Pima
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aseanag said:I would add that most USAFA 4* cadets are currently taking 6 classes, extra curricular activities, dealing with upperclassmen, plus k-test. They will not have to deal with this many pressures at IFS. This is an enormous amount of pressure for 17 -18 year olds to deal with and many will struggle along the way.
You do know for AFROTC there are cadets at Ivies carrying 21 credits in Engineering, plus doing AFROTC, in a military fraternal society, and have the pressure as an AFROTC engineer cadet they must meet a 3.0 cgpa for SFT selection, thus commissioning? That scholarship is truly good for 2 yrs. No SFT equals dis-enrollment Commissioning is gone. Do you know how they rack and stack for SFT?
~~~~ Tech vs non tech cgpa.
~~~~ PFA scores
~~~~ LLAB
~~~~ Rank in the det.
Guess who has a voice in the rank? Upperclassman, the CWC, CVWC, CFC. AFROTC mimics AFA when it comes to upperclassmen cadets. They are the ones that tell the CoC their opinions. CoC rec is 50% of the SFT score. No ECs, poor PFT, low cgpa, and the game is over. Your DS was 2013 grad, Do you know for 13, the SFT selection rate for SFT was @55%?
Let's not play this game.
I agree with Stealth's post
Is that your opinion from experience? Son went through 4 years at USAFA and has told me that other than SERE, IFS was the most mentally challenging time he has ever had.
Why do you think those with a PPL take the waiver and not go through IFS? They request the waiver because it is a risk of busting!
This thread is about knowledge tests, you may chose to believe IFS is a cakewalk, or as an AFA grad they will wing. It is a hell of a lot harder than you can imagine. I respectfully ask that you read raimius's blog.
Just me, I would say to the OP tell her to try to learn a new way to study. Punctuation and bold face will matter.
~~~ It trips up alot of people.
aseanag,
As far as the flying world goes, calc doesn't matter. It may help, bit it doesn't matter. Handling the stick, simulators, AND academics do. Academics is not calc.
Don't know what AFSC your DS has, but I will tell you as a Mom, no news (phone calls) is good news. That it is 18 hr days 6 days a week even at IFS. Reason why is that the rated world is that competitive.
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