Recent content by Dutchman

Tough Year....watch USAFA ave. ACT skyrocket It will be interesting to see what happens to the average test scores and GPA of this class compared to others ......... I am guessing it goes up 3 points on the ACT......The USAFA was already in the top 10 for selectivity ...... this will make them...

And it will be worse for the 2017 class.... According to their rumor mill.

Dutchman's TWE arrived yesterday At least we were not on the highly probable list. With our 30 ACT, 3.86, CAP, Summer Seminar, Varsity B-Ball, top rated pianist, pilot, 100's of service hours ...... always knew ours was a B+ chance. It has got to really hurt for A/A+ candidates. Our liaison...

Looks like something happened last night on-line My guess is that if you got it that your status should have changed

CANOSPAM comment Check out entry #319 it was helpful to me.....I am in the same boat .... it is somewhat of a strange new world and we have clearly made some errors in the process

Great post #619 Thank you Christcorp...useful for those still hanging out there Very helpful for newbie to the process.

AOL comments That would be wonderful information to obtain. Will the ALO tell you what they said?

Subjective assessment for next year Another question to throw out to everyone ..... how do you get a good honest subjective assessment of your DS's attractiveness to the USAFA. My sense is that it is far too dangerous for the ALO or the congressional person to say something like, " Your DS is a...

Follow -up on question about "Nationals" In my case my rep. had only one slot to offer and I was not smart enough to also pursue the Senatorial route ..... but it appears someone else got that slot. Now ....if my DS is a strong candidate they might try to place him in the national pool. My...

Question about remaining offers.... What does it mean that the "National" offers will be going out this week? I understand that Presidentials are for the children of veterans and the ROTC offers are for the ROTC people. Also...............depending on the level of acceptance by the current...

Thoughts on the TWE Let our prayers be that BFE's and the TWE's go to the right people. I have read that up to 1/3 of the appointees do not complete the four years, and while for many the 1-3 year experience was positive and the source of many lifelong friendships, for many others the...

I wonder who holds the record for the most "checks" of their DD/DS application status? Working at the computer all day it is a tempting diversion from what I should be doing. I can imagine some USAFA web manager sending a OAP warning notice to the review board, (Overly Attentive Parent).

Intimidating Description of Candidates This is quite an amazing process. I read about some of the qualifications and think to myself....there is no way my DS will get in.........then I go to the a listing of average GPA, and ACT scores and get a little more hope. If my DS is on the edge will...

How do you learn about your CWS ? I realize the selection criteria is very complex and it is hard to quantify what it takes to get selected, but does anyone want to take a stab at what type of criteria might make for a high probability person, and what might be a highly improbable person...