<p>My son received a full Air Force (Type 1) scholarship to any school (engineering/computer program) he wants to attend but has no school to attend but in state application/acceprtance. Now what?</p>
<p>Congratulations to him 
Are you saying he doesn’t want to attend the in-state he’s been accepted to?</p>
<p>If so, I think there’s a list around here somewhere of schools that are still accepting applications. As your S would be, I guess, full-pay (by the USAF), it seems like he ought to be able to find one he likes that would be glad to have him.</p>
<p>If you want to share his stats I’m sure some engineering/CS parents can help you with a list.</p>
<p>Jkorol…I’m a little confused. I’m assuming from your post that your son is a graduating senior this year, and has been accepted at your in-state university. Does the in-state university not have an Air Force ROTC program? If it does, I don’t see what the issue is. If not, what other schools did your son apply to? Did he apply to schools with AFROTC programs but didn’t get accepted? A little clarification might help get you some answers. In any case, congrats to your son of receipt of the Type 1 scholarship.</p>
<p>From what I have read, the Type 1 scholarship does not cover room and board. Can you cover these costs if your son finds other schools he wants to attend that are farther away? Other schools with AFROTC programs may not have room in those programs anymore…Your son may be best off attending the in state school if it has AFROTC.</p>
<p>Wolverine, I’m assuming that they weren’t expecting to win that scholarship (since something like 5% of ROTC students get it) so they regret not applying to a wider range of better out of state schools now that finances is not a problem.</p>
<p>Jkorol, may I ask what the instate school he got into is?</p>
<p>Sorry for any confusion. He was surprised he got the full scholarship so should have applied to some other schools where he could use the scholarship. The in-state school ( University of Louisville Speed School) has accepted him into their honors program for computing. They have Air Force ROTC their. He has another scholarship as well covering a lot of the in-state but now can afford to go anywhere. He has ACTs all between 32 to 36. Just won first place for the state programming competition at Western Kentucky University and first place in the regional science fair for engineering. From what the Air Force said most schools offer room and board for students bringing this full scholarship to their schools.</p>
<p>Congratulations, but at the same time sorry that you couldn’t adequately prepare for such good fortune…</p>
<p>A good place to start would be to go to the common app search, check the appropriate boxes for “first year” and “fall 2012” and put in today’s date for “deadline on or after”. That will give you a sizable list; most of them lesser known liberal arts programs but some that may be a match. Outside of that, I only know of a couple flagship state universities that are still accepting applications, one being the University of Arizona (ranked 45 in engineering). Those you’ll probably have to research on an individual basis, though.</p>
<p>He could also attend Louisville his first year, and then transfer. The AFROTC scholarship is portable as long as the transfer’s approved by the Air Force.</p>
<p>It is portable but they convert it to what is needed. So, the Type 1 will becomes a Type 7 in-state and would no longer have the money to go to an expensive school the following year. He prepared and has good opportunities but the application fees became out of hand in addition to all the testing fees. He would have applied everywhere if the application fees were returned if not selected. I know schools are a business so you take your chances.</p>
<p>get on the phone and call the admissions offices of schools he knows he would attend if he could. Schools can sometimes bend the app dates. I’m pretty sure they do it for athletes. Can’t hurt to call.</p>