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Great news! Congratulations to your DS!

Its a little confusing (at least to me). DS got email from Chambliss staffer last week wanting to confirm his contact info so that Senator could call him this week with some "good news". Still has not gotten call. Then DS got letter from Rep Scott on Saturday congratulating him for his...

my DS got official letter via portal today! Not sure if they used GA-13 or GA senatorial nomination (Saxby Chambliss). jro

Thanks so much. That is a great list of questions to ask. JR

Thanks for the replies. I should have said that he is looking at engineering school + AFROTC as an alternative if he doesn't get into USAFA -- so he is committed to serving in the Air Force, hopefully as a pilot. The point about missing out on social aspects of AFROTC that occur at the home...

I'm hoping to get some input to help my S make a ROTC decision. He is interested in attending college as an AF-ROTC cadet. After he identified a few schools of interest, he determined that most of them did not have AF-ROTC on campus, but rather cadets traveled to a "neighboring" school that...

Thanks. That makes sense. I guess when I read the first post it sounded like they had submitted their scores and wanted to do the CFA and submit again. I clearly misunderstood. JR

Could someone give me a quick clarification please: were the CFA scores you posted from a "trial run"? I thought you could only take the CFA "officially" 1 time.

Thanks CC! That is about the most comprehensive answer I could have asked for....

Although this thread seems to be drifting from the original issue raised on essays, I'm going to ask this question anyway (sorry). A couple of the above posts suggest that there is no benefit to getting your application and supporting materials completed and submitted early (except, possibly...

Thanks for the help! JR

My son will be applying to USAFA this fall. I just got my voter registration card and we have been redistricted from GA13 to GA11. I called the offices for both MOCs and they pointed to the other one: GA11 said he should submit his nomination request to GA13, and GA13's office said to submit...

Whether or not USAFA will look at writing, if your S did well on math he should do well on writing. When my S took SAT prep courses, they explained that kids who do well on math can also do well on writing.... there were simple logical rules to follow, and once you learned them you could ace...

Regarding PSAT and National Merit, definitely enroll in a review class this summer and work hard on it through the fall. My DS scored 177 as a sophomore, and 222 as a junior after a summer spent studying (that score puts him well above the probable cut-off in GA, and would be good enough in just...

When we visited USAFA in January, an admissions counselor told us that they do adjustments based on the % of the class that goes to college. Don't hold me to these exact numbers, but it was something like this: if your school has > 95% of graduates attending college, then GPAs are adjusted so...