Google,
Let's deal with just some real facts that will impact you. Not the can or can't you, but how the paths can be different with their own set of new issues.
Have you applied and been accepted to other college yet? For your case the quicker you do the better you are going to be off from an age perspective because you will need to be there for 3 yrs.
Are you still enrolled in your college currently, or did you leave when you left AFROTC? If you did was the reason tied to the integrity issue? Will that impact you getting into the next school...i.e. is it on your academic record too?
I am assuming this happened last yr., not last month. Please clarify if I am right or wrong. I am not asking what the issue is, nor do I care to know, I am just thinking out loud of the what ifs and that is part of the equation because again it is more about your age. If it was last yr. I am guessing you are currently 25 and will be at least 26 if you get in this fall, 27 if you have yet to apply for a transfer.
If you are still enrolled in school, than why not just stay and go the OTS route because you would enter at the same time you originally planned. The July board is right around the corner, and OTS boards love prior enlisted. I am not comprehending a desire to go through 3 more yrs of education for ROTC at the age of 25/26 instead of starting an ADAF life as an O1 at the same age.
What is your major? Is it tech or non-tech? Is it a critical manning field? What was your cgpa when you were dis-enrolled? Was it in the right parameters...i.e. 3.0+ for tech, 3.3+ for non-tech?
As you know SFT is not a given. There is a chance that you move to the new college and start this all over again, but be dis-enrolled again for non-selection for SFT.
The CoCs rec is 50% of the packet. He will only have about 3-4 months to get to know you, while he has 16 months getting to know the other C200s. Does he place you above the majority of the other cadets knowing the reason you transferred was due to an integrity issue?
Remove even those issues, let's go back to your age again. The CoC knows the age limits for certain schools, and you will def. be on top of that if you will be close to 29 when commissioning. AFROTC cadets do not go straight off to the schools, and you are not considered ADAF until you report. Rated world would probably be off the list of options because you must be in the class by 29 1/2 (I think). Our DS got UPT out of AFROTC, his class date is April. He has been on casual since end of Sept. The clock for age would be April, 11 months after commissioning. Does he now give you the shot over the kid that won't have an age issue? Needs of the AF always come 1st., and as much as people call it the Chair Force, it is the AIR Force, most AFROTC dets give out about 50% of all rated slots. In DSs class 100% that asked for rated got rated. The CoC knows all of these things.
The final thing you have yet to think about is SEQUESTRATION. Nobody knows if it will occur, but if it does, what we know the AF as today will not be the AF of tomorrow. The 1st round of cuts that came before sequestration, cut the amount of ROTC dets. It is also when the SAs went from asking for class size waivers to appointing less and less to get to that magic 4000 number. What will the next round of cuts include? I doubt AFROTC will go unscathed because if they cut AD personnel via RIF and SERB the very least will be they need less in the pipeline.
If you don't realize the AF has a formula for personnel. % of officers to enlisted, AND than it is % of Flag to Field, Field to Company grade. They start lopping off anywhere and it will impact you. The question becomes do you take the chance that next yr. SFT acceptance rate doesn't drop even lower to a 35% because of training and personnel cuts?
Have you even explored the impact of sequestration on the military? 800K govt employees have already been informed that starting in April for 5 months they will see their salary cut by 20% They will be working 4 day work weeks, thus 20% of their salary will be trimmed to make the budget numbers. Remember the secretaries on base, they are part of those 800K. The administration GS in the det or at Maxwell are part of that 800K. Travel for ADAF is impacted. AF has already changed IFS regs so they can save money...IFS is the 1st school UPT students attend. The point is they are now pinching every penny they can find. AFROTC is an easy squeeze, because they have OTS in place that can bridge the numbers required. It is also much cheaper.
These are things to think about as you move forward, not the re-hashing of how it appears or doesn't appears on your record now. It is all about achieving the goal in this new AF.