Saturday = Army vs. Air Force football game
Sunday = Branch night for the Firsties
Hopefully a win for Army and first choice for my son!
First choice?
Infantry.
It's the only branch- all the others are just kind of "helping branches." You know- good to have around, make things easier but you can get by in a pinch without them!Infantry.
It's the only branch- all the others are just kind of "helping branches." You know- good to have around, make things easier but you can get by in a pinch without them!
Good luck to your son!
It's a lock. It only went out one year that I know of, and when it did USMA went back to DA and got more slots so no one was denied it.
It goes out every year. Otherwise, nobody would ADSO for it and it wouldn't go out so high in the class. Last year's records show it was the 5th branch to close out. It closed out 2nd out of the combat arms branches.
Well, it's not every year (you've been there for one branch night, right?). The question is "did anyone get denied?" In my class, it did not go out. Air went out. When '02 closed it out, they got more slots. If they get extra slots to give it to whoever wants it, then it will always "appear" to close out, but everyone will still get a slot. If everyone gets a slit, it didn't close.
That's one of the luxuries of USMA branching early. Slots can be altered in the ROTC pool to give USMA what they want.
Well, I figured if it went out in the 400's out of a class of 1000 that it must have closed since the probability of nobody below 400 in the class wanting Infantry is pretty low. Also the existence of people having ADSO for that branch shows it must have closed out since ADSO only applies if you would not have gotten the branch without it. I will update for this year once the results come out.
Rumor has it that aviation went out in the comma club this year due to that specific branch's uniqueness (physicals, flight test, etc).
Well, I figured if it went out in the 400's out of a class of 1000 that it must have closed since the probability of nobody below 400 in the class wanting Infantry is pretty low.
He is well within the top 400 so I expect him to get Infantry, but until it is official anything can happen.
AF correct me if I'm wrong...I think the comma club is the top 100 or less, say the class has 1,094 cadets-the comma club would be the top 94.
AF correct me if I'm wrong...I think the comma club is the top 100 or less, say the class has 1,094 cadets-the comma club would be the top 94.
My guess would be it's the other way around...the comma club would be those whose class rank NEEDS a comma, e.g. cadet #1,000 vs. cadet #999
My guess would be it's the other way around...the comma club would be those whose class rank NEEDS a comma, e.g. cadet #1,000 vs. cadet #999
He is well within the top 400 so I expect him to get Infantry, but until it is official anything can happen.
AF correct me if I'm wrong...I think the comma club is the top 100 or less, say the class has 1,094 cadets-the comma club would be the top 94.
My guess would be it's the other way around...the comma club would be those whose class rank NEEDS a comma, e.g. cadet #1,000 vs. cadet #999
Very interesting. I always thought aviation was one of the more popular choices with fewer slots than many branches, so it would close much higher up.
As far as it having few slots, it had the 4th most slots last year out of the 16 branches (111).