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What was the worst part of your freshman year (including BCT) and how did you get through it?

Congratulations to your son!

That's really reassuring, thanks for the reply. I used to consider myself "good at math" since I took Algebra 2 in 8th grade (I did geometry over the summer, so I didn't need to go so in depth into the subject), but once I got into a "real" geometry course I've been doubting my math skills a...

Yeah I definitely need to work on checking my work, so I'm working with my tutor on basic problems that I might mess up on.

That's actually a great idea! I'm definitely going to do that during the summer, thank you.

Hi everyone! I'm back with another question about academics this time. Background: I'm currently a freshman in high school (I'll graduate in 2022). For high school, I transferred to a really competitive high school (in Silicon Valley no less). I've done my best to adjust quickly, and I had a...

I'm not overweight, just pretty average, verging towards underweight. Also, I didn't know that about the back muscles before. Thank you!

Thanks for the tips!

Thanks so much! I have pretty good core and leg strength, but I’m a bit worried about arm strength, especially pull ups. (This may be a really weird question but) I’m rapidly losing weight for whatever reason (stress? not sure haha) so do you think pull ups are easier when you weigh less?

Wow thank you so much for the in-depth response! I am definitely going to be taking this advice. I may or may not have planned out my entire four years of high school (social life where are you haha) over the summer and I made sure to include as many APs as possible. For athletics, I think I’m...

Wow thank you so much for the in-depth response! I am definitely going to be taking this advice. I may or may not have planned out my entire four years of high school (social life where are you haha) over the summer and I made sure to include as many APs as possible. For athletics, I think I’m...

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I’ve definitely thought about that as everyone else I’ve talked to who has any sort of connection to the AF seems to be centered around flying. However, I’ve really been interested in spacecraft as well as astronomy and physics, so I concluded that the Air Force...

Definitely going to do that! I used to be pretty unfit and unathletic (at the end of middle school my mile time was around 11:30) but since then, I’ve been improving so much. I now have a 8:15 mile and I’m definitely going to keep on working on everything else too!

Hello everyone! I am a 14 year old female whose dream school is USAFA. As it is my dream school, I was wondering does anyone have advice to give that you wish you had know and/or hasn't been repeated over and over again on this forum? I usually spend free time stalking this forum and the academy...

Thank you @Pima and @AROTC-dad for the advice. Don't worry, I have a million options open and I'm not limiting myself to just USAFA (however, it is my dream school after all). I currently have a 4.0 GPA and am taking two AP classes, am in varsity cheer as a freshman, am in the local CAP...

What is/are the best moment(s) you've had so far at the Academy and why did you choose to go?

Thank you so much for writing these questions down! As I'm 13, I've never done any serious interviews before; what would you say are the "obvious" questions they asked you?