<p>Dallas, AFM, 1 more thing, be sure to go ahead and do all the other stuff for the scholarship, like the medical stuff, while you are working on getting into a college. it would suck to final find a college and find you are medically DQ'ed for the scholarship or need to get a waiver!</p>
<p>My daughter is in the same boat (pardon the pun.) She was awarded a 4-year NROTC scholarship and assigned to a unit at a school where she wasn't accepted. The day she found out, she sent both a fax and an email and copies of her acceptance letters to NSTC requesting she be put on the waiting list for two of the schools that she definitely has been accepted to. She may do the same for the school she is wait-listed on, but we understand that for that school, historically they have always had a long transfer request list. They say they don't start contacting those on the wait list until mid-June.......talk about a lesson in patience!</p>
<p>I was speaking with a director at one of the prep schools (that she is also considering since she had been turned down at USNA and before we knew about the NROTC award) and the director said she has heard that some students can request the NROTC scholarship be deferred while they attend the prep school and then try to gain acceptance to the school where the scholarship was awarded at. We spoke with the regional NROTC scholarship coordinator who said that with approval, the NROTC scholarship may be deferred. (He indicated this more commonly done for candidates who have to do a two-year mission or some similar obligation) but it may be worth a try, rather than to give up the scholarship.....</p>
<p>By the way, NSTC was right on her request and sent an acknowledgement that she was on the waiting lists that very day. No, it isn't a definite answer, but it was reassuring to know that the request had been acted on.</p>
<p>Last week, son was notified he received the NROTC scholarship. Of the five schools he applied to, he was accepted at 2, waitlisted at 2, and rejected at 1. We have been advised that since he received the scholarship rather late, there are no scholarship seats at any of the schools he applied to and he is now waitlisted for a scholarship seat. They said they have about 60 kids right now with scholarships and no school. His first choice looks the best with only five on the waiting list versus 30 or so for the other schools. Since the college's deadline is May 1 to commit to the schools, do we put down our deposit and make housing arrangements at both accepted schools in hopes a scholarship seat will open up. Does anyone know what the average drop out rate is for NROTC scholarships once USNA decisions are concluded.</p>
<p>Hi everyone-</p>
<p>I'm new to the forum. Sorry if this is not a good place to post...please advise of a better place to ask the questions that follow my daughter's situation...</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted to Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame) and received the Dean's scholarship ($32k) but also found out that she received the 4 yr. Nurse Option NROTC scholarship as well. However, the NROTC scholarship was to the University of Virginia NROTC unit. Problem is, she didn't apply for the University of Virginia and as you all know, it's well past too late to do so now. We submitted a request to tranfer her from the University of Virginia to Notre Dame's NROTC unit. She was told she was #1 on the waitlist for Notre Dame's NROTC unit now. I suppose if she doesn't get in to the ND NROTC unit, she can fall back on the assistance of the SMC Dean's scholarship but we sure are hoping she gets the transfer.</p>
<p>Questions I have are, when should she expect to hear anything regarding the transfer? Does the ND NROTC unit have to wait to see if the students that are already in, but may head to Annapolis for the USNA if they get accepted there? I would think that this would open up slots for those students on the waiting list? When does the USNA finalize their acceptance list? Also, for any student that gets into a NROTC unit, does the Navy pay for their transportation to the unit/school in the summer when it's time to report or is that financially the student/family's responsibility? I heard by someone else on another forum that they thought the Navy pays for the new midshipmen's travel to the unit.</p>
<p>Thanks for your time in reading this. Would love to hear what you all have to say.</p>
<p>We open up slots as soon as people drop their scholarships. I know that this year we have a lot of people who have scholarships, but were wait listed to Notre Dame. Yes, the Navy will pay for transportation to the unit.</p>
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<p>just to absolutely clear- danbrenn, are you saying that if you have an NROTC scholarship, the Navy will pay for travel from your home to the school when you report to the NROTC unit at the school in august? does this apply to going home from the unit as well? and travel to return to the unit on holidays?</p>
<p>i know that the Navy pays for transportation to and from summer trainings, but i had no idea that the Navy pays for transportation to the NROTC unit. How do you claim this transportation cost from the Navy?</p>
<p>When S began NROTC three years ago, the Navy would pay for your initial trip to the school for NROTC orientation. We live within driving distance of his school. There was some form to fill out about how many miles you travelled and they reimbursed it (X dollars per mile) . If you were far enough away to travel by air, I believe they would pay for that too but I have no experience with that. This was a one time only thing.</p>
<p>Other than summer training, I have never heard S mention the Navy paying for any other transportation (wish they would put gas in his tank for the trip home,lol). Navy does not pay for holiday trips.</p>
<p>The Navy flip flops on its policy as far as reimbursement goes. Sometimes they pay a flat per mile amount, and sometimes they will pay the full price of the airline ticket. I don't think they pay for any travel except those in which you are on orders(report to the unit/training etc).</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers to my questions. I'm glad to hear that they do pay for the initial travel. </p>
<p>If the Navy does it the same way the Federal Governement does, then they will do a cost comparison. They will pay the lesser of the two between a one-way airline ticket and the cost of mileage. I believe the cost of mileage right now is 50.5 cents/mile. If the mileage is 1000 miles from home of record to the NROTC unit the student is reporting to then we come to $505.00. If the one-way ticket is say $400.00, then the student can choose either the flight or take $400.00 towards the mileage and drive.</p>
<p>Thanks again for the help.</p>
<p>Your example works but I don't think your explanation is quite there. They will never force one to POV. Therefore, they will always fund to the airline ticket limit. However, they will not fund POV beyond this limit. Therefore, if the cost of the airline ticket is greater than the POV mileage, they will pay the ticket, but only if you fly.</p>
<p>Exactly. Thanks USNA69.</p>
<p>This may be true for ND, but I'm not sure if it is true for every school. My son was wait listed at the school that he got is NROTC scholarship to. He spoke with someone in admissions and wrote them a letter stating that their school was his first choice and that he had an NROTC scholarship right away...he was accepted within the week, and then whenever we interacted with the admissions office, they always made comments that led me to believe that the NROTC people pushed hard to him to be offerred acceptance. It can't hurt...</p>
<p>Re: 9 posts up ^^</p>
<p>We just found out today that my D has been accepted/assigned into the ND NROTC unit. Here's a little bit from the NROTC Scholarship Status page...</p>
<p>Selection Status</p>
<p>Congratulations!
You have been selected for a 4-yr Nurse Option scholarship.
You are assigned to the NROTC Unit at University of Notre Dame.
Your assigned unit also includes the following crosstowns:
Indiana University at South Bend
St. Mary's College </p>
<p>Her mom and I are very proud and happy for her.</p>
<p>Take care.</p>
<p>I am wondering what the chances of getting your nrotc scholarship switched to a school different from your first choice. has anyone had difficulties with before or done it successfully.</p>
<p>Bah, we should have a new thread but I am told as long as you switch within the first 30 days of getting the scholarship it might work out.</p>
<p>They make it work most of the time. You should be good.</p>
<p>My son has a 4 year ROTC scholarship to Virginia Tech. For a variety of reasons, he is very unhappy with his choice to attend there. He plans to transfer to another school for the winter semester, but realizes its very difficult for a first year student to transfer. If by some chance he does get accepted to another school, what should the time frame be for him to notify and receive permission to transfer from the NSTC, keeping in mind the other school would start on the 22nd, and the school will notify him of his acceptance in mid-December. If you apply for a transfer to NSTC before you get accepted to the school, if at all, what happens to the scholarship? ?</p>
<p>School has only been in session a very short time...do you think maybe he's not giving Va tech enough of a chance?</p>
<p>He wants to explore other options in case things don't change. He is worried that his academics and religious interests are not the priority, like he was told they would be. He is also not as conveniently accessible to home as the family sometimes needs to be.</p>
<p>Of course, one needs to do what one feels is best...but perhaps being conveniently accessible to home is good practice for when he is on a ship in the middle of the ocean. I am just surprised to hear these things about VA tech...he's the first student I've heard of not loving it. I know several who have given up HOPE in GA to go to VA tech, where they have to pay not only tuition, but OOS fees. If he thinks he's going to hate it, he probably is right.</p>