Nateman,
I have to part ways with you on your posts.
Nateman15 said:
We had 3 guys in our 100's class that got scholarships in high school. 2 of them are honestly worthless cadets. There was also some "feelings" against them starting out due to the fact that they got more attention and the commander knew them already.
The CoC may have known them because on sites like this one, posters stress to tell the CoC they want to re-apply to the AFA prior to Day 1 ROTC. The attention was due to the fact that the cadet could get an ROTC nom., and the CoC was informed by the cadet they would re-apply.
The CoC may be paying attention to determine if they support the cadet for the nom. It is his name on the line as an AD officer.
The 2 that are "worthless cadets", I hope you will expound on why they are "worthless" in your mind as a C100 cadet. I am not trying to be rude, I am just trying to grasp how you judge. You are a 100, you are saying that your CFC, CVW, CWC, CoC are missing something that you see, if they are talk to your CFC.
If the CoC is playing favoritism to scholarship recipients, than that troubles me because you are saying the AF, at least at your unit, has lost sight of what the mission is for the AF. The mission is not to graduate scholarship cadets, but the best cadets regardless of the cost to the AF.
Worse yet, the ADAF instructors (O3/O4/O5) are up for promotion and their OPR/PRF's will reflect the success of the det. CoC could kill their careers for the scholarship cadets. There will be bullets in their file, AFROTC det awards, such as best in the nation will be seen by the promotion boards for those instructors.
Their career depends on how successful the det is according to the AF. AFROTC best det in the nation, is their goal.
Nateman15 said:
It is clear to everyone that high school scholarship cadets are all ACT and GPA. Yeah that would be nice, but I feel like it is worth more to earn it through hard work in the Detachment.
That is true, but the fact is the way the new OML works, especially for FT the CoC has less of a voice now. It use to be 50%, now it is 35%. The ACT/SAT is part of the score, more importantly the portion that was raised due to the CoC decrease.
Nateman15 said:
We had a 93% selection rate here for FT this year. Thats really damn high. The two people that didn't make it were the two that did not give it their all. It is that simple.
This was the FY12 rate, but LY FY11 it was @55%. FT increased by 100, for FT class size of 2K. Not a big % increase. What occurred was many of the CoC's called in C200's and informed them they would not be supported in their recs. Cadets knowing LY that it was 55% voluntarily dropped AFROTC. Additionally, for non-scholarship cadets that did DoDMERB, and required waivers were informed they were DQ.
In the end, the 40% change was more about a smaller pool eligible for selection, than an increase in selection. Apples to apples.
I only say this because I do not want posters to believe 93% of an entering class will go to FT.