Runningman, my son and I would like to hear your opinion on VT as well. We are going down next week for the overnight visit. How do you expect the Tech experience in the Corps (if you were ROTC as well) would be different than any ROTC unit?
So, when I called my counselor last week, he told me that a load of TWEs would be arriving in mailboxes this week. And unfortunately... I guess he was right. However, my counselor also said that I would not be receiving a TWE this week since my application was still under review.
I know none of us really have the authority to answer this question, but are they actually still reviewing applications? I don't understand how they just threw out that 1,285 admitted statistic and said that the "selection process is essentially over" when many other candidates and I are (hopefully) still in the running.
and USAFA waits till April to offer him a Falcon Foundation Scholarship
Talked with Admissions Office yesterday afternoon. A lot of TWE's went out and as most have, as evidenced by other posters on this forum, been received. However they are still making decisions and all letters TWE, appointments, Prep school offers will be out the door on April 15th. For those still waiting , No news is good news, at least for now.
Unfortunately, maybe that's the best they could offer. That's the problem with academy appointments. The best we can know is what we put on the application. We have no way of comparing it to the other applicants in our district, state, or the rest of the country. When we find out we received a nomination, except for the few MOC's who list "Principle" nominees, we don't know how the rest of the nominations stand. When we receive a presidential nomination, we forget that the air force can only give 100 appointments based on that nomination, even though there are approximately 500 applicants with a presidential nomination. Just like a MOC can give 10 nominations, yet usually only 1 can be offered an appointment.
You have a long family history of air force academy graduates. And now, you have a Navy academy graduate in the making. Either way, it's a great military history in your family with a lot of selfless service by your family. But without knowing the status, resumes, applications, and total scores of the close to 10,000 other air force academy applicants, it's quite difficult to second guess anything about the academy. Especially any of the whys or whens. The academies are bound by certain numbers and quotas that they must follow by federal law. Most of which are not negotiable. Either way, you son should be honored to be attending Navy, and we definitely thank him for being willing to serve his country. Best of luck to him. Let him know however that Air Force WILL KICK NAVY'S BUTT this fall in football, and we WILL win back the Commander in Chief's trophy. LOL!!! Mike.....
DS still waiting - NJ appts 1/21 (MOC) & 2/1 (Senator) I can't wait until he has a different answer to the question "so have you heard from the Air Force Academy yet?"