Recent content by usafaco9496

My disheartened son did AFROTC and engineering at Denver U and got in USAFA his second try. I don’t know if he would’ve survived his first tough year going straight from high school. I went to USAFA straight from hs and my husband went after 2 years of college and he did way better than me! I...

Last year the first big wave came out about March 10th...

Congratulations! I’m so proud of you 2024ers! I cannot believe you guys get to eat at rest! When I was there I was on nasty weight gain shakes my doolie year bc I could never get enough food in during meals. Although it looks like you have to stand in long lines outside Mitch’s due to crowd...

My DS was a reapplicant last year, submitted app 7/1 and was promoted to candidate status 7/21. Hope this helps!

This is the best plan....brainstorm and rough draft your essays then add details and activities later. My DS did get them done ahead of time in the summer, though. He was really busy during the year away so that worked best for him. Awesome that you’re doing ROTC. The best thing that happened...

1. All reapplicant portals open 7/1. 2. Essay questions were the same for 2023 & 2024, so I’m assuming they will be for 2025, or similar. You’ll definitely have more to write about for the rejection topic. My DS improved/changed all three over the course of the summer. I’d suggest you get it...

Thanks for your help. He did receive travel orders a while back but he is “not yet authorized to travel” because they don’t have his final quarter transcript. Turns out that official transcript will not be available until the week after I-day. Yikes! If this just means that I have to buy his...

My DS is a college reapplicant appointee and is finishing his classes at his University, with his finals next week. This will put him past the 6/11 date for usafa receiving final transcript. He told his counselor a while back, who said to send when he can. He’s been contacted by SATO travel with...

Sorry! I just found the email...thanks!

Where does one receive a “parent message”? I did not receive this information. Thanks

Oh this makes me so happy! I’ve been cheering for your DS! Congratulations!!

Love the motivating advice! We received similar last year and it definitely shifted the gut-punching rejection to motivation. My DS did retake the ACT and luckily went up in all the lower areas from his first test (superscore). His SAT was solid so he did not retake that. He used an...

We worried about offending our DS beloved AFROTC Detachment when he reapplied as well. He made very clear that he would be part of their organization until the end if he did not get an appointment to USAFA. He was greatly supported by all of his supervisors, and when he did receive an...

Well she is in a win-win situation. It’s such an honor to receive this scholarship, as well as the ROTC. I will tell you that my DS loves AFROTC. He loved the balance of civilian/military. His happiness with his new college life made the reapplication process much easier this time around!

They mean SAT/ACT. My DS took it over the summer (before he left for college), but because summer tests are canceled that leaves you in a bind. You’ll have to find one in your college town or over a weekend when you are home I guess. Since there is so much up in the air with this Pandemic, I’d...