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Has anyone heard news of what the academy’s plans are for uniforms? The class of 2023 was instructed to bring ABU boots for BCT, but the Air Force will be changing completely to OCP by 2021. So I guess the question is how and when will they change over uniforms at the academy.

1) rudycoon / DS / No LOA / 09-Nov-18 / Undecided / CA / Presidential / Direct Appointment 2) OdysseyDawn / Self / No LOA / 01-Dec-18 / Accepted / MS / Presidential / Direct Appointment 3) GoCubbies / DD / No LOA / 01-Dec-18 / Undecided / IL / Presidential /Direct Appointment 4) Newinwin / DS /...

Admissions will decide which slate to charge the appointment to. USAFA works it all like a puzzle and changes nominations around to get the best candidates in. As far as I’ve heard no one knows which slate their appointment is charged to.

Mine took a little over a week to change in USAFA portal to qualified

I moved to candidate status in early July. I think that’s pretty typical, but maybe someone else can chime in with their experience.

https://aloweb.usafa.edu/candidatekit/CK/Forms/OnlineInstructiontoCand2023.pdf Here’s a link I found for the class of 2023’s Candidate booklet.

I’ve heard that very often USAFA offers SS spots to people who haven’t been exposed to what the Air Force Academy is all about and selection for summer seminar has NO correlation to acceptance into USAFA.

I received a decline email from senator Scott and no response at all from Senator Graham. Disappointed I didn’t get a senator nomination but I was fortunate enough to receive a nomination from Trey Gowdy to USAFA.

I also received this message on my portal and watched the video. As HB2019 said, it has a great message for all candidates about the honor code. Superintendent Silveria made a great point that if you can’t hold your self to the honor code, the Air Force Academy is not the place for you, which I...

Just my prospective, so take it with a grain of salt. Including it in your application wouldn’t hurt at all. To the best of my knowledge though, your success on the ASVAB doesn’t increase your chances. But keep in mind, that seeing that you have taken the test and done well shows your...

Congratulations on your nominations. If you are 3q then, as MidCakePa said, you have about a 50 percent chance on average. But this percentage changes wildly depending on who else was nominated with you. If you live in a very competitive district, say the district including NYC, you will have...

I’m waiting on that too and am yet to hear anything. In the past some have been notified around early February.

Yes you can still add all items like that later on

Congratulations on your appointment.

Congratulations @TFO4175