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Order of merit list I think
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I'm really surprised... my recruiter assured me that there are always plenty of spots, and said that not all of the 4-year Army scholarships were taken last year. I can't believe they'd have that many more applicants this year.
This is going to be rough since applications for scholarships are due the 15th for my school and I haven't done anything since I assumed I'd just use HPSP. Guess I'll just hope to hear good news tomorrow.
This is going to be rough since applications for scholarships are due the 15th for my school and I haven't done anything since I assumed I'd just use HPSP. Guess I'll just hope to hear good news tomorrow.
I had to call my recruiter. My official status is "pending" but my recruiter said he got an automated email saying I was put on OML. OML is order of merit list....basically a waitlist. I would call your recruiter and ask about your status.
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If you were put on OML like me your recruiter probably already got the news. For some reason recruiters always say they will call you when they find out something but they never do
I emailed them last week and they said they'd call me once they found out, so I'll wait till tomorrow or Wednesday before I call. Any idea how likely it is that you'll get off the OML?
Edit: You posted about calling before I finished up this post
Edit 2: I don't think I'd even be able to get a scholarship from my state school with a 3.54 GPA and 20 DAT. The DAT is fine, but my GPA is significantly lower than other applicants, and my EC's are just average.
Edit: You posted about calling before I finished up this post
Edit 2: I don't think I'd even be able to get a scholarship from my state school with a 3.54 GPA and 20 DAT. The DAT is fine, but my GPA is significantly lower than other applicants, and my EC's are just average.
I don't think they really care about your ECs...the application reserved such a tiny section for it. I just listed as many as I can. Let me know what you find out about your application. Good luck to you. If you happen to fall in the same case as me, let me know what your recruiter says about getting off the waitlist, whether it means you'll be offered the 3 year scholarship in the fall, etc
Edit: I didn't see your initial question about my stats...it's 3.64 21AA
What do you mean your GPA is significantly lower than other applicants? How high are we talking here?
Although I have a high DAT, my GPA is only a 3.63. You think that's going to be a problem?
@Jaesango you think they care mostly about DAT/GPA?
Just talked to my recruiter today. She said there are 70 total scholarships for the army and 5 have officially been taken. I am pretty sure this is not including the result of january board.
Sorry, I should have mentioned that I'm strictly applying for the Air Force HPSP. I just submitted my application today actually, so not that far into the process. Board meets sometime in March.
However, I'm sure if the Army requires something a lot higher than a 3.54 GPA, then I would be a little worried about my 3.63 for the Air Force haha.
pretty confident the main criteria is just DAT and the GPA but could be wrong.
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Before when I mentioned scholarships, I was referring to applying for school scholarships if I don't get HPSP, which I'm saying my stats are probably too low for. However, If you got put on OML with 3.64 and 21 AA, that doesn't look too good for me with 3.54 and 20 AA for the Army HPSP. I had good LOR, but I strongly doubt that plays a huge role in their decision.
I can't imagine there would be 65 spots given out for only the January board. This isn't supposed to be a coming thing people sign up for. Well w/e, I will keep you all posted, and @Jaesango, I will tell you what my recruiter says if I end up on OML.
I can't imagine there would be 65 spots given out for only the January board. This isn't supposed to be a coming thing people sign up for. Well w/e, I will keep you all posted, and @Jaesango, I will tell you what my recruiter says if I end up on OML.
I read up a little on it from a similar thread from last year. The 5 taken do not include the "pending" cases which are offers that have not yet been committed to. From the previous thread it seems that some people were put on OML even though not all scholarships were given out...just seems odd...I don't think I had any red flags on my application...
Man that is disheartening, idk why they would leave empty spots like that. Let me know if you hear anything else - hope you can still get the HPSP scholarship.
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From my recruiter today:
As soon as I hear anything I will let you know. It sounds like it
was a huge board though. I do know that no was a none select as of now. So
they are going to offer you a scholarship or place you on the OML.
Apparently OML is simply a waitlist. Good luck to everyone!
As soon as I hear anything I will let you know. It sounds like it
was a huge board though. I do know that no was a none select as of now. So
they are going to offer you a scholarship or place you on the OML.
Apparently OML is simply a waitlist. Good luck to everyone!
Thanks for the update. I just hope I'm somewhere on the top of the waitlist...lol
@tduffy4 congrats! Don't take it and give it to me! lol jk
Congrats! Do you mind sharing your stats?
It's probably our fault if we don't get it, everyone looked at this thread and applied! I would be sad if that were actually true haha... 
Wow...6 people on the OML?? This can't be including this board i'm assuming since the "official" results aren't out yet, right? My recruiter said although it stills says "pending" for my status, he received an automatic generated email stating the waitlisting.
He also said another student (dental) who applied for this past board got the email for waitlist as well. So if the waitlist only has 6 people that means 2/6 people on the waitlist are from my recruiter's station 🙁
^ I'm hoping they just sent out that email automatically to all the recruiters until all the results are released.
Haha damn you..stop getting my hopes up when i've convinced myself that i'm doomed!
I don't want you to be doomed! Besides, if you're doomed, my lower stats likely mean I'm doomed too lol. I tend to be overly optimistic, so don't be alarmed if I try to sneak in hope for things here and there haha.
Sorry I forgot to mention that there are 20 pending with that 5 scholarships that were officially taken..
Anyone hear anything yet today?
(Sorry for those of you waiting with bated breath for news, but someone had to break the silence!)
(Sorry for those of you waiting with bated breath for news, but someone had to break the silence!)
Army recruiter told me I was OML'd with no indication of where on the list. My app went through the San Mateo recruiting office, so those who had their app processed though there, you should no today. Coincidentally, Navy recruiter told me that I'm good to go for the next board, so we'll see how that goes.
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Stats?
Do you know when the next Navy board is? Also, is there still a chance with the Navy?
Still haven't heard anything from my recruiter. Pretty annoying seeing as this info decides which school I will be attending.
Looks like about the same stats as you? I wonder what else was on his application...
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/dat-breakdown-6-1-13.1009321/
Sorry if I'm highjacking your post here power5643, just trying to figure out the threshold for the Army HPSP.
This is driving me crazy with OSU's scholarship application deadline (in case I don't get HPSP) on the 15th
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Why not just fill out the scholarship application? Better safe than sorry.Looks like about the same stats as you? I wonder what else was on his application...
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/dat-breakdown-6-1-13.1009321/
Sorry if I'm highjacking your post here power5643, just trying to figure out the threshold for the Army HPSP.
This is driving me crazy with OSU's scholarship application deadline (in case I don't get HPSP) on the 15th
Looks like about the same stats as you? I wonder what else was on his application...
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/dat-breakdown-6-1-13.1009321/
Sorry if I'm highjacking your post here power5643, just trying to figure out the threshold for the Army HPSP.
This is driving me crazy with OSU's scholarship application deadline (in case I don't get HPSP) on the 15th
Yeah similar stats. Little over 3.6 GPA and 21 AA 22 TS. I got 5 recommendation letters (3 from school, 1 from a dentist, 1 from retired army officer). Maybe my father being a retired Air force officer helped?
Hmm... this makes me question my recruiter because I asked if I could include a recommendation letter from the dentist I work for and he said they only take 3 and they need to be professors...... 😵
I'm leaning towards doing this, but it seems unlikely that I'll be able to get anything with my stats. I'm really busy right now in my final semester with capstone, classes, and other commitments, and I'm just not sure if writing yet another paper is going to be worth the effort.
Interesting... I had to have 3 as well, but one of them was my dentist, 2 professors. My recruiter told me it would be helpful since my dentist was a former HPSP recipient for the Army. I wish all the information given out by recruiters was the same and accurate. Not complaining about my recruiter, as he's been great - but it seems there is a lot of misinformation circulating around.
I wish all the information was the same too. It stinks because I definitely could have contributed more than 3 and having a dentist letter would have been the best because he knows me really well and it would have been a phenomenal letter. Obviously nothing against powerhouse, I'm just saying if we were in fact allowed to have more letters and ones from different professionals, it would have been nice to know and level the playing field. It'll seem like powerhouse has more people backing him up than I do, when that's probably not the case, see what I mean? 👎
I really doubt letters of rec play that big of a role... GPA/DAT is much more important.
I'm not sold 100% on that idea because on this page alone we see two people with very similar GPA/DAT and one got accepted and one waitlisted so the difference has to come from something else.
True. This is just like dental school all over again lol...
Leadership skills and previous experiences leading people is one thing I can see the military factoring heavily into their decision. Possibly even more so than grades and DAT, but those are just my thoughts. I would imagine that potential to provide leadership is extremely important for being an officer in any branch of the military.
I think the amount of people applying in your state as well as ethnicity plays a role...
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Navy only has around 20 spots left, I think. Next board is either this week or next week. It's too bad that I missed January board, and all because my MEPs date kept on getting pushed back or cancelled altogether. The sad thing was that when I peeked at my medical record, I was cleared to floor back in December.
My recruiter actually told me to get a different LoR because they didn't think it was good enough. Apparently a LoR making you sound like some golden god really plays well to some board members.
Thanks for the info. I literally just started my Navy application today...lol. I asked because this is what the Navy recruiter said,
"Will you be able to get me all the documents within 2 weeks. The scholarship will be closing by next month. I will forward you all the requirements needed for the application."
What does that mean the scholarship is closing by next month? 2 weeks is the deadline for the final boards?? Or is he saying that I have to get my application completed to meet the next board meeting? I thought these board meetings went until May or so or at least April.
As for the LOR, my recruiter said the more the better (max of 5). I submitted 1 from my dentist, 2 from my professors, and 2 from my work bosses. My recruiter let me choose which LOR I sent in because I gave him 7 total. From what I read, they made me sound better than I could ever talk about myself and the work letters talked about my ability to lead, etc; so I'm not exactly sure what the criteria is based on. Maybe it's a crapshoot like dental schools, maybe not. Oh well 🙁
@NMC2010 I thought you were going to call your recruiter and ask today
My recruiter/his superior officer have been very prompt and straightforward with me, and have done all they said they would do so far. This is an email from them on February 5th:
"The results from the selection board on 28 January have not been released yet. Maybe the end of this week or early next week. As soon as I receive them I will send you an e-mail and call you."
Seems like it would be rude to doubt them now. However, because of the scholarship deadline I mentioned before (the 15th), if I don't hear anything by the 13th, I will call them then and see what's going on. Hoping to hear something back today (12th) though.
I just finished my application for the army this week and completing my physical next week 20th of feb. My recruiter keeps on saying I'm good even though I'm late but I'm rushing my application. For the army are they having boards in march are was the last board on jan 28 because every body keeps on talking about how their waist listed? My recruiter says the last board is in march.
The thing about the Army is that no one really knows what's going on. Every recruiter will tell you something different. If you read up ahead, someone mentioned that their recruiter said everyone from now on will be put on OML while your recruiter is still saying you are good. Everyone also seems to believe there is a different date for finding out board decisions. I would just go ahead and continue but without the expectation of receiving it.
