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Hello Everyone, I know there was a discussion about this embedded somewhere in another thread, but I haven't been able to find it yet. My family wanted to visit the Springs and tour around the area a few days prior to I-Day; They were planning on seeing me off on I-Day and then leaving...

Hello everyone, I hear a ton about all the intercollegiate sports at the Academy, and I know they are stellar programs to say the least, but for those of us who aren't going to be an IC athlete, I haven't heard too much about the intramural sports. One of the things I was looking forward...

Hi everyone, Under the Academic Accomplishments section, it asks for us to list all the "accomplishments, advanced courses, college level, AP & IB or Honors courses you have taken" and I was just wondering if we should list every single honors class we took, along with the AP and college...

Hi everyone, On one of my MOC's applications, he has a series of questions that are obviously meant to be short answer, mini-essays (250 word limit). For the majority of them, that limit was not hard at all to fill. However, there is one question that seems pretty straightforward, and I feel...

Hi everyone, I just started my senior year in high school, and I was wondering if my joining Civil Air Patrol this late could be held against me? I feel as if it looks like I'm doing it just to check off another item on my list. However, that is not the case. I really only found out what CAP...

Hi guys, On all the applications I've been filling out recently, I've constantly come across the issue of whether or not my two years of cross country was a "varsity" sport. If by the Wikipedia definition of varsity, it is a sport that represents a school, and competes against other school's...

Hello everyone, I am in the middle of filling out the nomination forms for all the MOCs available to me, and I was wondering if I should include only activities I already have done (everything up to junior year), or should I include things that I will have done (in the upcoming year). The...

Hello Everyone! As I learn more about the various Officer jobs and careers available in the USAF, I want to try and get a general idea of where I want to end up, so that I can kind of guide myself towards this endpoint by the time I would receive my commissioning (hopefully via USAFA, but if...

Hey guys, I was just wondering if the timing of applying for nominations affected the likelihood of being nominated. I have a lot of stuff planned for this summer, including SATs and ACTs, as well as various volunteer projects. Is it better to wait to send out the application, or would...

Hello everyone! I was wondering if there is a basic handbook of some sort that one can read in order to get some very rudimentary knowledge of military terms, protocol, etc, maybe even specifically made for AF cadets? I don't really have any military heritage or experience, and I think it...

Hello everyone, I am currently a Junior in high school who, only until recently, had not considered attending the AFA. I'd always wanted to serve in the AF, but my parents sort of guided me along the traditional university school path. When I found out about the Academy, it was the perfect way...