5/11 (45%) cadets at my daughter's Detachment. One scholarship cadet out of 3 didn't get EA. The only 500 cadet didn't get selected again and he supposedly had the commander's top recommendation. Tough year.6/14 cadets here. 4 on scholarship didn't get picked up.
X2I agree with mbitr, might be time to strike up a conversation with the AROTC Recruiting Officer at your school, I have a feeling they're about to be real busy so don't wait too long if you have an interest. Spots won't be unlimited.
Sancontoa could have been an end of camp commissionee...
5/11 (45%) cadets at my daughter's Detachment. One scholarship cadet out of 3 didn't get EA. The only 500 cadet didn't get selected again and he supposedly had the commander's top recommendation. Tough year.
JMPO,
But I would look into switching branches and not going 500. As others have stated the going 500 is not just your decision, HQ will have the voice in offering this opportunity.
I would think twice because basically this is equivalent to meeting the promotion boards above the zone. The odds of making rank above zone are rare. Next year if the numbers are the same, you must ask yourself why would they offer you the slot as a 500 over the cadet that is up for it the first time?
As far as switching to another branch it might not be as easy as you think. I know for a couple of years AROTC said there was no room to take in x transfers. They too have numbers to make, and not exceed. The AF is not the only branch lowering their personnel numbers.
My very best thoughts and wishes with all of you. I know it sounds clichie, but in the end part of life in the military is not what you know, but timing too. You can control only so much and after that it is up to fate/destiny.
Only 7 out of 13 made it at our Det.. Yet we still don't know who got them. Morale is really low for us today at PT and LLAB
JMPO,
But I would look into switching branches and not going 500. As others have stated the going 500 is not just your decision, HQ will have the voice in offering this opportunity.
I would think twice because basically this is equivalent to meeting the promotion boards above the zone. The odds of making rank above zone are rare. Next year if the numbers are the same, you must ask yourself why would they offer you the slot as a 500 over the cadet that is up for it the first time?
As far as switching to another branch it might not be as easy as you think. I know for a couple of years AROTC said there was no room to take in x transfers. They too have numbers to make, and not exceed. The AF is not the only branch lowering their personnel numbers.
My very best thoughts and wishes with all of you. I know it sounds clichie, but in the end part of life in the military is not what you know, but timing too. You can control only so much and after that it is up to fate/destiny.
What I have learned from being in the two programs is that the army and AF (and I'm sure Navy too) look for different character traits in their officers, so if for some reason you struggled in AFROTC in terms of commander's ranking or leadership, that does not mean that will hold true for AROTC.
Could you elaborate on this a little please? I'm trying to decide between AROTC and AFROTC. Thanks!
When you are ADAF, there are three types that go up for promotion....later on in the career.
BPZ, IPZ, APZ
Below (fast burner)
In ( on time)
Above ( didn't make it IN zone)
Right now in AFROTC there is only IN (200/250) and Above (500).
IOWs, a 500 has to prove to not only the det, but HQ why they should take them over the 200.
It is a strong sign they are offering them a 500 slot, BUT if the numbers remain the same next year as this year, HQ could say we gave them a bite at the apple last year and they didn't make the cut.
I highly doubt that the CoCs that offered 500s last year saw these numbers coming down the pipeline when they offered it.
The reality is the military is like a pendulum, or IMPO bulimic. They binge and purge. Two years ago they binged, and now they are purging. Next year they could be binging again.
When our DS was a 300/400 I remember him saying with the incoming 100s on scholarship there would have been no way he would have received a scholarship. This is coming from a kid that had a 33/34 ACT best sitting, non-tech
Looking at the stats posted for SFT this year, I am not sure DS would have received a slot, and he had 3.43, 97 PFT, AAS, top 1/3 ranking.
Keep reminding yourself that it really is timing and you have no control over that. Born a year earlier or a year later, chances are the results would be different. Itf you can look in the mirror and say I gave 150%, than walk out proud and don't live a life of what IFs
I'm not sure whether the CoCs that are offering 500s THIS year are aware of what happened nationally with the 500s from last year. I realize that this forum is only a very small snapshot of what the national picture might look like....but I doubt anyone looking at some of these results would recommend the 500 path.I highly doubt that the CoCs that offered 500s last year saw these numbers coming down the pipeline when they offered it.