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Scholarship reinstatement?
Hi,
My son, 3/c, is currently on academic LOA this semester, due primarily to too much "social life" his freshman year.
Luckily he has regained his focus and appears that he will meet the semester GPA needed to get his scholarship funding reinstated.
My question is has anyone else gone through this process? Are there any forms or procedures he has to go through? His Navy class advisor keeps telling him that as long as the GPA is there, the reinstatement process is automatic and there is nothing specific he has to do at the end of this semester.
We are not sure whether we believe this, since everything so far with the Navy has been a LOT of paperwork and bureaucracy.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by helenp on
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My son has been on Medical LOA, so different reason. BuMed has approved his release from LOA as of yesterday. We were also told that his scholarship will be reinstated and there is nothing we must do. The Unit Administrator said she takes care of everything. She said it will take about a week. I'll let you know how it goes.
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My son's scholarship was reinstated and all went smoothly once he submitted the proper documents and medical reports. His Unit Administrator submit the request electronically and it was reinstated in just a few days.
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Permalink Reply by kgrmom on
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Hi wpbmom-
Wondering how your son is making out? My daughter had several classmates go through this process for various
reasons. I'm sure it can be a bit unnerving.
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Permalink Reply by wpbmom on
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Actually it didn't end well. His overall GPA at the end of the semester was just not where it needed to be, and looking realistically at the fact that his classes are only going to get harder as he advances. So he has learned a hard lesson that he is not an "engineering student". So on the advice of his Navy advisor, he decided to DOR, "drop on request", which means he voluntarily withdrew from NROTC. He was told that is a better option than getting "kicked out" for poor academic performance. If you DOR, it is better for your long term chances, if you eventually decide to enlist or apply to OCR later in life, since getting kicked out would remain on your permanent record, whereas DOR does not look as bad.
So he is now at a junior college getting his GPA up and will be transferring to a state university for his bachelors in January. Been a long year. ;)
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