Ifnot2025then2026
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This is not my first 3 am post on this forum.
After dedicating the last decade of my life in pursuit of attending USNA, I got my rejection letter today. To say I am disappointed would be a monumental understatement. I am also frustrated considering how much effort I have put in. I am also confused considering how well put together I thought my case was.
However, I am not without a plan B. I did get into USAFA back in the mid fall, and I did get both an NROTC and AFROTC scholarship to two top tier engineering schools (NROTC for a tier 2 major, though).
My immediate thought was that I should go to USAFA, since that is an obvious second choice for myself. But, now realizing that a decision I have been preparing for months to make (between USNA and usafa) has been taken out of my hands, I am now confronted with the reality that I want to spend my time flying for the navy, not the Air Force, and I do want to spend my college years at USNA, and not USAFA. I have come to the conclusion that it is just cultural/nuanced differences between the two, but I am fairly certain that I belong in the navy not the Air Force. No matter how hyped up I try to get about sweet Colorado hikes or flying in the soaring program, I am unable to forget that when I close my eyes to imagine myself taking off- it is off of a carrier- and when I see myself walking around campus- it is around T-Court.
Rationality tells me that it is not worth incurring the risk of get screwed over by USNA for c/o '26 and then have to stick to plan C (being ROTC) since USAFA would almost definitely not take me again next year if I turn them down.
This puts me in a really bad place. What do you all think? Go for ROTC and reapply to USNA or play it safe at USAFA?
I know I paint a dim portrait of USAFA and I don't mean to seem insensitive as the many feel the way about USAFA that I do USNA, but I also just got rejected so I am a little down in the dumps (and tired).
After dedicating the last decade of my life in pursuit of attending USNA, I got my rejection letter today. To say I am disappointed would be a monumental understatement. I am also frustrated considering how much effort I have put in. I am also confused considering how well put together I thought my case was.
However, I am not without a plan B. I did get into USAFA back in the mid fall, and I did get both an NROTC and AFROTC scholarship to two top tier engineering schools (NROTC for a tier 2 major, though).
My immediate thought was that I should go to USAFA, since that is an obvious second choice for myself. But, now realizing that a decision I have been preparing for months to make (between USNA and usafa) has been taken out of my hands, I am now confronted with the reality that I want to spend my time flying for the navy, not the Air Force, and I do want to spend my college years at USNA, and not USAFA. I have come to the conclusion that it is just cultural/nuanced differences between the two, but I am fairly certain that I belong in the navy not the Air Force. No matter how hyped up I try to get about sweet Colorado hikes or flying in the soaring program, I am unable to forget that when I close my eyes to imagine myself taking off- it is off of a carrier- and when I see myself walking around campus- it is around T-Court.
Rationality tells me that it is not worth incurring the risk of get screwed over by USNA for c/o '26 and then have to stick to plan C (being ROTC) since USAFA would almost definitely not take me again next year if I turn them down.
This puts me in a really bad place. What do you all think? Go for ROTC and reapply to USNA or play it safe at USAFA?
I know I paint a dim portrait of USAFA and I don't mean to seem insensitive as the many feel the way about USAFA that I do USNA, but I also just got rejected so I am a little down in the dumps (and tired).