Class of 2020 - HPSP Scholarship Applicants (Navy/Army/Air Force)

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sdgoalie38 said:
I tried to submit my unofficial one and my recruiter told me my application would be on hold until my official DAT came in the mail. Not sure if this is right, but this is what he's making me do.
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so basically u got completed app and ur recruiter just found out an official copy of DAT is required?
 
darknightzzz said:
no idea bro i just worry whether i get it or not. the aftermatch u just do what ur told.
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Haha that's how I feel. Just hoping I get it and haven't asked any other questions. Thought I'd ask a few see if anyone else knew.
 
darknightzzz said:
so basically u got completed app and ur recruiter just found out an official copy of DAT is required?
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Yes, my recruiter is very unorganized. I finished my physical and application a few hours before the deadline after starting it in July.
 
Many people do the officer training after schooling. I was just reading a post saying that if you do it before it does not count towards your payback time (if you all are only doing 4).

My Navy recruiter told me we get a letter stating we were accepted, then we send the military the financial info of the school, sign a bunch of papers, then swear in. I read in other threads that many people aren't commissioned until right before school starts, but my recruiter has been doing this for 7 years so I'm taking all of his words.

@Boyd27 @darknightzzz
 
BobbyBeavis said:
Many people do the officer training after schooling. I was just reading a post saying that if you do it before it does not count towards your payback time (if you all are only doing 4).

My Navy recruiter told me we get a letter stating we were accepted, then we send the military the financial info of the school, sign a bunch of papers, then swear in. I read in other threads that many people aren't commissioned until right before school starts, but my recruiter has been doing this for 7 years so I'm taking all of his words.

@Boyd27 @darknightzzz
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whats the difference between swearing in and commissioning?

i thought people swear right away and idk abt commissioning
 
darknightzzz said:
whats the difference between swearing in and commissioning?

i thought people swear right away and idk abt commissioning
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I'm a little fussy about that as well. My recruiter ended up calling and confirming that my packet has been sent up. He says I'd probably find out before him because they'll send me an email if I am selected. He said today was the deadline for Navy packets for the upcoming board and once again said I'll probably hear near the end of the month.
 
Boyd27 said:
My recruiter told me today that it is January 26th.
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I believe this is the info I received. So for those wondering, we should hear back from Navy first if you have your kit into the first January board
 
BobbyBeavis said:
Many people do the officer training after schooling. I was just reading a post saying that if you do it before it does not count towards your payback time (if you all are only doing 4).

My Navy recruiter told me we get a letter stating we were accepted, then we send the military the financial info of the school, sign a bunch of papers, then swear in. I read in other threads that many people aren't commissioned until right before school starts, but my recruiter has been doing this for 7 years so I'm taking all of his words.

@Boyd27 @darknightzzz
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So you didn't send an official DAT scores report to either the Army or Navy? Is your Navy recruiter the one who has been doing it for 7 years or is that the Army recruiter? Or, do both of them seem pretty legit and they know what they're doing?
 
By the way, anybody else in here coming to UConn, or at least coming into ASDA District 1 (UConn, Harvard, Tufts, BU, UNE)?
 
staapes57 said:
So you didn't send an official DAT scores report to either the Army or Navy? Is your Navy recruiter the one who has been doing it for 7 years or is that the Army recruiter? Or, do both of them seem pretty legit and they know what they're doing?
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Army didn't even ask for it from me. I remember sending my unofficial scores but that's it. I sent those documents in May and never heard anything about them being incorrect from the army, ha.

My Navy recruiter is the one who has been doing it for 7 years -- he has kept me updated with every minute thing, and he even responded to my voicemail while he's on leave.
 
Boyd27 said:
My recruiter told me today that it is January 26th.
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but some other people's recruiters told them the boards will be on Jan 12th and Jan 26th. Idk what is the point of having two boards in one month.

This is also inconsistent with the previous year's information that people say boards are usually held on the second day of the week, in the second week of the month. Thus you notice both Jan 12 and jan 26th are on Tuesday. probably the army is still fishy with their board date.
 
I was just told by my Navy recruiter that, due to a hold up with my security clearance in the NASIS application, my kit won't make it to the January board. My recruiter said that the "entire nation was affected by this issue" and that I shouldn't worry. Has anyone else experienced this?

I'm very disappointed because I started this application back in September, my package was complete in November, and this security "hold up" is taking 2 months to clear up so far. Now my recruiter is leaving their station and transferring my application to another recruiter.

This Navy HPSP application process has been sketchy to say the least...
 
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XG2 Heatfist said:
I was just told by my Navy recruiter that, due to a hold up with my security clearance in the NASIS application, my kit won't make it to the January board. My recruiter said that the "entire nation was affected by this issue" and that I shouldn't worry. Has anyone else experienced this?

I'm very disappointed because I started this application back in September, my package was complete in November, and this security "hold up" is taking 2 months to clear up so far. Now my recruiter is leaving their station and transferring my application to another recruiter.

This Navy HPSP application process has been sketchy to say the least...
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hows this possible? i thought ur recruiter was supposed to submit ur application for first board? do you have officer simmons as your recruiter?

security clearance can take place at any time. why would ur recruiter wait until this specific time to do it? it doesnt make sense.

btw your army allows u to apply to navy? or u just hide it? cuz they didnt allow me to.
 
darknightzzz said:
hows this possible? i thought ur recruiter was supposed to submit ur application for first board? do you have officer simmons as your recruiter?

security clearance can take place at any time. why would ur recruiter wait until this specific time to do it? it doesnt make sense.

btw your army allows u to apply to navy? or u just hide it? cuz they didnt allow me to.
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I'll PM you.
 
XG2 Heatfist said:
I'll PM you.
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I haven't heard about any NASIS holdup. Though I feel for you, I hope your recruiter is misinformed and that the "entire nation" is not affected by this. By entire nation, I, of course, mean me.



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staapes57 said:
I haven't heard about any NASIS holdup. Though I feel for you, I hope your recruiter is misinformed and that the "entire nation" is not affected by this. By entire nation, I, of course, mean me.



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Don't worry, this is probably just some excuse for my recruiter making a mistake or forgetting something in my application. "Your package won't make the January board due to a hold up in your security clearance".

Two months to get my security clearance completed? What a ridiculous excuse...

Of course, now my recruiter is being transferred out? Coincidence?
 
Sorry about the rant guys...I'm just very disappointed that this sketchy excuse is blocking my package from boarding this month and it is also the same reason why my package didn't board in December either.
 
XG2 Heatfist said:
Sorry about the rant guys...I'm just very disappointed that this sketchy excuse is blocking my package from boarding this month and it is also the same reason why my package didn't board in December either.
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You are entirely right to be aggravated. That is a **** sandwich with a nonsense milkshake.

On the bright side, you're going to be a DDS in only 3 years. So... that's a win.
 
XG2 Heatfist said:
Sorry about the rant guys...I'm just very disappointed that this sketchy excuse is blocking my package from boarding this month and it is also the same reason why my package didn't board in December either.
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Sorry to hear about your situation. I was also delayed all the way from October. But your recruiter giving the same excuse is fishy... Best of luck and hopefully we board soon!
 
staapes57 said:
You are entirely right to be aggravated. That is a **** sandwich with a nonsense milkshake.

On the bright side, you're going to be a DDS in only 3 years. So... that's a win.
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Haha that's pretty funny, thank you.

Yep, I'm excited! I am interviewing at UCLA this week though, so we'll see if my decision changes.
 
BobbyBeavis said:
I was just going off of previous posts. My recruiter did say it was shortly after the board meets that we get the news. He mentioned earlier that I should be able to swear in by the end of January if everything goes smoothly.

As far as the DAT scores go @staapes57, I never sent the official scores to the Army and they said I have been done since October... :laugh:
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That seems really odd. My experience is that it takes them much longer than a week for a decision to come out (iirc 1 month?). For swearing in... That takes even longer. You mention that swearing in and commissioning are different, but I don't think they are.
Also, your recruiter said that you might be e-mailed first? That's also very odd to me because the navy has NEVER had any correspondence with me personally.

If the army isn't asking for your official score, I think your recruiter has just straight up quit on your app.


Not trying to undermine your words. but those are just my 2 cents
 
cacazor said:
That seems really odd. My experience is that it takes them much longer than a week for a decision to come out (iirc 1 month?). For swearing in... That takes even longer. You mention that swearing in and commissioning are different, but I don't think they are.
Also, your recruiter said that you might be e-mailed first? That's also very odd to me because the navy has NEVER had any correspondence with me personally.

If the army isn't asking for your official score, I think your recruiter has just straight up quit on your app.


Not trying to undermine your words. but those are just my 2 cents
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Yeah I believe you after reading the other posts. Seems like recruiters tell everyone different things. But he was saying I should find out by the end of January, so I guess that's about 2 weeks. That was my personal input about swearing in/commissioning, I wasn't sure if they were different. My recruiter was saying he thinks I can swear in by end of January, but I was reading on the 2019 HPSP that most swore in during early August.

As far as the Army goes, I don't know. They didn't figure out about the Navy until just recently, so I don't know why they wouldn't let me know previously since I had my docs in in May.
 
cacazor said:
That seems really odd. My experience is that it takes them much longer than a week for a decision to come out (iirc 1 month?). For swearing in... That takes even longer. You mention that swearing in and commissioning are different, but I don't think they are.
Also, your recruiter said that you might be e-mailed first? That's also very odd to me because the navy has NEVER had any correspondence with me personally.

If the army isn't asking for your official score, I think your recruiter has just straight up quit on your app.


Not trying to undermine your words. but those are just my 2 cents
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so ur an hpsp receipient or ur also an hpsp applicant this year?
mtime to hear back varies some people hear back few days after some 2 weeks according to last year's thread
 
FYI - after really pushing my Army recruiter on not needing the official DAT scores report, insisting that the Navy didn't need it so the Army shouldn't either, that many other people confirmed that their recruiters didn't need them to provide it, and after him checking with a couple different superiors and people in charge of the board reviews, he still insisted that the policy states that an official copy is required.

Perhaps it's that policy does, in fact, require an official report, but that the general standard doesn't adhere to the policy very strictly. Either way, they paid the $35 for me to get the official copy sent, so it wasn't much of a burden. He assured me that it won't affect my January board date, which he reconfirmed as Jan 12 (next Tuesday).

It may at least be worth checking with your respective recruiters on. We know it's not impossible or even unlikely for "something to come up" last minute that disrupts your application review.
 
staapes57 said:
FYI - after really pushing my Army recruiter on not needing the official DAT scores report, insisting that the Navy didn't need it so the Army shouldn't either, that many other people confirmed that their recruiters didn't need them to provide it, and after him checking with a couple different superiors and people in charge of the board reviews, he still insisted that the policy states that an official copy is required.

Perhaps it's that policy does, in fact, require an official report, but that the general standard doesn't adhere to the policy very strictly. Either way, they paid the $35 for me to get the official copy sent, so it wasn't much of a burden. He assured me that it won't affect my January board date, which he reconfirmed as Jan 12 (next Tuesday).

It may at least be worth checking with your respective recruiters on. We know it's not impossible or even unlikely for "something to come up" last minute that disrupts your application review.
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wow, you got a super nice recruiter in a super nice station. they offered to pay for the fee to get your official DAT. good luck bro!
 
You guys are really dropping the ball here if you're insisting on turning in an unofficial score report over an official score report. It clearly reads "unofficial" at the top on the unofficial score report. I have known people that had their kits kicked back for something far less (i.e: person has no tattoos, but the signature on his tattoo form was too old). FYI, your recruiter turns in your kits to a person that is in charge of "quality control". If the QC founds nothing wrong with the kit, then you're good to go...Otherwise, it gets send back down. $35 to do things right for a scholarship that's worth a couple of hundred grand?

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staapes57 said:
He assured me that it won't affect my January board date, which he reconfirmed as Jan 12 (next Tuesday).
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Are there two January board dates? I thought the board met on Jan. 26.
 
customx said:
Are there two January board dates? I thought the board met on Jan. 26.
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words from my recruiter: "jan 12 is for practicing dentists with license only, and jan 26th is for hpsp army 4 year, yet it is possible they will look at some hpsp 4 year on jan 12 or who knows what they will do" LOL
 
@cacazor I never insisted to only turn in the unofficial report. But considering I've asked about 5 times since October if I'm cleared for the boards and it was confirmations each time, I'm not very worried.

P.S. When I sent my official report to the Navy, he said it took about 2 weeks to arrive.
 
cacazor said:
You guys are really dropping the ball here if you're insisting on turning in an unofficial score report over an official score report. It clearly reads "unofficial" at the top on the unofficial score report. I have known people that had their kits kicked back for something far less (i.e: person has no tattoos, but the signature on his tattoo form was too old). FYI, your recruiter turns in your kits to a person that is in charge of "quality control". If the QC founds nothing wrong with the kit, then you're good to go...Otherwise, it gets send back down. $35 to do things right for a scholarship that's worth a couple of hundred grand?
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I'd agree with this. Both my army and navy recruiters didn't mention sending in an official DAT score until I asked them a couple of weeks ago due to the curiosity in this thread. They told me that they can submit my "completed" packet for boards with the unofficial one but they'd need to submit an official one before the actual board date in order for my packet to be looked at. Thought it was a bit odd that they'd not mention this, but it's not the biggest surprise they've thrown at me so I guess its all relative.
 
lol the inconsistencies again. but it makes sense to send all official documents since its an application after all.

is there someone else here having a nerve and sometime to call to ask the recruiter to reconfirm if the board for army 4 year hpsp will take place on Jan 12th? mine has not been sure.
 
So for Navy applicants do we need the official DAT scores? My recruiter said unofficial was fine. I'm reading conflicting messages lol
 
Dylanspithotfiya said:
So for Navy applicants do we need the official DAT scores? My recruiter said unofficial was fine. I'm reading conflicting messages lol
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Mine told me to send the official one. Not sure what is the correct way, just letting you know.
 
How long did it take you guys to do the whole application process? I am applying and taking my DAT in June and have just been wondering how long (in total) it'll take from start to finish roughly to turn in the HPSP application?

Thanks! Good luck to everyone. Ill definitely check in here to see who gets it!
 
smurfeyD said:
How long did it take you guys to do the whole application process? I am applying and taking my DAT in June and have just been wondering how long (in total) it'll take from start to finish roughly to turn in the HPSP application?

Thanks! Good luck to everyone. Ill definitely check in here to see who gets it!
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If you have a competent recruiter, then you can get it done in a month. My Navy app was done within 2 weeks, but we had to deal with the MEPS drama and the interviews took a bit to get scheduled.

Definitely get started in June. I'm not sure which branch you are applying to, but if you score 22+, you can apply without the Letter of Acceptance for the Navy.

Some things you could possibly get done now is the Motivational Statement (like the Personal Statement) to explain why you would be a good fit as a Dental Officer. You could also try to get Letters of Recommendation tailored towards the scholarship/military branch as well.

Other than that, you'll have to sign a bunch of papers and perform a very extensive physical at MEPS. If you don't have any health complications, you will be fine.

EDIT: A copy of your resume, passport, birth certificate, and drivers license will be needed
 
darknightzzz said:
that is correct. No LOA is required for application submission but it makes one wonder if this is true at all behind the intention of pushing back the board date well into january (just in time for the first round of acceptance to be sent out)
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This is false. Army DOES require LoA if your AA is below a certain number.
 
from when i applied, you could have gotten an acceptance without a LOA. however, in order to go ahead and actually commission you would have had to supply a LOA eventually

and from when i applied, to actually start the process you needed a 16AA. this was only in 2012 by the way. of course you needed a higher score to be competitive and actually get the scholarship
 
Bis-GMA111 said:
from when i applied, you could have gotten an acceptance without a LOA. however, in order to go ahead and actually commission you would have had to supply a LOA eventually

and from when i applied, to actually start the process you needed a 16AA. this was only in 2012 by the way. of course you needed a higher score to be competitive and actually get the scholarship
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16AA? to start the process without a LOA?

right now, for the Army, I was told u need 3.5+ GPA and 19+AA to start the process without the LOA, but with the boards kept being pushed back, that does not really matter, however, most people who have dec 1st acceptance (just in time for jan board) seem to have above the stats required to start the process without the LOA anyways.

how was your experience when you applied? how was ur recruiter? was he/she a good one? how competitive did you think the army 4 year hpsp was?
 
yup 16AA. that was the published number i saw to START the application process

there are a lot of discrepancies among recruiters though, so who knows really.

my experience was pretty awesome. i was very fortunate to have an awesome recruiter (who was a dental assistant in the army) and she was really on top of everything. i had my packet ready to go by mid september. and the scholarship was still pretty tough to get, as i know many classmates who had higher stats than me and didn't get it
 
Bis-GMA111 said:
yup 16AA. that was the published number i saw to START the application process

there are a lot of discrepancies among recruiters though, so who knows really.

my experience was pretty awesome. i was very fortunate to have an awesome recruiter (who was a dental assistant in the army) and she was really on top of everything. i had my packet ready to go by mid september. and the scholarship was still pretty tough to get, as i know many classmates who had higher stats than me and didn't get it
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do you know why your classmates did not get the scholarship? may be they are disqualified due to health? or something in their record?
why do u think its tough? u r one of the application that get accepted by army right away right?
 
no clue to be honest, some applied early, some didn't. to be honest with you i think applying early definitely helps you out but there are probably some other factors that they are looking for that we don't know about.

it's tough just because since we're not in any wars, the scholarship is probably more appealing to people (just my guess). that, coupled with the fact that dental school is crazy expensive.

and yes i was fortunate to receive it right after finding out that i got into dental school
 
Hi everyone,
Do you know if military scholarship recipients still have to fill out financial aid?
 
I pray to all gods from all religions ever exist on earth that the Army board for 4 year hpsp will take place tomorrow Jan 12th.

I'm sick of waiting and waiting and waiting.

yes i know the motto "hurry up and wait"
 
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