bsa07eagle
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Actually, they just put in an ATM at their building here in town. You can now deposit/withdraw cash from USAA in town.
Later,
Brian
Later,
Brian
hello all,
Just wondering what I should bring to BCT as my instructions to appointees booklet was a little vague.
Do I need to/am I allowed to bring a watch? It should most likely be a military style one right?
Sunglasses, Colorado is really sunny, are we supplied sunglasses or should I look into getting some Oakley M frames?
Should I bring my Leatherman?
Should I bring my own Headlamp?
thanks!
Actually, they just put in an ATM at their building here in town. You can now deposit/withdraw cash from USAA in town.
Later,
Brian
hello all,
Just wondering what I should bring to BCT as my instructions to appointees booklet was a little vague.
Do I need to/am I allowed to bring a watch? It should most likely be a military style one right?
Sunglasses, Colorado is really sunny, are we supplied sunglasses or should I look into getting some Oakley M frames?
Should I bring my Leatherman?
Should I bring my own Headlamp?
thanks!
And it honestly seemed to be more of a biochem class he had - there was very little repetition of anything he'd had before and it was a still a LOT of work.
Thanks for the info Hornetguy - that helps explain a lot! I thought it seemed strange that a kid who had loved 3 years of chem could suddenly hate it so much!
And the stats are interesting for grad school - I know my son is interested in that as well - looks like he's on track for the Department sponsored AFIT (which is probably what he'd want) - if AFIT still exists in 3 years!
Yup, he was bad enough that, if I could do it over again, I would have gone the Materials Science course instead. Let's say this guy gave my my first academy grades by a full letter.... made most of us hate (bio)chem. Quite disappointing since we actually liked the stuff a lot.
I'll add that I was intending on going ChemE at every other civilian back-up school I applied to! Sad that USAFA has no such program.
Doc still at the academy? Do you ever get to give anonymous feedback on profs?Yup, he was bad enough that, if I could do it over again, I would have gone the Materials Science course instead. Let's say this guy gave my my first academy grades by a full letter.... made most of us hate (bio)chem. Quite disappointing since we actually liked the stuff a lot.
I'll add that I was intending on going ChemE at every other civilian back-up school I applied to! Sad that USAFA has no such program.
Doc still at the academy? Do you ever get to give anonymous feedback on profs?
I know everyone has different experiences with profs, but in Dr. H's defense, my ds really liked that course. His sister (who did pre-med at an ivy-league type school and aced organic chem) sat in on the class during parent's weekend. She also thought the level of material was really difficult, pretty scattered and didn't really teach the fundamentals before asking the cadets to come up with answers beyond the scope of the class.
My ds is in the scholars program and likes challenges like that, but I think he is unique (I would say weird, but he IS my son ).
I graduated the scholar's program. The honors chem course (while non-existent during my 4 dig year) is not representative of the scholar's program! I, and my peers, LOVED the scholar's program. We thrived in it compared to the core courses.
Even if you're an "engineering" type person as opposed to a "fuzzy" one? My son thinks he'll have a chance to get into the scholars program after this semester if his grades stay where they are, but obviously that class is dissuading him from even trying. However, he was also less enthused by the fact that all the scholar's classes were fuzzy ones and afraid of being challenged then in classes that he wasn't particularly interested in instead of those he was!