<p>So I received a NROTC 4 year scholarship during my senior year of high school. However, I did not get into my top 3 colleges I wanted it to take place at. As someone who highly values my education, I want to make sure I go to a good college. Ideally, I wanted to have my scholarship take place at BC. However, I did not get into BC or my second two schools. Therefore, I decided to decline my scholarship and go to another good college that does not have NROTC. I am thinking that if I work extremely hard this year, I can get into BC and at least enroll in NROTC there. </p>
<p>MY QUESTION IS: If I already received the NROTC scholarship but declined it, can I apply for it again? Thanks! </p>
<p>Assuming that “BC” means Boston College, you should contact NROTC unit at Boston UNIVERSITY (not Boston College, because BU is the host unit and where you would actually attend NROTC class and drills). See this: <a href=“Naval ROTC | ROTC”>Naval ROTC | ROTC;
<p>I highly recommend that you contact the BU NROTC unit this week to find out the details on how to do this. It is possible that you have to join NROTC before applying for the scholarship, but maybe not.</p>
<p>All excellent advise as always from NROTCgrad… </p>
<p>I would add that taking cal, chem, and English at the school you attend will only help your application providing you achieve “A’s” which is what you will want anyway for BC. In addition to the three classes noted ask the BU unit if there are any other additional classes you can take that will help the application. If the college you attend has some other ROTC like Army or Air Force take one of their leadership and conditioning classes. Although it is not Navy it is military training and that can be very helpful. Very important…stay involved with some community or college vol. activity and add this information to your application. </p>
<p>If your in New England stay on top of your NROTC application. The regional Chief that oversees all of New England and that had the job is off to his next command and there is a new Chief running the region. There is up to 370 applications that go through the NE office. The more you stay on top of your allpication the more it will help the Chief and the review board. To add if your reapplying to BC and you get in send your acceptance to the the Chief so it can be sent to the review board. If the board knows your were accepted it is helpful fow when they are filling the openings at each school.You will also want to notify the BU Unit. </p>
<p>Even if your NROTC application is 100% you should always send any information to your regional Chief so he can get your file updated. Grades, awards, vol activity, college transcripts with grades, other ROTC info if any, BC acceptance letter if you get in…send all of it. Anytime my DS got any of the latter he updated the region Chief. When he got accepted to his 5 choices for engineering he sent copies of the school letters to the region Chief. </p>
<p>I do have one question. You said that you were awarded the NROTC scholarship but did not get into you first 3 top choices. Did you get into your other two choices and if yes did you consider transfering the scholarship to one of these schools? </p>
<p>Good luck, I hope you get the side loaded scholarship.</p>
<p>Hi NROTCgrad,
I have a question about NROTC apllication, please. I complete my online application and have an officer interview today. My question is when i filled in the online appl. , I did not see the 1st tier choice, which is engineering major. All I see is 2 and 3 tier. Is it NROTC limited the choice for engineering major or it it just me being eliminated? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Not seeing the tier 1 is odd… I can assure you that tier 1 is not being eliminated as it is the primary focus of that scholarship and mostly what the Navy is looking for. I have had two sons that went through this process and the application looked a little different each time. The 1st time each tier 1 was spelled out and the 2nd time my son could only pick I think it was “Engineering General” which covered all the tier 1 crafts.</p>
<p>I would rec. going back into the application and looking through the crafts again. Do not close the application out. Contact your “REGIONAL” and regular recruiter and let them know. If you have closed the application that is okay; however you need to email the contact you are given in the system and detail the issue that you found make it known that you want the tier one as your choice. The contact in Florida should get back to you but it might take time. Your "REGIONAL & regular recruiter should also help by contacting Florida. </p>
<p>Stay on top of them they have a lot of work to do and it is helpful to all of them when your following-up. Remember they are dealing with at the regional level 300+ depending where your applying from and at the main office they are dealing with thousands of applications. </p>
<p>During your office interview “RESPECTFULLY” let the officer that is doing the interview know that you want the tier 1 craft but you ran into the problem that you noted above. You should also let the interviewing officer know what “YOU” are doing to try and get it fixed. I cant say it enough the Navy wants and needs the tier 1 craft before the others it is very important at this point and the stronger of the tiers when the board is reviewing the application. The interviewing officer should understand.</p>
<p>Leave no phone call, email or any other resource unturned…this forum is okay for guidance but your other resources for the actual NROTC scholarship are far more powerful.</p>
<p>Are you interested in majoring in any of those fields? Notice that there are also lots of engineering majors in tier 2. If you are interested in a tier 1 major, then you definitely need to address this issue with your officer. If you are only interested in tier 2 majors then it might be less important. Even so, they would want to know that the web application might not be working properly, and they will be impressed that you brought it to their attention.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your kindly response. Actually, I am the mother of the applicant here. Wow, I am so regret that I should be on this forum before it happened. As I mentioned that Son had an interview yesterday at 10:30 AM ET and already submitted online application. He did not know that and the biggest thing is he completely forgot about that during the interview and he did not know a lot about these either and so am I. Please help us out. </p>
<p>The Regional contact is your Recruiter/Coordinator or should I email/cantact my Interview officer about the issue? Yes, S wants to study Chemical and/or Electrical engineering for 1st choice , Chemistry for 2nd choice, however.
V/R</p>
<p>@kctran,
On his application, did your son tell them that he wants to study Chemical or Electrical Engineering? That should automatically put him in tier 1. </p>
<p>Chemistry is tier 2, and that is good too. </p>
<p>Only tier 3 is risky, because not many scholarships are awarded for those majors. Yes, tier 1 gets priority consideration, but lots of scholarships go to tier 2 majors. So, if NROTC thinks that your son will be majoring in a tier 2 subject, that does not necessarily hurt him much.</p>
<p>The interview is over, so that really cannot be changed. However, I do recommend that you contact the recruiter/coordinator to make sure that NROTC knows what your son plans to major in. Also, make sure that all other information is complete and up to date.</p>
<p>Yes, S did mention to the IO that he wants to have Chemical engineering major … but as i recalled, there is no place on the online application that let him choose the engineering major. S also never mentioned that on
anywhere in the completed package either.</p>
<p>According to all of you here advised, S did emails to BM2 as well as the IO know about the issue. She send him a link and he inputted his update informs already.</p>
<p>The IO also commented that tier 1 is look better than tier 2 , too.</p>
<p>The IO told him that there wasn’t a part on the Interview report that he would have mentioned S’ intended major.</p>
<p>It is a very long ride, hold on! Did you DS also apply to the Academy? </p>
<p>What I have learned is that this is a very pure system there is no easy in for any one candidate, you just don’t know what they are looking for. </p>
<p>All the very best to your DS, my DS begins his journey on Augest 13. Can’t wait to see him raise his right hand…going to lve that moment. The bride is not of a military family so it will be a tear jerker for her.</p>
<p>By the way do not try and figure out the board dates or how thy work. What I will say it you may here that the first board meets at the end of August, there will be a “very select few” that hear anything. My DS did not hear until the end of December. Although my DS has the NROTC scholarship he wanted to get into the Academy and made it until March 24th (which is very good) but he was denied. He is re-applying again. </p>
<p>This is not an easy journey for you as a parent…I can assure you however that no matter what it is a great experience for your DS no matter how it ends.</p>
<p>Make sure to keep things up to date. For example if he re-takes the ACT or SAT, or he becomes a leader at school. Otherwise, you can only wait.</p>
<p>Personally, I also applied for the Army ROTC scholarship (and was awarded one), as well as the Naval Academy (denied).</p>
<p>Your son might want to know that he also can become a navy officer by attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. In fact, USMMA graduates can receive a commission in the Navy, the Coast Guard, the Marine Corps, the Army, or the Air Force. I did not know that when I was in high school, and would have done that instead of NROTC if I had been given the opportunity. It is much easier to get into the Merchant Marine Academy than the Naval Academy.</p>
<p>@3unitsllove,
Yes, S did apply to naval and still working on personal essay. He’s waiting for his teachers’ recommendation too.
We would have long way to go like you said.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your advise and we will all see where he heads off.
Btw, when you say DS , is it meant daughter/son?
I am new here in the forum.
I am still learning how it works.</p>
<p>@kctran
When your son wrote his members of congress, they probably asked if he was interested in other Academies besides the Naval Academy – he can apply to all of them. If he only told them the Naval Academy, he might want to change that to also include the Merchant Marine Academy. But it is best to do this as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Well, that is awesome news. Btw, he told me that when he did his online application for NROTC. He could not check both USMC and NROTC . Is it he doing something not right or just the matter of different completely application that he needs to do?
Thanks again NROTCgrad.</p>
That is normal. Applicants have to choose either Navy or USMC, but not both, for the NROTC scholarship. The Naval Academy does not have this restriction, because midshipmen do not make that choice until their junior year.</p>
<p>Thanks. NROTCgrad. I learned a lot of things from you.
S updated his major on the application today.
We understand now why he could not see the 1st tier on his online application.
We learn little by little as we go along his journey.
Thanks </p>