It is recommended to sign-up ASAP, (like that day!), as there are a limited number of spots and they go fast.
Last year we signed up for CFAD on-line. At least a month before the sign-up started, it was announced on the website when the sign-up would start. (I think the date was around August 8.) You get to the sign-up through your Bear's Den portal.
When will we know when sign up is offered?
My son received the Cadet for a Day email this morning and we are all signed up. He is very pleased, since he was waitlisted for AIM. We have heard this program is a better way to visit the Academy.
Our D received the email too. She had to turn down an invitation to AIM, so this will be a good opportunity...if she takes it.
Having been to USAFAss and UNSAss, she liked both experiences but is unsure if SA life and, even more so, the commitment beyond that, is for her. She is trying to talk to more people about like after you leave an SA. As I have said on this board before, this process/decision is particularly tough, I think, for kids like her who come from families with no military background. It is a completely different world!
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Our D received the email too. She had to turn down an invitation to AIM, so this will be a good opportunity...if she takes it.
Having been to USAFAss and UNSAss, she liked both experiences but is unsure if SA life and, even more so, the commitment beyond that, is for her. She is trying to talk to more people about like after you leave an SA. As I have said on this board before, this process/decision is particularly tough, I think, for kids like her who come from families with no military background. It is a completely different world!
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Why did she turn down the invitation to AIM, more so than USAFA or USNA's equivalent, AIM gives participants a very good idea what that first summer will be like (which can be helpful, considering how many people leave over the summer).
Our son somehow missed signing up for cadet for a day program. He, too, was wait listed for AIM. Program is full. A bit bummed about that. For some reason we thought the dates weren't going to be released until September. Oops