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Re-read using critical thinking abilities.
I’ve never re-read a post as many times as yours but please review to see if I got it right:
· You’ve concluded that USAFA receives more qualified candidates than USMA and USNA.
· Thus USAFA has no need to be responsive to inquiries from qualified candidates
· USAFA does not do overnight visits, that’s a bad idea & you think they should
· You agree with Usafamom2016 that candidates should not need "hand holding and weekly contact"
· But Usafamom2016 views are very different from
the complete lack of interaction your DS experienced (DS only had negative interactions with Admissions so there wasn’t really a complete lack of, just all were unhelpful/bad)
· Your DS’s experiences were not as described in the 2017 USAFA Instructions to Candidates Guide
· Your DS is well qualified but USAFA’s early ordering of his DODMERB results sent a mixed signal (when compared to the previously mentioned negative experiences)
· The explanations of USAFA's Admissions program given to you don’t make sense
· Your DS changed the order of the SA’s he wishes to attend largely due to his dealings with USAFA Admissions
· DS received a nomination to his first choice SA
Thinking as critically as I can, I conclude that you don’t like USAFA’s Admissions policies regarding candidate recruitment, though you understand they don’t necessarily need to change. You want USAFA to do overnight visits. Your DS’s dealings with Admissions were unhelpful, mixed signals were sent, so much so that along with the aforementioned, he re-ordered his nom’s requests. You agree with that decision as well as the reason(s) why he made it.
I still disagree with
what appears to me to be his decision to pick a branch of the armed forces to join (“in no small part”) based on Admissions personnel & an early order of DODMERB results (?). You don’t. And I still feel that if he continues to assign
what appears to me to be a large value to interactions with employees in the lower echelon of a bureaucracy, he will be very disappointed. You don’t think your DS did so. I have to ask, if someone were to pick a branch based on Admissions interactions, hypothetically, would you agree with that decision along with the reasoning?
Also since he won’t be attending the AFA, some additional questions:
1. What region (part of the country) is he in?
2. What did he need & didn’t get from Admissions?
3. Other than the admissions process, what were the other reasons he used in the re-ordering of his SA requests.
Hope you answer the questions above. After that, all that’s left is to wish your DS the best of luck, which I do.