Don't listen to cadets, they are in the dark as much as you.
Nobody can give you an answer. Just make sure right now your cgpa is above the avg for LY, get a great PFT score, and hope that your SAT/AFOQT are high enough.
I think the fear you are hearing is about sequestration. Let the dust settle, for all you know it will be 2200 this yr too.
If you look at the cuts for each branch, the AF is sitting pretty compared to their sisters. The AF only needs to cut 3% to meet their goal, and that is achievable through attrition.
Additionally, if you have been following the news major airline carriers have announced that they will be hiring thousands of pilots in the next 5 yrs. The reason why is they haven't hired for a decade, and the FAA has a reg that pilots cannot fly past the age of 62 (? ---maybe it is 60), hence their pilots will be forced out at a high rate, and they will nee to replace them. Where do they get these pilots? The military.
Meanwhile, the AF is bringing on line the 35, so they also need pilots.
Honestly, life in the AF will be looking sweet for the cadets that commission who are in the system now
I think the fear cadets are feeling is the AFA has cut their class sizes drastically. There is an assumption it will have an impact on AFROTC. The fact is AFROTC started to cut back in 2010 regarding not only scholarships, but also SFT selection. The pool is much smaller now.
I am not saying anyone should feel safe at any means. I am saying, I can't see how this yr group will be the cut throat yr.
Again, caveat, sequestration occurs, and everything I wrote is out the window. 500 BN cut from the DOD budget, yeah, SFT will be cut throat. It might not even exist for all we know. Think about it, they are not going to take money from operational bases, they are not going to shut down AFA, they may cancel OCS boards, but still SFT costs a lot of money. Cadets are flown in, paid TDY payments, fed, housed for 4 weeks, given uniforms, etc. Total cost per cadet is probably @$2500. 2200 cadets, that is a couple of MN they can slash from the AF budget.
Flipside again, they may not dis-enroll cadets as quick as they did for class of 12, 13 and 14. They may keep the cadets in for 1 more yr.
I know...I made your cranium hurt! I didn't answer your question directly, and only gave you more questions.
The fact is that is the AF. It changes, morphs, re-configures all the time. You need to be aware of this issue so you can change, morph, re-configure.
I hope you take the aspects I have stated and discuss this a your det with the cadets who are telling you that there will be a significant decrease.
Ask them why do they feel that? What is their rationale?