Demands of IC Athletics

buffalo said:
For 40 days, there are still many 4*s in off-season sports (i.e. football) do still miss much of the 40 days experience due to practice or whatnot.
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How much football practice does the football team have in Jan, Feb, March? Perhaps I am mistaken, but I thought there was some greater purpose to 40 days than just excersise.
 
MN-Dad-2016 said:
I forgot about that. I guess there is "honors" as well as "scholars".
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I think there are "honors" classes and the Scholars program. So you can be in an honors class and not part of the Scholars program...and there are some classes that the Scholars take that are not "honors". But someone like KD246 may have more insight since her daughter is a scholar and is a C2C. My DD has only been a Scholar for less than a semester, so I'm not the best source of information.
 
I am not positive on the honors vs scholars. I would say that it is highly like that you can take honors classes versus being in just the scholars program at USAFA. Examples of being able to take an honors level class might be if you scored well on AP exams in high school or graduated high school with college level credit (went to college at the same time as high school) and were place in an honors level class at USAFA. I can certainly ask my daughter is someone else doesn't chime in with the answer.
 
melindayching said:
My DD was also invited to apply for the honors program. I believe that 45-50 students are accepted, and you need a minimum of a 3.5 to be invited to apply. There were several essays that the students had to write in order to apply. My DD really enjoys the classes and it gives them another group within USAFA to connect with. As for technical classes, not sure what fits into that category, by my DD said that her CompSci was an honors class this semester. it's alot of work,and since my DD is also in season she is working very, very hard.
Getting back to the IC thread, I understand that some ICs who want to take advantage of some of the study abroad/language immersion opportunities may have to give up summer leave to do it since they are usually committed to their sport for the regular school year and other USAFA training commitments during the other summer sessions.
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I would definitely be one of the students who would like to take advantage of a language immersion opportunity. It was my understanding that 2/3 summers are spent doing military exercises and training, so how does this play out regarding IC athletes? For example, if a student wanted to travel every summer as well as participate in summer athletic training and military training, would he/she essentially be giving up every summer leave? Or do some athletic/military trainings interfere with your summer leave, making studying abroad not possible?
 
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