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There are no guarantees. Some years, if your seeing-eye dog is correctable to 20/20 and you spell your name correctly, you're in. Other years, it's much more difficult. Do the best you can, and USAFA certainly has the best odds. There are those of us here who remember banking pilots, UPT...

You don't even need to fuss with ROTC. You can direct commission via OTS after you graduate

There is no direct, 4 year path to nursing from USAFA. There may be a path after grad that I don't know about. Call admissions for absolute clarity on your options.

There is no nursing path at USAFA. There is a medical school path, but it is extremely competitive. If you want to be a nurse, your best bet would be to go to nursing school, and then direct commission. I am not knowledgeable about AFROTC scholarships for nursing. Someone else on here is...

This. Run in the background. Ask questions, help them organize, review essays, keep them focused, etc. I have two at USAFA and this worked well for us.

Many school emails will block outside emails. Both of my sons used their teacher's personal emails so they wouldn't get blocked. Also, start thinking about the CFA. He needs to practice and arrange for a coach, PE teacher, etc to administer it when the time comes. Don't wait until the last...

You could easily be volunteer fireman at your duty stations.

I am sure that is fine.

It could be CFA or leadership as well as a academic. It wouldn't be DoDMERB to be best of my knowledge.

"On the contrary, I like how USMA and the Army are more prestigious, center values on people, and put greater emphasis on military training." Not necessarily true. Prestigious is in the eye of the beholder. I promise the AF is full of training. And, outside of the Coast Guard, you will be hard...

My guess would be "no" for that one. I personally wouldn't even ask.

Flight hours add to their PCSM (pilot candidate selection) score, but that is really the only advantage besides trying out for the flight team. A PPL in UPT adds just about zero to being successful. One of my worst students had 6000+ hours of multi, commercial, instrument time, and he was...

The real value of the volunteer hours is in the nomination interviews showing leadership on the local community but not all volunteer hours are the same. For example, my son's were both volunteer fireman and volunteer boy scout lifeguard/instructors versus picking up trash alongside the road...

There is plenty of opportunity to go home with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring break, and summer break. Parent's weekend is a long weekend for your family to come to you, plus multiple three-day weekends to ski, camp, sponsor family, friends, etc. You will quickly learn that, although the...

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, former Army chief of staff and United States Military Academy (USMA) superintendent, best articulated the athletics-combat relationship: “Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of...

The SAs use the whole person concept (Athletics, Academics, and Leadership) AND they build a class from applicants across the country. They don't just pick the top 1200 candidates. Obviously do your best in everything but it is more than a test score.

Junior Firefighter, lifeguard, teaching swim lessons, work leader, camp counselor, NYLT staff, all have leadership aspects

USAFA “builds a class” and doesn’t take 1-1200 in numerical order. For whatever reason they would like him in next year’s class. Take a moment to let the sting of the rejection fade and make an informed decision. As a side note, his ALO should not be one based on your description of his actions.

TPS doesn't happen until your second or third assignment. You will "need" a graduate degree in engineering to attend and not all attendees are pilots. Medical school can happen immediately after graduation BUT it is extremely competitive (20 ish) per class. My son's GF is currently in this...

The only advantage to cutting your hair ahead of time is so your parents can get pictures of it from all angles, especially quartering away so the can better find Waldo on web guy. If you know, you know🤣