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    Banking

    Last year I thought usafa made it mandatory to use AF Bank at least initially due to the way they do the advanced pay. I could be wrong, I just thought i remembered reading something about that. USAA definately is the best way to go in the end though
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    tax question

    also, if they are claimed as a dependent on the parents return, they will lose the $400 credit they would otherwise get on their own return.
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    USAFA Vision

    your fine for PRK. Has to be worse than -8.00
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    USAFA Cadets Being Affected by Budget Cuts

    Yes, AFIT slots for the AAP for 62x afsc was cut to 1 so far. However, my cadet is also attempting to get a grad school slot at UCCS for Aero, which would be funded by UCCS and he was told by the Dept. head that even that "could" be affected by the budget cuts. So we will see
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    USAFA Cadets Being Affected by Budget Cuts

    And how is this any different than life in the civilian world?:shake: On a more serious note. My cadet just told me it is very possible they will not even get to find out their base assignments on 100's night because they are thinking about waitinf for the cadets that have to change their...
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    United States Airpower-Made in China

    That assumes they are going for quality and not just price. There are many very high quality products that used to be produced in the US by americans. However, in this day and age of buy the cheapest and throw it away when it breaks, nobody seems to care about quality any longer...
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    USAFA 2015 class size reduction?

    1150 would be the expected number to accept an appointment. I believe just over 1300 accepted last year. What will really be challenging is knowing how many offers to make. There is no way for sure they can know how many will accept. They can only go by statistics and that is no guarantee...
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    40 Days

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePMnRAV7zBQ&feature=player_embedded squad 38 spirit
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    Wow, that's some weather yo-yo out there!

    I remember getting one email from my son telling me it was warm and sunny when he went into one of his classes and an hour later when he came out of Fairchild, there was a blizzard. When we visited USAFA the first time. It was end of March. We had been skiing in Breck for several days. 50s...
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    Wisdom Teeth

    I too think this is the case, but not 100% sure. What I also know is that once you are at USAFA, you cannot get laser surgery anywhere else outside of USAFA. What I mean is if you decide you want to get it done, and pay for it because USAFA won't do it under the pilot program. You cannot do...
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    Wisdom Teeth

    Agreed on don't get eye surgery before going to the USAFA. However, Lasik has been approved for all Air Force aviators since 5/21/2007. While they do not perform Lasik at the USAFA, they do perform it at the other AFB installations that perform laser surgery. PRK is still the best...
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    What's the USAFA validation course URL?

    when talking about validating. you need to also be clear on if you are thinking validating for credit, which is what I assume most people mean or simply not having to take a class. Most things you will not validate for credit. You simply will not have to take the class, but will take the...
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    UPT and types of planes

    Well maybe they changed something. But my DS has vision that will only correct to 20/25. Actually 20/20 -2 and he was told that was enough to disqualify him to fly UAS. I have read plenty of information as well saying that the vision requirement won't be as strict in the future, but I can't...
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    UPT and types of planes

    As of right now, unless something changed since the last time I looked. UAS program is a rated AFSC. Which means the eye sight requirement is the same.
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    SS/Lodging for parents?

    in regards to the Best Western. I would avoid it like the plague. I don't know if the horror stories have ever been posted on this forum before, but there are tons and tons on the Webguy forum about how bad the management is there. How they will make you sign a contract and then not honor...
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    UPT and types of planes

    Bullet, with all the talk of the UAS program, RIF and cuts to the F22 program and everything else. Would you care to elaborate on your comment at all? I know from a civilian perspective. Watching the news footage of the 5th generation fighter in china made me think exactly what you just...
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    Computers & AFA

    Not sure what 2014 paid for theirs because i can't find the budget for that class. Class of 2013 paid $2106.00 for theirs. I am pretty sure the only difference is 2013 has XP and 2014 has Win 7. This includes all the software and licenses that come preloaded on the computers as well as...
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    Question Concerning Classes

    what about science? you don't list any science classes. two most important things are math and science. You would be much better served to replace that math with a science class.
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    USAFA Calculator

    I think it should be noted. My DD, who attends an Ivy League school as a sophomore this year called me just after her first classes last year and asked me to send her an old calculator. Turns out, she could not use the TI-89 that she took to school in her science classes and needed her old...
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    Finances

    This was a change put in a couple years ago. When my DS started in 2007, he got a flat $115 a month until his loan was paid off.
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