Recent content by rkv

As previously posted, it depends on the break and how it healed. My son is a USAFA grad who broke his collarbone twice and is a USAF pilot. The first time was at age 14 which healed without any hardware but required a minor surgery to remove a bone spur. The second time was while he was at the...

I know many view as "Golden Ticket". But I believe I've seen 20-25% don't move on to USAFA. Of course that might be self selection. After all cadets also leave USAFA.

My apologies to all for the erroneous prior post due to user error on my part, all of my "Watched Threads" are there. Please ignore or Admin feel free to delete the whole thread. I navigated to the page by clicking on "Forums:Watched Threads"As it turns out I was seeing only one item which had...

I've been collecting threads for future reference by selecting"Watch Thread". Today I wanted to check on one of them and found that my list of "Watched threads" had only one item in it? Is there some type of rule which would cause the items to fall of the list due to inactivity, age, etc...

I believe that Raptor22 was referring to Marion Military Institute. They as well as a number of other Prep Schools have a good success rate at helping re-applicants improve their chances of attaining an appointment. Although, given your DS has Embry Riddle as well as Texas AM, there is nothing...

Not meaning to put words in his mouth but Christcorp stated that his son received a RAND Scholarship and entered a PhD program immediately out of the Academy in this Grad School after USAFA thread. You may want to check out his first post as well as others throughout that thread.

Apologies for the length of this post. While the quoted prior post contains many good suggestions, if you can do them, you need not necessarily take them as absolutes particularly if your educational environment did not offer those opportunities. I also want to take exception with some portions...

If you are a US citizen and meet all other requirements you can apply even if you are currently residing outside of the U.S.. My DS who is currently a cadet at the Academy lived in the U.S. for less than 3 years and was residing outside the U.S. when he applied to USAFA. He attended schools in...

Apologies both for being so late in asking this question. Is it possible to reverse the order? That is take pilot training and then graduate school on scholarship? Or are you only allowed to pursue full scholarship graduate school immediately out of the Academy?

USAFA has a Cadet Semester Exchange Abroad Program (CSEAP) which includes the German and French military academies. So depending on USAFA’s needs she could be encouraged to continue in German or French.

The Denver Post seems to be going with: Social media fuels “hysteria” at Air Force Academy after Nerf gun battle is reported as shots fired. That is consistent with one rumor I had heard. However, I still can't believe that a "Nerf gun battle" can get twisted into "active shooter" situation...

You are correct, the entire facility was on lockdown. We were texting with DS who is current cadet during the event. It went on for a little over three hours. It was interesting how much false information was circulating on Facebook and the like. I am definitely interested in hearing the post...

Just chiming in as to the accuracy of the prior posts. You need not worry about only having two years in a U.S. high school. My DS, USAFA class of 2020, moved across the Atlantic six times during his childhood including high school in two different countries. His high school's also did not have...

This change is consistent with new interview practices for this year. This has been mentioned in some other threads, for example: USAFA ALO interview and Interview.

SA ==> abbreviation for Service Academy. You may find this and many others in "The Acronym List" within the Community Infirmation and Feedback sub forum.