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DS (c/o 2026) was diagnosed with stress fractures in both legs in Oct of when he applied, he wrote the admissions team an email (along with a dr’s letter with his diagnosis and expected recovery time) requesting an extension of the CFA until the end of January and they granted him one until Feb...

Last year the Acceptance Day parade was at 9am, so we planned on getting to Stilman Field at 8am, which meant picking up food before then. The chick-fil-a near the North Gate knows its A day and has their full menu available in the morning, or you can pre-order. Bring lots of cold drinks - it...

Yes, they have one. DS was interested in joining as he was on his HS varsity tennis team, but he said it was a huge time commitment, so he opted for a different club sport that practices less often.

1) FYI Costco is having a sale right now on the woozoo desktop fan (29.99), which works great for DS (even with AC, DS says it can get pretty stuffy). We brought it to him on Parent’s Weekend. We limited the amount of things we brought for him on A day because for A day, the parents weren’t...

The in person appointee tour was definitely worthwhile last year. We are not a military family and DS had never visited the Academy. Before going on the tour, USAFA was not DS’s 1st choice - he was fairly certain he wanted to do ROTC at a civilian school. Last year, after an initial meeting in...

Groome Transportation has shuttles from Denver Airport to The Academy Hotel, which is close to USAFA, and from there you can grab Uber/Lyft to Arnold Hall.

DS (co 2026) was a HS XC runner as well and was medically DQ’d due to bilateral stress fractures (diagnosis based on MRIs in the fall, DS had not yet taken his CFA, so he requested an extension for the CFA until late January, and passed, showing full recovery). USAFA initiated a waiver and...

Per the 2022-2023 course of instruction book, cadets in the top third of their class year by semester MPA will be on the Commandant’s list. DS got an MPA of 3.61 and qualified.

DS had a leg injury last fall when applying to USAFA. His application, including CFA was originally due in November 30. He had his orthopedic doctor write a letter requesting that the CFA be extended until injury healed, estimated to be January 31. USAFA granted an extension until February 15...

INSTRUCTIONS (Copy these along with table) Step 1: Locate the post with the most up-to-date table. Step 2: Copy these instructions and the table. Left click and drag cursor from 'INSTRUCTIONS' to bottom right-hand corner of table. Ctrl-C - DO NOT USE FORUM QUOTE FEATURE. - The text will...

You don’t have to login and create an account, you click on the tab “ticket registration” and it just asks you to enter name and email.

FYI, DS just received an email to sign up for tours.

In response to another follow up email to my DS, “we have 250 spots available for each date. I don’t believe the spots will fill up fast, but be sure to sign up as soon as you get the notification to do so.”

DS contacted admissions via email to see if we could register for 1 more person for an admissions tour on 4/4 in the morning. He was told that ”the tours currently on our Admissions site are in error, and will be removed. Those tours are supposed to be open exclusively to appointees, like...

My son was also just DQd for this today. He is applying to USAFA and AFROTC. I am confused by the DODMERB letter because it lists a single disqualification, but lists three items, which includes the adjustment disorder. One of the other items listed was that he was diagnosed with a stress...