AIM Tomorrow!

rjb said:
It is said that AIM provides the most realistic taste of summer basic training as compared to programs of the other service academies.
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I haven't seen AIM in a "long" time, but this was certainly true in 2004. I was a swab summer cadre, but we saw some of AIM and it was intense.

That said, AIMsters seemed to enjoy it by the end, and if it was too bad you wouldn't have same many AIM alumni becoming swabs (and cadets).


Enjoy the taste of CGA!
 
jbnll said:
I wouldn't worry about it, everyone is in the same boat...and with the adrenaline of doing it there, she probably did more than she expected. She'll be fine :)
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I don't think most of us are necessarily worried, but it's still nice to have accurate information so we know exactly where they're at when submitting their application. My daughter for example is bordering on 200. I told her if she gets over 200 during AIM, we may just use that score for EA. If below 200, we'd have to retake PFE before applying. Those couple extra points may be crucial to some kids' decisions during application process.
 
rjb said:
It is said that AIM provides the most realistic taste of summer basic training as compared to programs of the other service academies.
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We sure hope it remains to be true. We kept hearing that AIM was restructured this year to make it easier. We weren't sure if it was just a rumor or not. Did anyone else hear this too?
 
Blueman said:
We sure hope it remains to be true. We kept hearing that AIM was restructured this year to make it easier. We weren't sure if it was just a rumor or not. Did anyone else hear this too?
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I think that's the rumor every year...

It's also the rumor with swab summers...
 
I am likely wrong about AIM changing.... so I'll leave it at that.

In the past, AIM was a short Swab Summer, with some upside at the end (there's little upside at the end of Swab Summer).
 
Congratulations to week 1 AIMsters for completing the week! DO share with us your experience and highlights of the week! Our DD flies out tomorrow night for week 2. Getting nervous...
 
Hmmm that really makes us curious about the rumor of AIM becoming physically easier this year. Any insight from the week1 aimsters or their parents?
 
Spoke with the man in charge of the robotics competition. He said that they made the decision to not yell at the AIMsters like they do swabs but rather "used their command voices". Still hard but not quite as brutal was what I took from that. There were still kids here who considered themselves "hostages" (as opposed to "zealots" or "tourists") but overall admissions was very complimentary of the group and no one can remember the last time AIM had 100% graduation.
 
navymomwannabe said:
Spoke with the man in charge of the robotics competition. He said that they made the decision to not yell at the AIMsters like they do swabs but rather "used their command voices". Still hard but not quite as brutal was what I took from that. There were still kids here who considered themselves "hostages" (as opposed to "zealots" or "tourists") but overall admissions was very complimentary of the group and no one can remember the last time AIM had 100% graduation.
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Do you know if all the physical training components were still in tact at least or was that softened a bit as well?
 
Don't know what was normal last year. They always ran in formation. They always ran the stairs with efficiency. They didn't always run because it wasn't always practical to run in formation.
 
Blueman said:
Do you know if all the physical training components were still in tact at least or was that softened a bit as well?
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So my DS texted me a summary while he was waiting for his plane to come home. These were the takeaway:

-AIM was awesome.

-Out of the four summer SA seminars (SLE, NASS, AFASS, AIM) he attended this summer, AIM was by far the most rigorous but most rewarding.

-AIM solidified his desire to apply to the USCGA and become an officer in the USCG.

-He was told that daily PT was not as tough as previous years, but it was the toughest out of all the SA summer seminars.

-SWAB Wednesday was tough. His legs are still sore from the running. Bear in mind, he's a varsity cross country runner and has been running all spring to train for this. A couple of AIMsters' knees gave out due to all the running and standing at attentioin.

-The First Day, after the Swearing-In Ceremony, he got "yelled at" like he's never been "yelled at" in his life.

-There was an AAR time when he got really great and constructive feedback from the cadre about his performance.

-He was very happy with his PFE score which is a record/official score.

-He was told that they will ramp up the PT for the next session, fyi @Hoping2021
 
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Padre101 said:
So my DS texted me a summary while he was waiting for his plane to come home. These were the takeaway:

-AIM was awesome.

-Out of the four summer SA seminars (SLE, NASS, AFASS, AIM) he attended this summer, AIM was by far the most rigorous but most rewarding.

-AIM solidified his desire to apply to the USCGA and become an officer in the USCG.

-He was told that daily PT was not as tough as previous years, but it was the toughest out of all the SA summer seminars.

-SWAB Wednesday was tough. His legs are still sore from the running. Bear in mind, he's a varsity cross country runner and has been running all spring to train for this. A couple of AIMsters' knees gave out due to all the running and standing at attentioin.

-The First Day, after the Swearing-In Ceremony, he got "yelled at" like he's never been "yelled at" in his life.

-There was an AAR time when he got really great and constructive feedback from the cadre about his performance.

-He was very happy with his PFE score which is a record/official score.

-He was told that they will ramp up the PT for the next session, fyi @Hoping2021
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Congratulations to your son for a great week! Oh my... Maybe I should hide this post from my DD so she won't be intimidated before it even starts. She's nervous as is. I really hope she does ok with the running part. Wish us luck!
 
Hoping2021 said:
Congratulations to your son for a great week! Oh my... Maybe I should hide this post from my DD so she won't be intimidated before it even starts. She's nervous as is. I really hope she does ok with the running part. Wish us luck!
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I'm sure she will do fine. One thing my DS said is that his shipmates stuck together and helped each other through it.
 
Blueman said:
PFE is on Mondays now? It used to be towards the end of the week. I thought they'll have some time to adjust and build up some more over the week, but I guess not. No pictures so far.
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They said they did that so we wouldn't be as tired and sore. Definitely helped me!
 
LineInTheSand said:
I think that's the rumor every year...

It's also the rumor with swab summers...
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We were told AIM was made, I wouldn't say easier, but they stressed the importance of letting someone know if you were hurt and would stop us if it got extremely hot, which it did. We were also told that the swabs were getting hurt a lot so they were stopped from doing a lot of work. They told us that sometimes we were working harder than the swabs.
 
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