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A student applying for an NROTC Scholarship completes an
initial applicant questionnaire which establishes his or her
interest. The data supplied on the applicant questionnaire is
used to create a file for the student in the NROTC data base.
The student must then take either the Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT) or American College Test (ACT) and request that his or
her scores be released to the NROTC Scholarship Program.
ACT and SAT test data for those students who authorize score
release to the NROTC Program are periodically received by CNRC
and matched with the NROTC interested student file. Those
meeting minimum eligibility scores (presently 450 verbal and
500 math for SAT; 21 English and 23 math for ACT) are invited
to complete a scholarship application. Completed applications
are then compiled by CNRC, forwarded to CNET, and presented to
the selection board for evaluation.
Application Evaluation
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In the two-selection-board system of evaluation used by CNRC,
applications were grouped by state, and three- or four-member
selection committees were established to evaluate applicants in
each state group. The number to be selected from a particular
state was provided to the selection committee, and applicants
were selected to meet that target. The early selection board
(November) considered all applications received prior to the
board convening date. The second selection board (February)
evaluated all applications received by the scholarship
application submission deadline, including those of individuals
who were evaluated but not selected by the early selection
board.
In the 1986/87 scholarship year, 50 percent of those selected
to receive an NROTC scholarship were identified by the early
(November) selection board. The balance of those selected were
identified through a series of weekly selection boards which
met from January through March of 1987.
To ensure consistency of scoring, application evaluation
procedures used by each of the weekly selection boards were
similar to those used during the two-selection-board process.
Under'these procedures, selection board members were given very
broad guidance and complete discretion in the awarding of
evaluation points. Selection boards each had up to 100 points
available to award to each applicant. The points awarded by
the selection board were then added to a previously calculated
base score called the applicant Quality Index (QI). The
applicant QI is an optimally weighted selection composite
developed by,the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center
to predict student academic and military performance cr'iteria.
The sum of the selection board score and the Quality Index
determined the applicant's rank ordered position in the group
of all applicants evaluated during the weekly selection board
process.
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