Edited sentence: He maintained this deferment until December 14, 1971, despite being only a part-time student in the autumn and spring quarters of 1971 (registered for between six and 12 credit hours) and dropping out of the university in June 1971.In December 1969, the Selective Service System held its first lottery drawing.In December 1971 he was reclassified as 1-A.On April 27, 1972, he was reclassified as 1-H, or "not currently subject to processing for induction".On February 17, 1970, Rove was reclassified as 2-S, deferred from the draft because of his enrollment at the University of Utah in the fall of 1969.Rove was a student at the University of Maryland, College Park in the fall of 1971; as such, he would have been eligible for 2-S status, but registrar's records show that he withdrew from classes during the first half of the semester.That number placed him in the middle of those (with numbers 1 [first priority] through 195) who would eventually be drafted.The draft ended on June 30, 1973.Those born on December 25, like Rove, received number 84