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What sucks is when you throw it 7 feet shorter on the test day than when you practiced :frown:

I have two suggestions, either: 1. Be naturally good at it, or 2. Practice it a lot, and study your biomechanics to throw that 1 foot further. I think it's a hard test to do, as gripping the basketball is difficult on one end, and kneeling while throwing is just unnatural. But just remember...

Here's all I can throw in to help: On my admissions page, the GPA from my school is 3.98. But, USAFA must have reweighted/recalculated it to take in AP classes or school difficulty, and my resulting GPA on the website is 4.03.

Leaving for Colorado Springs in 9 hrs. So excited!

Good times...

When is the swearing in ceremony, and at what time so my parents can attend it?

Are there any classes at the service academies graded on a curve, and if so, how many? It seems it would be really hard to get good grades with all the competition.

I say be aggressive from the start. After all, you want to be in the Academy, right? Just remember that while being aggressive, also be courteous. I think your timing for starting contact with the ALO is just about perfect right now and shouldn't do you any harm.

Same here, no socks. I would definitely advise the other appointees to ask about them though.

Orientation was awesome. Boots are cool too.

13 -14 April (OLIVE GARDEN) Cadets: 1. hornetguy (1) 2. eagle36 (1) 3. Roleomom (4) 4. raimius (1) 5. missmuff (1) 6. Nobility08 (1) 7. USAFA10s (1) 8. airforce16 (1) 9. pssgiraffe08 (1) Appointees: 1. 2. 3. NC Hopeful(2) 4. gdesena 5. AFcdt2013 6. PDub 7. Fyterpilot22 8...

Would it be a good idea to bring clothes for the gym?

This portrays the air power of our air force, from different eras. On the top is an F-22, then a P-51D, and an F-15.

13 -14 April (Red Robin) Cadets: 1. hornetguy (1) Appointees: 1. packermatt7 2. kmjg2000 3. NC Hopeful 4. gdesena 5. AFcdt2013 6. PDub 7. Fyterpilot22 8. Cessnafan 9. J.NordicSkier7 10. l Taz l 11. klimber 12. usafa17 13. thud105 14. starvinmarvin_09 15. trumpeter13 16...

What do people think about having prop ground attack fighters again?

Oh yes, I was reading about this the other day and forgot about it. The services are beginning to implement it, but will it be in time when we receive our commissions?

I'm in Southeast Alaska, so it don't get very cold (it rarely goes below 20 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, but is 50 degrees and rainy the whole summer) but I'm just tired of the weather being so bad here, sunny today though, and black ice everywhere!

Looks like I'm going to first orientation. I'm ready to ditch my CAP combat boots and get some more comfortable ones.

Don't give up yet, my online application still says "candidate" and "complete". My ALO was totally surprised when I told him personally that I had been appointed, as he hasn't been notified by the academy yet.

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