Aerospace engineering

Last person in the medical school class may be called doctor but they didn't match the residency they wanted. Quality matters everywhere. You may have gotten a trophy for participating in T ball but life is competitive everywhere you go and doing your best and performing well will get you to better places than average effort and results.
 
raimius said:
Yes, class rank matters. When they assign career fields, class rank is one of the biggest factors in the order of merit. Essentially, the higher you rank, the more likely you are to get the career field you want. (10 slots for the job you want, and you rank 11 of 15 who applied...guess what...)
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I believe I saw a post somewhere on these forums that recently USAFA had switched to some form of quartile system where available slots were being filled from different quartiles. Is that true? Anyone know anything about how it works? Was this only for pilot training or for all disciplines?
 
rkv said:
I believe I saw a post somewhere on these forums that recently USAFA had switched to some form of quartile system where available slots were being filled from different quartiles. Is that true? Anyone know anything about how it works? Was this only for pilot training or for all disciplines?
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It actually only applies for non-rated slots. So with the exception of the rated jobs (pilot, CSO, ABM, RPA) and certain jobs that have special selection criteria (spec ops, OSI, professional schools, etc), the quartile system applies.

2015 was the first class to have the quartile system, and I doubt it's going away for a few years at least....I have a few 2015/2016 friends in the top 100 of their class who regret "gambling" with non-rated and getting a career not on their list. It does really suck for the bottom of that top quartile, but needs of the AF....
 
BlahuKahuna said:
It actually only applies for non-rated slots. So with the exception of the rated jobs (pilot, CSO, ABM, RPA) and certain jobs that have special selection criteria (spec ops, OSI, professional schools, etc), the quartile system applies.

2015 was the first class to have the quartile system, and I doubt it's going away for a few years at least....I have a few 2015/2016 friends in the top 100 of their class who regret "gambling" with non-rated and getting a career not on their list. It does really suck for the bottom of that top quartile, but needs of the AF....
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So how I'm understanding this is that you could be in the top 24% of your class (bottom of the first quartile) and still have a pretty good shot at a pilot or other rated slot?
 
Sneak said:
So how I'm understanding this is that you could be in the top 24% of your class (bottom of the first quartile) and still have a pretty good shot at a pilot or other rated slot?
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Yes-rated slots don't use the quartile system.
 
raimius said:
(10 slots for the job you want, and you rank 11 of 15 who applied...guess what...)
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Makes sense, thanks everyone for the response. And you don't have to worry I have no intention of just going along with minimal effort. :muscles2:
 
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