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Greetings all, DS received a letter on his AFA portal this morning. It stated; The Director, Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board, has informed us that you are medically disqualified for admission to the Air Force Academy. We have requested a medical waiver on your...

Received this email tonight: We need to inform you the Air Force ROTC scholarship board results will not be released as scheduled due to the ongoing national budget debate. Board results are expected to be released between January and March 2014. As soon as the budget has been approved the...

Received an email today via my DS's school - here is what caught my eye... The number of applications received so far this year by this office are significantly lower than in prior years. Although the academies are also reflecting a drop in total applications, I suspect that some students are...

DS is scheduled for an overnight visit with the Corps of Cadets at VT in a few weeks. An option for the visit is to schedule a meeting with the ROTC detachment of your choice (AFROTC). Is this recommended? If so, how should he be prepared? Should he expect to be informally interviewed or just...

Apologize if this has already been posted. I just was informed of this year's AFROTC board dates. Since DS has his application complete and is awaiting his interview these dates came in an email today. Hope it helps. The next boards and release dates are Scheduled Board Dates Expected...

Very happy to see this message on DS's portal today: •Congratulations! You are an eligible applicant in the AFROTC Scholarship Program. Thanks everyone for all the good advice here. Happy to have it done and in early. Now for that DODMERB waiver to come through...

My DS received his remedial request via snail mail from DODMERB today. It was not unexpected as he had a shoulder injury noted on his medical history. Short story: he injured his shoulder in a fall during his freshman year. Never dislocated or needed to be reset. Consequently had a few...

DS is busy working on his applications for USAFA and USCGA. He has taken three AP courses/exams so far (Eng. Language, World History, and Computer Science) and earned 4's on all of them. Would you recommend submitting these scores to the academies? If so, do you think it would be best to send...

Greetings all. My son started AIM session 3 yesterday and I wondered if there were any other session 3 families here on the forum? We are really looking forward to driving up to New London for the graduation on Friday. This week is extra significant for our family as my husband went through...

Another newbie question - thanks for your patience and help! When do you recommend starting the AFROTC application process? I see on the website that it's not due until December but have read on these forums about different AFROTC boards and the importance of being looked at early. My DS...

Greetings. New to the forums so please be patient with me! My ds is finishing his junior year and wants to apply to USAFA, USCGA, and for an AFROTC scholarship. He is scheduled to take both the SAT and the ACT for the first time in June. Question: He has the option to send score reports...