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My advice is if you've taken Calc AB and you did well in that course and/or the AP exam, try to get into Calc 2. I took all the diagnostics tests and was still placed in Calc 1, however all it took was an email to the math dept with some explanation of why I should be in calc 2 (AP score...

I recently spoke to my 1st semester Training Officer about this specific thing. The reason is that lunges (and other exercises such as burpees, iron mikes, etc.) are too dynamic to be done indoors safely. The concern is that indoors there is much less room, and would be far too easy to smack...

I would guess that a positive recommendation from your detailers would not have a huge impact on your application, but a negative recommendation likely would have a large impact.

In my personal opinion, if it's true that you are a Sophmore in highschool, right now you should focus on getting good grades, being involved in athletics and extracurriculars, and setting yourself up for leadership opportunities in the next 2 years. Since you're so young, the recruiter may just...

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I reached out to Coach Baldi about a week ago via email, but I assumed that he would be very busy preparing for NCBA championships. Now that USAFA has brought home the championship (Go Falcons!) hopefully I'll get back a response. Thanks to everyone who offered advice or information about the team!

Should I take the AP exam if I want to test into Calc 2, or is doing well on the placement tests enough?

I recently accepted my appointment to USAFA and I've been preparing physically for the past month or so. I recently picked up boxing and have been hitting the heavy bag and working on the basics. I've come to really enjoy it and hope to continue boxing at USAFA and I'd like to know more about...

1) DS 2) DD 3) Self DD-MM-YY 1) Undecided 2) Will Decline 3) Will Accept 4) Declined 5) Accepted 1) Pres 2) Vice Pres 3) Sen 4) Rep 5) LEAD 6) ROTC 7) JROTC 8) 100% Disabled 9) Other 1) HS 2) Falcon Scholar 3) Self Prep 4) AF Prep 5) College 6) Active 7) Reserve 8) Guard 1 T37ip DS No...

# SAF USERNAME DD/DS/Self LOA Offer Date Accept/Decline State Nominations Appointment From 1) DS 2) DD 3) Self DD-MM-YY 1) Undecided 2) Will Decline 3) Will Accept 4) Declined 5) Accepted 1) Pres 2) Vice Pres 3) Sen 4) Rep 5) LEAD 6) ROTC 7) JROTC 8) 100% Disab 9) Other 1) HS 2) Falcon...

I submitted my application March third last year and I was accepted in mid-April. I also got my first choice of session, so you should be fine, but I wouldn't wait much longer. Good luck!

Happy March everyone! Hopefully we'll be seeing the appointment thread get a lot longer over the next few weeks. Maybe over 100 by mid-March?

Thank you for the advice. If I could trouble you for a little bit more; I have an interest in boxing, but no real experience to speak of, would doing it during plebe summer be unwise because of the people doing it for serious competition? Are these plebe summer sports beginner oriented or are...

@ParachutePanda During CVW my plebe advised to try and validate plebe boxing by doing boxing during the sports part of plebe summer. What do you think of this recommendation? Does this make sense to you?

First off, congratulations! That's a great accomplishment to be able to earn that kind of opportunity. My advice, go for the PPL, hands down, no-brainer. I have my PPL and I also went to Boys state, and I can say that I feel like my PPL was much more important on my applications than Boys State...