BlackSnowMarine if you really want to attend the AFA you have 5 more years of eligibilty.
If the idea of reapplying 2, or 3 times scares you off; or you would rather go AROTC scholarship instead of AFROTC walk on, then that is your choice and your decision. As I said earlier if we said to you that you had a 5% chance of getting a nom, would you give up and not apply, or would you say screw you all I will prove you wrong?
~ Emotionally and mentally this year will be a roller coaster. You think you can imagine the ride, but trust me you don't. You can't even begin to fathom how that mailbox will be anticipation or dread depending on the size of the envelope in your hand.
~~You will see posters from WA with an LOA and Sen. Cantwell on the appointment list an feel your heart sink, but posters will remind you an LOA does not necessarily = charging and your heart rises. You will see Sen. Murray as the charge, but many kids get all MOCs and it could be just a guess...your heart will rise again.
~~ It will only get worse if you are running a 8 min. mile as a guy, wondering if you passed the CFA.
I appreciate that roller coaster analogy. But seeing as how it's almost too late for me, as stated by previous posters, the pathway to a civilian college to take AFROTC now sounds more appealing than rushing to prepare and schedule for the AFA. Or I could spend a year or two at a civilian college and then go to the academy.
Or, as stated by another previous poster, I can make different plans.
Plan A involves going to the academy immediately after senior year. If Plan A fails, then
Plan B consists of going to a civilian school to start AFROTC as an alternative to the academy. An alternative to Plan B,
Plan C involves spending a year at a civilian college and then going to the academy. And so on.
For those that think some posters are being harsh, please remember you cannot discern intonation on this forum. I have been on that receiving end of being called mean/rude/harsh/condescending and that was never my intention. My intention was always the same...honesty early on is the best policy if you want to be successful later on.
I know it was absolutely
not your intention to be harsh. To be honest, you didn't come up as rude to me at all. You've been helpful with the information you have shared. Again, I apologize to the previous posters that I sound like a complete troll but I'm not -- just a very,
very, oblivious person who hasn't done much research yet.
Regarding my Plan C though, if you apply to the AFA after you've completed 1-2 years in a civilian college, does the admission board look past Junior and Senior year of high school to include what you accomplished in college? Will taking a year at a civilian college and then applying affect your chances, as opposed to a student who plans to go to the academy directly after Senior year?