slurvin
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Today I got called from a Major in the Marines who is my local NROTC recruiter about my initial NROTC 4 year scholarship application I filled out over the summer. He broke down all of the steps that I have to accomplish in the coming months and he said he would send me some other paperwork I will have to fill out this week. He said the boards will meet in November and I should be able to get everything done by then.
To give you a little academic background about me I rank in the top 40% of my class (I had some trouble freshmen year, but have showed improvement since then) and I got a 24 on the ACT with math and science scores at 28 and 24 respectively. I am not sure if I can use this score because it wasn’t taken on a National test date, but rather on my schools’ test date. I got a 22 on the National test date, although my scores in math and science were 25s I believe. I play soccer for my school and am in really good physical shape right now. I will also have my pilot's license within two weeks (just trying to find time to schedule my check ride), and I have won a couple of academic awards from my school.
What I might be worried about as far as picking up a scholarship is my barely above average grades and ACT score. Also during my freshmen year, 3 years ago, I had a hernia surgery, but since have passed 2 sports physicals and a FAA medical exam.
Should I tell the doctors at MEPS (I assume this is where I will have everything checked out) about my surgery? Which could potentially DQ myself physically for whatever reason or having to get everything re-evaluated again when there is no problem.
Also I know that no one from the board reads this here, but does anyone know if I stand a chance for a scholarship? I know I am not sitting too well with my grades, but physically I think I can make up by maxing out in the PFT in pull-ups, and sit-ups. I am still working on my run time because it definitely could be better if I actually trained (it would be about a 21 minute 3 mile if I ran today).
Sorry for the long post, but this is sort of exciting and unfamiliar process to me, thanks for reading.
To give you a little academic background about me I rank in the top 40% of my class (I had some trouble freshmen year, but have showed improvement since then) and I got a 24 on the ACT with math and science scores at 28 and 24 respectively. I am not sure if I can use this score because it wasn’t taken on a National test date, but rather on my schools’ test date. I got a 22 on the National test date, although my scores in math and science were 25s I believe. I play soccer for my school and am in really good physical shape right now. I will also have my pilot's license within two weeks (just trying to find time to schedule my check ride), and I have won a couple of academic awards from my school.
What I might be worried about as far as picking up a scholarship is my barely above average grades and ACT score. Also during my freshmen year, 3 years ago, I had a hernia surgery, but since have passed 2 sports physicals and a FAA medical exam.
Should I tell the doctors at MEPS (I assume this is where I will have everything checked out) about my surgery? Which could potentially DQ myself physically for whatever reason or having to get everything re-evaluated again when there is no problem.
Also I know that no one from the board reads this here, but does anyone know if I stand a chance for a scholarship? I know I am not sitting too well with my grades, but physically I think I can make up by maxing out in the PFT in pull-ups, and sit-ups. I am still working on my run time because it definitely could be better if I actually trained (it would be about a 21 minute 3 mile if I ran today).
Sorry for the long post, but this is sort of exciting and unfamiliar process to me, thanks for reading.
