My son just received a conditional appointment to the CGA in the mail yesterday!
Hello to everyone. I live in Texas and just joined the message boards after finding this site a few weeks ago and viewing all the great information and posts. My son just received a letter yesterday saying that he received a conditional appointment to the CGA, so he was thrilled. He just needs to repeat the PFE since he took it last summer during AIM and did average, but they wanted him to take it again and score a little highter. He doesn't believe he'll have any problem getting a much higher score because he's now in the best shape he's ever been.
I have been reading the posts over the last week or two for the CGA and thought I'd let others know there is still hope for an appontment. My son thought it was too late and he wouldn't get an appointment. He received a type 2 AFROTC scholarship back in March and was happy about joining the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M. Actually, he was very excited about this option and it made things much simpler since we live in the north Texas area and now our planning will be much different.
As with all of you, the application process for the service academys, ROTC scholarships, colleges, etc. has consumed our lives for the last year. I was so thrilled that all of that work paid off. My son attended the AFA summer seminar last June and the CGA AIM program last July. He had always dreamed of attending the AFA and then fell in love with the CGA after the AIM program. The first thing he said after the AIM program was that the CGA was now his first choice.
Assuming he gets his full appointment (he'll be crushed if he doesn't now that he's so close), we have to start some massive planning. This is such a change to his plans and now we have to think about his probable move to Connecticut in two months and all the other things that go with an appointment to an Academy. Since we are finding this out so late in the process, any feedback, suggestions or helpful hints from anyone would be greatly appreciated. How many other CGA appointees are from the Texas area (we are in the north Dallas area)? Thanks and I look forward to meeting other CGA parents in the near future!