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I went to SS last year. Besides what other people have said already which i totally agree with (make friends, get as fit as you can): -Bring a small bottle of laundry detergent. Sometimes you are made to change into your PT uniform more than once a day and you only get like three shirts. I...

The big appointment waves happen in March and April, I think most people who have appointments right now are recruited athletes and a few special cases. Hang on!

West Coast is huge, populous, and one of the most competitive regions in the nation.

-Get the ACT up as high as you can, there's no penalty for retaking it as many times as possible and from what I've heard it is more important than your GPA (due to the variability of GPAs from school to school, although GPA is still very important!). Work hard on the math - USAFA is very STEM...

I think that your standardized test scores are more important than your GPA. Everyone takes the same SAT/ACT test, but your GPA can vary a lot. For example, I have a little over a 3.9 uw GPA, which is not impressive (unless you have background information about my course load and the caliber of...

Hi! I think you should contact all the ROOs and PMSs that are on the list of schools you submitted because I understand that they have your application on their portal or something. Send out an email ASAP and call them all tomorrow to make sure you get through in time. Skype interviews are...

USAFA Class of 2022 Appointments: 1) usafamax / Self / LOA / 24-Nov-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional and JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction / Direct Appointment 2) fnafgg / DD / No LOA / 21-Nov-2017 / Accepting / MD / Presidential / Direct Appointment 3) boiler26 / DS / No LOA / 15-Nov-2017...

Thank you all for your responses! My portal was updated by the time I woke up and checked it first thing in the morning.

Hi everyone, Today I received a congratulatory call from my MOC and she told me that I was accepted to USAFA. However, I checked my portal and there are no updates. Has anyone had a similar experience? If so, how long did it take for your portal to be updated? I want to see my appointment for...

Work on your SAT scores and seek leadership in your extracurriculars that is easily demonstrated. Make friends with your math and english teachers. Don't worry about taking the CFA until summer/fall of your senior year, but start preparing for it now.

I think you should do your pre candidate questionnaire ASAP. I only had a 1390 SAT score when I did mine, and it didn't hinder me in any way that I can tell. It is very easy to update your scores as they come, and once you're a candidate Admissions won't look at your app until all the forms are...

I read that on an old forum post from about 2015. I went to summer seminar and I was invited, which is why I was a little confused.

I got invited too! I responded right away and the Lt that sent me the email said she put my name down. However, the email says you have to wait a few weeks before they confirm that you're going because there are a lot of people invited. Did you go to summer seminar?

Hi, I'm a fellow 2022 USAFA candidate. For the SAT: I'd recommend that you go on the college board website and use their Khan academy resource to help improve your score. It gives you personalized practice based on the questions that you missed on the test, pretty great if you ask me! Also, if...

A couple of my squad mates from SLE are done, one of them got an LOA yesterday.

Hello, I'm a candidate for 2022. What did you do with your hair during Beast? My hair is super long and I know I will have to cut it, but I'm not sure how short I need to go. Also, how strict are the hair standards on the day-to-day during Basic and during the Ac year? Like does your hair have...

Can you elaborate on the two things you included in your original post (the socks thing and the non-packing-list-essentials thing)? Those seem important. I'm still a candidate with no packing list or supplementary material upon which to formulate questions though... in other words, I don't know...

Is the altitude so significant that I should consider it a factor? I would think one becomes accustomed to it after a few weeks. I am from sea level.

Hello, I'm currently a candidate for 2022. West Point has been my #1 choice for a few years now, but after going through USAFA summer seminar and talking to a few USAFA graduates, I'm not sure which one I would rather go to. I really am having trouble deciding between the two, and although I...

I'm a candidate from California. I can talk to my ALO and see if he can help you, but you should remove this post. It's actually against the forum rules to put your name/info out like this. DM me so I can link you up with my ALO.