scoutpilot
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Do you honestly, seriously doubt that Yale University has a greater cachet than USAFA? USAFA doesn't even have the greatest cachet among the SAs, for heaven's sake.
I know that both are excellent schools so it is no wrong choice. Both are amazing schools.
Yale, like most Ivies, gives tuition aid based on a family's ability to pay.
USAFA is great, and if she said she wanted to be flight surgeon, than I would say USAFA.
Flight surgeons for the AF are the docs that also fly. I don't know about the Army, but for the AF, they are rated too. Just saying if she wants to do both, than USAFA might be a better option over Yale.
Not sure why your comparing this to the Army, I don't think anyone brought that up. Our friend who is a Flight Surgeon is AF, he came over from the Navy and has never been rated.
The problem is AFROTC IS NOT AROTC. 2 years in, they still have to fight for an SFT slot! AROTC cadets don't meet any board as a cadet. It is months of far.
You have little understanding of what the requirements are to contract in AROTC, which again, nobody here was talking about.
All of his "medical" experiences were done outside of ROTC...he started working in Biomedical Science research lab at his University the summer after his freshman year and continued that experience year-round right up to his graduation next month. He also regularly volunteered at a hospital near his school and shadowed physicians back home on his winter breaks. The only AF summer training he had was his SFT at Maxwell and then he returned to Alabama last summer as a CTA (which did result in a slight delay in getting his med school secondary apps in...but things worked out). I do believe that the leadership experiences he gained while in AFROTC, being a SFT Distinguished Graduate, being a Combatives CTA, the command positions at his DET, etc. added significantly to his medical school application package and again the cadre at his DET have been extremely supportive as he navigated the process.was your son allowed to do medical internships sponsored by AFROTC during the summer?
Do you honestly, seriously doubt that Yale University has a greater cachet than USAFA? USAFA doesn't even have the greatest cachet among the SAs, for heaven's sake.