<p>MBMikeB:</p>
<p>My daughter took the approach that you laid out.<br>
Plan A - service academy - USMA/USNA
Plan B - AROTC - she was awarded this in Oct.
Plan C - Civilian college in case she was not granted a medical waiver and her service career ended before it began. We did know going into this process that she had a medical history that was disqualifying.</p>
<p>Last summer - Started academy applications/nominations and Army ROTC scholarship. She was awarded this early and a school she would be happy attending - (with Army the scholarship comes from the Batallion)</p>
<p>She also applied and was accepted to an engineering school half way across the country - we flew her out there in Febuary - two weeks before she was granted her medical waiver by USMA! If only we had known…</p>
<p>In late spring she was awarded a Civil prep scholarship for MMI - will hopefully be USMA Class of 2012.
It all worked out.</p>
<p>Yep, it was a crazy year - many irons in the fire - but it all worked out in the end and she had several great options from which to choose.</p>
<p>For many reasons not the least is financial - the school that one is awarded a ROTC scholarship may not be the school one would attend if a ROTC scholarship did not materialize or one is medically disqualified.</p>