This thread built up since the last time I checked!
Just to clarify a few things that were mentioned throughout the thread:
1) Yes, GPA still matters! While the interview is a good chunk of your application, we do take into consideration your academics as well.
-Our minimum test scores are 26 ACT / 1240 SAT. Is it very rare to see someone score high on those tests and not get a relative high GPA as well. But I do understand that there are exceptions. Let me just state:
The lowest Type 1 GPA we've awarded is a 3.4, the lowest Type 2 is 3.08 and Type 7 is a 3.00.
The exact weight of each category is FOUO but I'll tell you it's Interview > SAT/ACT > GPA > PFA.
2) Yes, your GPA is also weighted according to Air Force's scale. If you took no AP/IB classes, your 3.3 is weighed less than a non-AP/IB 3.3.
3) No, the next boards are NOT only reboards. There are plenty of students who have not completed their interviews. Why? It is not entirely their fault, they may have finished at the deadline and the detachment interviewing them is backed up and scheduled an interview at a later date. If anything, Board 7 will have a majority reboards, not 6.
4) As stated, I have only compiled the data given to me and have not checked to see if the reboards were cumulative or if they were new reboards each board. I'd check but it just takes a lot of time. This data was provided on my rare free time.
5) Lastly, so many factors are considered for a scholarship. If you are an Electrical Engineering major with perfect scores in every category, you will be awarded a Type 1 priority over a non-tech with exact same stats. It's a lot and I understand if you have a certain idea of how differently you'd like to be evaluated but this system seems to be working for a majority of the applicants.
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Stats are stats. If your DS/DD or student is BELOW the average for any of those scholarships, it does NOT rule them out. GPAs are easily offset, test scores are easily offset, if a board had 2 selectees with an average of 3.5GPA, it's very possible that there's one applicant with a 4.0 and one with a 3.0. Do not mix statistics as requirements. Take a deep breath, two boards left, plenty of scholarships still available.