Christcorp
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I posted this back around December to motivate academy applicants to make sure they are applying to other schools. Many students only apply to their #1 school. Forums like this one usually have students who have the academy as their #1 choice. That's fine and all, but you MUST have backups. I've reworded this for juniors in high school. Hopefully you'll be better prepared.
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This is not intended to be discouraging or to make you stress out. Very simply: Now that most of you have finished your Pre-Academy Application; you need to relax for about 5 minutes, and move on to the 2nd most important stage of your future. APPLYING TO OTHER SCHOOLS. Please don't tell me how you wanted the academy for your whole life. So has thousands of other applicants. And even if you are one of the best of the best; the academy can not and will not take more than approximately 1150 new applicants. That number was higher, but is shrinking every day. It doesn't matter if the academy is your first choice or not. If you're good enough to believe that you should be able to be accepted to the air force academy, then you are good enough to be applying to the best colleges and universities in the country.
And in case you can't afford some of these schools, you need to get applying to at least 4 other schools NOW, so you can have time to look at scholarships, grants, merits, private money, etc.... Even if you're looking at ROTC; you need to prepare your other school applications RIGHT NOW!!!! Do it. Do it now. PLEASE DON'T WAIT. All the information you're getting ready for the academy application can be used for your other college applications. Most universities start early admissions in September. If you have everything together during the summer, you'll be ready to go.
I can't tell you how many applicants didn't get the academy appointment, and settled for community college or state "U", because they didn't think they could get accepted or pay for other schools. There's nothing wrong with CC's and state universities, but they should be "A CHOICE" and NOT "A LACK OF OPTIONS". I'll tell you right now; if you don't think you can get accepted to certain other schools, how can you expect to get accepted to the academies??? The academies are considered equal to and as selective as the Ivy league and high end private universities. APPLY NOW!!!! The money will come later. Get accepted first. If you get accepted, there are plenty of ways to find money.
12,000 will initially apply and/or be interested in the air force academy. When the dust settles, only about 1100 will be accepted. That's LESS THAN 10%. Have your other schools lined up so you can apply as soon as possible. Including ROTC. I can't emphasize this enough. Best of luck to you all in applying to the air force academy; but if you don't have at least 4 other colleges/universities lined up with applications, then you are making a big mistake. Good luck. mike.....
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This is not intended to be discouraging or to make you stress out. Very simply: Now that most of you have finished your Pre-Academy Application; you need to relax for about 5 minutes, and move on to the 2nd most important stage of your future. APPLYING TO OTHER SCHOOLS. Please don't tell me how you wanted the academy for your whole life. So has thousands of other applicants. And even if you are one of the best of the best; the academy can not and will not take more than approximately 1150 new applicants. That number was higher, but is shrinking every day. It doesn't matter if the academy is your first choice or not. If you're good enough to believe that you should be able to be accepted to the air force academy, then you are good enough to be applying to the best colleges and universities in the country.
And in case you can't afford some of these schools, you need to get applying to at least 4 other schools NOW, so you can have time to look at scholarships, grants, merits, private money, etc.... Even if you're looking at ROTC; you need to prepare your other school applications RIGHT NOW!!!! Do it. Do it now. PLEASE DON'T WAIT. All the information you're getting ready for the academy application can be used for your other college applications. Most universities start early admissions in September. If you have everything together during the summer, you'll be ready to go.
I can't tell you how many applicants didn't get the academy appointment, and settled for community college or state "U", because they didn't think they could get accepted or pay for other schools. There's nothing wrong with CC's and state universities, but they should be "A CHOICE" and NOT "A LACK OF OPTIONS". I'll tell you right now; if you don't think you can get accepted to certain other schools, how can you expect to get accepted to the academies??? The academies are considered equal to and as selective as the Ivy league and high end private universities. APPLY NOW!!!! The money will come later. Get accepted first. If you get accepted, there are plenty of ways to find money.
12,000 will initially apply and/or be interested in the air force academy. When the dust settles, only about 1100 will be accepted. That's LESS THAN 10%. Have your other schools lined up so you can apply as soon as possible. Including ROTC. I can't emphasize this enough. Best of luck to you all in applying to the air force academy; but if you don't have at least 4 other colleges/universities lined up with applications, then you are making a big mistake. Good luck. mike.....