USAFA_nominee#1
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For the record I am a sophomore in High School looking to apply to USAFA/USNA (first pick USAFA) and NROTC and AFROTC. I am a Varsity cross country runner, and I also played football and ran track last year. Also for the record my application is looking to be quite competitive. Top 1% of my class, and very involved in clubs and involved in leadership in my community. Also involved in math competition in my school.
So my application is building up to be pretty competitive, but I don’t want to rely on that. My issue is I HAD a history of asthma. My grandfather, father, and uncle all had asthma. My grandfather served in the Air Force and Navy and my uncle served in the Air Force. I’m not sure how, but they did and both had asthma and actively took medication but I can’t ask them about it anymore because life happens.
I requested my medical records and I was prescribed asthma medication and had asthma medicine listed on my medication list after my 13th birthday. (Also for the record, I have no immunizations at that doctor that prescribed me medicine after my 13th birthday and the only thing on that doctor’s record is yearly checkups so I was wondering if I could exclude that doctor from my medical records when providing those).
I stopped refilling asthma medicine when I was 14 and stopped taking it a little before then. I do not believe I ever had asthma. I was extremely overweight as a child and still weigh less than when I was diagnosed as asthma (4+ years later). Since then I’ve lost a lot of weight and am a constantly improving varsity cross country runner and powerlifter. Should I take a PFT and MCCT? How should I approach this? I know I’m disqualified but I’m not backing down obviously. Just looking for advice on what the best game plan is because I have some time.
So my application is building up to be pretty competitive, but I don’t want to rely on that. My issue is I HAD a history of asthma. My grandfather, father, and uncle all had asthma. My grandfather served in the Air Force and Navy and my uncle served in the Air Force. I’m not sure how, but they did and both had asthma and actively took medication but I can’t ask them about it anymore because life happens.
I requested my medical records and I was prescribed asthma medication and had asthma medicine listed on my medication list after my 13th birthday. (Also for the record, I have no immunizations at that doctor that prescribed me medicine after my 13th birthday and the only thing on that doctor’s record is yearly checkups so I was wondering if I could exclude that doctor from my medical records when providing those).
I stopped refilling asthma medicine when I was 14 and stopped taking it a little before then. I do not believe I ever had asthma. I was extremely overweight as a child and still weigh less than when I was diagnosed as asthma (4+ years later). Since then I’ve lost a lot of weight and am a constantly improving varsity cross country runner and powerlifter. Should I take a PFT and MCCT? How should I approach this? I know I’m disqualified but I’m not backing down obviously. Just looking for advice on what the best game plan is because I have some time.