure how easy it is to get through to them on phone this time of year, but don’t have long to wait. Notification date is tomorrow.</p>
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<p>You should browse around on their website. There are long lists of scholarships, many with no amount listed. I suspect many of these are smaller ones. But if you applied to Business management, for example, they have 12 $7,500/yr 4-year scholarships to hand out. You are auto considered if applied EA. GaTech has a financial aid app you should fill out before 2/15 in addition to FAFSA to be considered for the need-based scholarships. I think they sent an e-mail about that and it’s on the site.</p>
<p>I filled out the form and I also saw those scholarships you mentioned, I was just wondering if they had other scholarships besides the presidents and provosts that they would offer individually that were of a sizeable amount. For instance, U of I offered me $12,000 a year already and UCF has offered to pay my tuition and books for the four years, the problem is that UCF is not that good and U of I would come about to be only a little cheaper than tech with that scholarship. I was curious if people who don’t receive the psp or provost may get another lower level scholarship like this or if we just have to rely on that list that you mentioned.</p>
<p>are you asking about need based aid as well as merit? </p>
<p>I don’t think you’ll likely get much/any merit unless you have some other hook. A 1420 M+CR is very good, but not high for GT. </p>
<p>As far as need-based aid, it’s unlikely that you’d get much as an OOS student. Did you run the Net Price Calculator?</p>
<p>Why do you think you’d have the ROTC for only one year? A concern would be that you’d have aid from that for your first year, but then GT would have little motivation to give you a good pkg for soph year since you’d be a current student.</p>
<p>Why on earth would you accept the NROTC scholarship with no intention of continuing after Freshman year? Do you realize you are taking the spot of a student who genuinely wants to serve his/her country as a Navy officer?</p>
<p>I presume it is only so taxpayers can pay for your first year of school. If you do accept the scholarship under these circumstances keep your plans to yourself. If someone in the unit’s CoC gets wind of this your life will be “difficult”.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it you’ve already posted enough info on this thread for them to figure out who you are pretty easily.</p>
<p>Said that because I’m not sure about the medical part, they can disqualify you pretty easily on that and they actually will accept you before they review that stuff so everything is pending. Just wanted to know what merit scholarships I could get which sounds like what I was afraid of, not much.</p>
<p>Hey. I am also really considering Georgia tech for industrial engineering. Sorry for going off topic, but I am still concerned about academic workload and if I would be able to handle it. Of course it’s engineering at a top school so it’s going to be hard. But the other threads that I have been reading have been like a scary movie.What are the reasons you guys chose the school. Please share. Thanks</p>
<p>My son didn’t get any from Georgia Tech. He applied for the Presidential, and he didn’t even get any notification that he was not in the running, just no information at all until he was accepted for admissions. Nearly perfect SAT scores, 9 APs, very heavy course load, and not a dime in merit from them. I don’t think financial aid is a good possibility either being from OOS.</p>
<p>If you are going for Navy ROTC, look at a Florida
school. You would get Bright Futures would you not, and if you do not continue with the ROTC, then you can save what you can that first year, and your costs would be more manageable.</p>
<p>Ironmaiden, I know many, many kids who went for an ROTC scholarship, and were not sure or had it in mind to drop after the first year. Most of them did continue, and if any dropped, the funds are then available to someone trying to get one, doing the ROTC without a scholarship. There are many such hopefuls. At age 18, I don’t expect anyone to be totally committed, and thinking about the escape valve is not a terrible thing. I grew up in a military family, my brother recruited for many years. He was a USMA grad and retired as a colonel. He would say that any intrepid person would have doubts and want to make sure that there was an out if things were not a go for them. That is why that provision is there. I have a nephew on a NROTC scholarship Marine option right now and though he is thoroughly committed now, he was unsure many times during his application process and his first year.</p>
<p>OP you have bad info. You have to pass the entire physical and be certified by DODMERB prior to the scholarship being formally awarded. No DODMERB no Navy disbursement of funds to your school. </p>
<p>CPT, I am not saying any student is 100% sure wren they go in Freshman year. But my experience is that the students who say upfront they are unsure and/or are only doing NROTC for the $ drop 99.9% of the time. I’ve seen it time and time again. The ones who succeed are the ones that want to be a Navy officer #1 above everything else.</p>
<p>Also OP the suggestion CPT makes regarding a FL school is spot on. But keep in mind if your scholarship was awarded to Georgia Tech you have to have had the FL school on the list you submitted and then apply to the Navy to have the scholarship transferred. No guaranty the Navy will do it. It depends on cost and if there are any spots open at the unit in the FL school. If you did not have the FL school on the list you submitted you are out of luck.</p>