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Do not double major in Aero and Astro. It is nearly impossible, unless you validate a ton of classes, give up all of your summer leave to take classes, and overload your academic schedule most semesters. Trust me on this one.

It's all about how hard you're willing to work. It's perfectly doable with the right ethic and attitude. Or come find me next year - I'm a math major!

I'm one of those weird people that got a VP nomination. I received an LOA on 19 April 2013, a nomination from the VP a couple of days later, then an appointment on 26 April. It can happen!

It means you received nominations from Congressman Woodall, and from the President. Does not mean you have been appointed, but it's a great step!

Your cadre are not going to check the color of your underwear or compression shorts.

I am a current USAFA cadet (C3C) and received a VP Nomination. Yes, you really do simply have to submit the online application. For your own SA though, The Academy has a large say in who gets the VP Nom. It usually goes to a candidate they want to accept but who doesn't have another nomination...

There's a class called Reading Skills, which you can opt to take while you're at USAFA. I took it last fall, during the first semester of my freshman year. I went from reading at 900 words per minute to close to 2500 wpm. It definitely helps!:thumb:

Of course you do. It's called waking up with enough time to get your room in order, get your uniform on properly, and use the bathroom. No one wants you peeing your pants. _____________________________ USAFACandidate95 USAFA Class of 2017

To clarify the issue regarding contacting your cadet, they will have their laptops as of early August and those are not taken away from them (considering that they use them for school), so e-mail and OovoO are easy to use. Phones are a hit or miss. I had mine last A-Day, but there's no guarantee...

If you're like me and actually like notebooks that don't fall apart, I recommend shipping some to yourself prior to basic. You won't be able to pick up packages during BCT but it'll be waiting for you as soon as you're done. Either that or order them after, but the mailroom is known to get...

Woah now... confusing information here. Your flight in basic will be the freshmen of your academic year squadron. The 5 Agressors flights correspond to squads 1 through 5, the 5 Barbarians correspond to squads 6 through 10, and so on. ______________________________ USAFACandidate95 USAFA...

I never played before recognition, but have gone many times after. Trust me... you'll be busy. ____________________________ USAFACandidate95 USAFA Class of 2017

Guys, don't sweat it. Nobody is going to look at or really care what your underwear looks like. Would I bring polka-dotted ones? No. But compression shorts that are black/white/grey/blue with small trademark logos on them or small amounts of text are FINE. Don't worry about it. As for what to...

You'll know what squadron you're in a week or two before basic (because that affects your reporting time on I-Day). You'll only know what flight you're in after you've arrived at the Academy and gotten past the footprints.

Congratulations to all 2018 appointees! Remember though, there will be no Class of 2018 Cadets until somewhere around August 6th :thumb: In all seriousness though, tell your parents/friends to address any letters to "Basic Cadet (your name here)" and include the squadron and flight for 2nd...

Chances are you'll have a slightly newer model of what the 17ers like me have, which is a newer model of the 16ers laptop, which is a newer... you get my point. It'll probably be a Fujitsu tablet. They'll also issue you a separate keyboard and a mouse. ____________________________________...

If it is an option to take AM250 during the school year, do it! I get to spend 2 hours out of my day down at the airfield, and flying in the gliders. Pulled 5Gs and did steep turns over the t-zo just the other day! _________________________________________ USAFACandidate95 USAFA Class of 2017

Unless you're in a weird situation, like I was. I was a pretty good candidate (at least I like to think so) - 1560 out of 1600 SAT, Good CFA, Extracurriculars, yada yada. But I only had one possible nominating source (the Vice-President), and so I didn't get appointed until April 26th. So to...

You could buy boots at the BX or uniform store on base, but honestly it's unnecessary. You'll be issued two pairs on I-Day and they don't really require any time to be broken in. And you'll get used to running in them quickly... the bigger challenge is doing flutter kicks in them :thumb: As...

From what I've been told by other cadets, the CFA is not a huge factor. My scores were decent but not quite as good as the two guys who posted above, and I was accepted. My mile time was 6:11, shuttle was 8.1, push-ups was 75, bball throw was 65 I think, sit-ups was 90, and only 10 pull-ups. As...