<p>Son got the call this week awarding him a 4 year NROTC scholarship. Today he recieved MOC nom for USNA. Any other NROTC scholarships out there. Been a great week.</p>
<p>Yup. I got one back in October.</p>
<p>Go ahead and accept it. It doesn't obligate you to anything.</p>
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Did you inform USNA of the scholarship ?</p>
<p>No. What you do is accept the scholarship, apply to your NROTC schools, finish your application to USNA, then wait and see if you get in.</p>
<p>If you go to USNA for even 1 day, your NROTC scholarship becomes voided.</p>
<p>i got one to UMD/GWU... the D.C. schools</p>
<p>My thoughts on informing USNA. If s is given the appointment at this time, the NROTC scholarship could be passed to the next qualified applicant. All the applications are completed. Interviews completed. We are just waiting like most.</p>
<p>navvet...it is not unfair for your son to hold on to his ROTC scholarship until day one of USNA....Even with an Appointment in hand you can never predict what might happen between now and late June next year when I-day rolls around. I know of several young people who got injured or seriously ill between high school graduation and their supposed arrival for I-Day and had to miss the start of USNA. One still had his ROTC scholarship, since he hadn't rejected it yet - and was able to recover to start in the fall at college/ROTC and the following year reapplied to USNA. Had this person already rejected that scholarship this would not have been an option for him.</p>
<p>Also - a nomination is not an appointment - so until you have that coveted thick, large envelope in hand from USNA with your Appointment....your son isn't even a sure thing for USNA....</p>
<p>Congrats on your boy, however - all paths to a Naval Officer choice I salute!
:-)</p>
<p>I'm a little confused- it says on the NROTC paperwork that I need to send in my NROTC scholarship Program Acceptance Questionnaire by Jan. 7. Does sending this obligate me to the scholarship? I don't think it does, I just want to be sure...</p>
<p>no, it doesn't obligate you to anything.</p>
<p>Always accept the scholarship because you just don't know what circumstances can change ie injury etc... Also, the kid might decide at the last minute that the academy is just not the right place even though they still want to be a naval officer. They just decide in the end that they want a normal college experience. If the kiddo has no intention of using the scholarship under any circumstances, then decline.</p>
<p>yes, i recieved a four year scholarship to University of Oklahoma. I already accepted the scholarship and am now waiting to hear back from USNA.</p>
<p>Must I be cleared by DoDMERB before NROTC can extend an offer to me? The page has said "No decision has been made on your application" for months (I finished the app. in late October). DoDMERB hasn't cleared me yet, but does NROTC have any equivalent of an LOA?</p>
<p>yeah, you need to be DODMERB qual'd to get the scholarship. i haven't heard of anything like an LOA for NROTC but i don't know it that well. try calling or emailing one of the officers you've worked with for your NROTC app and ask what your status is. they may have encouraging news.
also call or email DODMERB. i don't know if it's luck, coincidence, or something else, but both times that i sent DODMERB an email they sent me one back saying my file had been reviewed that day and it went on to the next step.</p>
<p>You're scholarship is not based on you DODMERB results, so you get the scholarship before you finish with DODMERB.</p>
<p>O ok cool, thanks Dan/HB. I called DoDMERB last week and they didn't have any news. I took the physical in August and sent in remedial forms in November, and I can't access the website to check on my status :(.</p>