cryosk8trboi
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I can answer that, I did it in October and it really wasn't that bad but it depends on your squadron and the element you're in in it. You just have to write up a special Air Force document (called a SSS) and send it up the chain of command. Really simple and upperclassmen should be able to help you with it. As long as it's not ridiculous and you have a good reason, 99% of the time they will approve it.
In regards to the difference between real college and USAFA, I went to a real college for a few years (long story) and I can tell you USAFA is almost completely different from one. I agree with someone who says that life probably isn't even remotely similar to a real college even after Recognition (haven't been experienced it yet but have a pretty good idea). You still need permission to do so many things even like going to Wal-Mart in the middle of the day whereas at real college, you are free to do whatever you want, and I mean anything as long as a)it's legal or b)you don't get caught. You could skip class the whole day and just sleep in. Go home every single weekend. Get drunk at the bars or at a house party every weekend and wander back to your room completely trashed. You could become a loner and talk to basically no one your entire college career if you felt like it. At USAFA, you're almost always under a microscope and is literally a book full of rules that you have to follow at all times.
However, choosing to go to a civilian college or USAFA is choosing between two different paths. you're either picking a civilian life or a life where you will be serving your country and be in the military for at least 5 years. It all depends on which one you want to do. If you're doing this just to get a college diploma that you can use later down the road, then well good luck on that. I think the point of trying to compare real college life and USAFA life is kind of pointless because they are completely different paths and it just sort of depresses some of us by constantly reminding ourselves how our lives could be so much "funner", granted we get to do some pretty cool things here.
Alright, well...lets say theoretically i'd want to come back to my hometown for my girlfriend's homecoming dance...would they consider that as out of order? >< haha
i see the point youre making about civilian colleges, but like besides the orders and doctrine, are the living conditions the same as well?
like....do the students at usafa bunk in a barracks or a dorm room? and...well. what are the rest of the facilities like as well?