@afrotcdudette I am not going to harp on what VMI and Tbpxece has stated because at this time you are either go okay those are the facts and reality, thus get on board and work out or ignore those opinions and hope.
Here is where I am looking at:
Also, I may do a BS-PHD later on. If I don't make POC now, can I try while doing a doctorate (PHD in Engineering can last 3-6 years, so that's plenty of time.)
P.S, I'm trying to a PHD at a AFROTC host school (Rutgers, Rensselaer, etc.)
Which is your priority being in the AF or getting your post grad degree?
1. If you don't get SFT, they will dis-enroll you which will include formal paperwork from HQ AFROTC. You can't just pop back into AFROTC while in grad school and start again. They will know you were dis-enrolled and that equates to asking for a waiver.
~ This is true also if you want to go to OCS. They will flat out ask if you have ever been in a commissioning program, such as, ROTC before. If so, why did you leave? They will than go and retrieve your paperwork to see the dis-enrollment paperwork. There are ROTC cadets that later on go to OCS, BUT, usually these are people that left on their own accord. Whereas, if not selected it is the AF that made the decision for them.
~~ If it is being in the AF, than follow everyone's advice you have at least 10 weeks to get in shape. There really should be no excuse.
2. Getting a PhD while ADAF is difficult to say the very least.
~ Slim chance of being allowed to do educational delay right out of AFROTC for a PhD is being kind when talking odds.
~~ I know you don't want to fly, but you have better chances of getting an F35 straight out of UPT than getting an ED for a PhD. FYI, maybe 5-10 35s have dropped in the last yr. However the AF in that same time winged over 1100 pilots. Do the math.
~ If you try to do it while ADAF that is just as difficult. You will have to apply for a PhD program against everybody else in the AF.
~~ This would be like an ED. They will pay for you to be a full time student and your college education. You will owe time back for this assignment. I know several officers that have done this, HOWEVER, they were typically up for O4 or O5.
~ If you assume you can do this while working as an ADAF officer using TA, that is just as difficult because you need to juggle work and school. You would have to find a program that did nights/weekend/online. The online part is important since the AF is still going to deploy you and they may move you to a new assignment within those 3 yrs. That new assignment can be anywhere in the world.
This PT aspect is not going to go away even after you commission. You will take a PT test every yr. To me that is when it becomes even harder because unlike ROTC where you do mandatory PT weekly once you are ADAF life gets in the way. I have watched my DH his entire career put if off for 10 months every yr. The month prior he buckles down and works out daily. He swears he will not do that again, and thus, for the next month after the test he is still working out. By week 6 after the test he starts to make excuses. Repeat the process year after year. Our DS (ADAF) is now following in his father's footsteps. Neither have ever come close to busting, as a matter of fact they always max or come close to maxing.
Good luck
