NROTC Scholarship details?

dh14
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:27:40 +0000

I would call the NROTC units at the individual schools before choosing your list. I spoke to the USD Unit last month and they said that they fill up by October each year. If you wait to hear from “Vanderbilt” you will almost certainly lose the option to go to USD with NROTC. Does your first choice also fill up early? Some Units never fill up and it’s easy to switch in April or May. I disagree that budget plays into it. San Diego State and USD are the same Unit, the scholarship is to the Unit and they don’t ask which school you have been accepted to (or applied) before you receive the scholarship. Our son got into his reach school in April, decided to attend right before the May 1 deadline and transferred his Unit within a day or so since his reach school NROTC Unit never fills up. Other schools can be months long waiting list and may never open up. Call the school Unit to find out when they fill up and if they take off their waiting list (for NROTC not Admissions). If your first choice school fills up later or usually takes off their waiting list due to NROTC scholarship students not getting in, then I would switch. NROTC gives scholarships according to the list that students provide without regard as to the chance of admission into the school. Some schools, like Notre Dame, fill up early but they pull off the waiting list since many who get the scholarship to that Unit can’t get into the school. You get off the waiting list in the order you went on, not by scores, gpa, etc.