Hello all,
First time posting on this forum and I have a somewhat deep question. This is my 250 year in Air Force ROTC and it has been going exceptionally well so far (even into the more intensive beginnings of FTP training.) My grades have been steadily going up year after year to a 3.41 in Information and Database Science (Non-Tech). My PT has also been really great with hitting my PFA tests at 98 and 100. I am active in the detachment but have held no serious jobs. I have 100% attendance in all I do and also make sure that I am signed up to do detachment cleanups, inventory, and social events every weekend with my fellow cadets. I have achieved high POC evaluations and I think my detachment commander appreciates my character.
The only bad news is that my SAT scores that have haunted my past have come to trouble me yet again. I worry it will drag me down during the Enrollment Allocation process as I understand from rumors it is something like 35% of the total score these days. Right now my Verbal/Math composition is something like a 960 the first time and then a 980 the second time I took the dreaded thing. I have recently studied my hiney off over the holidays and took the AFOQT a week ago. Though I haven’t gotten my scores back yet, I feel that I have gotten roughly ¾ of the verbal and maybe only ½ the math portions correct after all of my effort (Yeah I am a horrible aptitude test taker.) Unfortunately or maybe fortunately I feel that the rest of the test went extremely well, however none of the later will count toward the academic aptitude section of the AFOQT score.
Now that I am done ranting, here is the serious question. I am prepared to fight for an EA till the bitter end this semester, but realistically, will my aptitude score drag me down so much that I have no chance at all?
Thank you, I needed to vent,
-Ken Powers
First time posting on this forum and I have a somewhat deep question. This is my 250 year in Air Force ROTC and it has been going exceptionally well so far (even into the more intensive beginnings of FTP training.) My grades have been steadily going up year after year to a 3.41 in Information and Database Science (Non-Tech). My PT has also been really great with hitting my PFA tests at 98 and 100. I am active in the detachment but have held no serious jobs. I have 100% attendance in all I do and also make sure that I am signed up to do detachment cleanups, inventory, and social events every weekend with my fellow cadets. I have achieved high POC evaluations and I think my detachment commander appreciates my character.
The only bad news is that my SAT scores that have haunted my past have come to trouble me yet again. I worry it will drag me down during the Enrollment Allocation process as I understand from rumors it is something like 35% of the total score these days. Right now my Verbal/Math composition is something like a 960 the first time and then a 980 the second time I took the dreaded thing. I have recently studied my hiney off over the holidays and took the AFOQT a week ago. Though I haven’t gotten my scores back yet, I feel that I have gotten roughly ¾ of the verbal and maybe only ½ the math portions correct after all of my effort (Yeah I am a horrible aptitude test taker.) Unfortunately or maybe fortunately I feel that the rest of the test went extremely well, however none of the later will count toward the academic aptitude section of the AFOQT score.
Now that I am done ranting, here is the serious question. I am prepared to fight for an EA till the bitter end this semester, but realistically, will my aptitude score drag me down so much that I have no chance at all?
Thank you, I needed to vent,
-Ken Powers