Air Force ROTC Scholarships / Admissions - AMA

AFROTCAdmissions said:
1. No penalty if he drops before entering sophomore year.
2. He should major in whatever he is passionate about. Having a tech degree doesn't add points to your application, it's just that most of our scholarships go to tech.
Click to expand...
Ok. One more. He is getting a lot of recruiting hits from baseball recruiters. If he goes to a university with a baseball scholarship with no ROTC affiliation how hard is it to get into OTS? With his end goal being a pilot in the USAF?
Basically if we pay for his college education, and he enlists, what are his chances if getting into flight school?
Thank you for the information and the quick responses.
 
Last edited:
mrspk said:
Ok. One more. He is getting a lot of recruiting hits from baseball recruiters. If he goes to a university with a baseball scholarship with no ROTC affiliation how hard is it to get into OTS? With his end goal being a pilot in the USAF?
Basically if we pay for his college education, and he enlists, what are his chances if getting into flight school?
Thank you for the information and the quick responses.
Click to expand...

OTS selection is different each year. There might be more competition, etc. We can never predict the future so I'll just say he has 0 chance if he doesn't apply.
 
AFROTCAdmissions said:
OTS selection is different each year. There might be more competition, etc. We can never predict the future so I'll just say he has 0 chance if he doesn't apply.
Click to expand...
Good one! Ok. What about the enlistment route after grad if he doesn’t make ots junior year??
 
AFROTCAdmissions said:
Categories are:
-Officership and leadership potential by discerning alignment of student’s values with Air Force
-Character/core values
-Self confidence
-Human relations predisposition
-Planning and organizing ability
-Communication skills
-Leadership ability
-Motivation toward the Air Force
-Demonstrated ability to get things done and to be successful
-Assessment of the applicants ability to control situations with their presence and speaking ability
-Assessment of how well the applicant will fit into the Air Force and military lifestyle and level of physical fitness

Rating from 1-5.
Click to expand...
I feel much more confident now thank you. CAP really sure taught me a lot lol.
 
mrspk said:
Sorry. I meant senior year! I had a senior moment!
Click to expand...

Enlistment to OTS is also an option, but keep in mind that we'll be taking a look at your GPA & scores so at the end of the day, unless those change, the only difference now is that you have some form of prior service which is its own board.
 
Does the AFROTC application page give some sort of status update when the application is "board ready" and going to the next board? Related question -- how does an applicant know that his interview report has been submitted?
 
After a couple of weeks following his interview, my son’s status was updated to say that his interview review was uploaded and that his application would be presented at Feb 3 board.
 
Just as an FYI, there was a technical glitch when trying to upload the PFA into the portal today. We ended up having to send by email to the "tech" person to input on his end. He did mention that DD's wasn't the only one.
 
AFROTCAdmissions said:
With today being the last day finish your HSSP app (excluding interview), I'll be less active on the forums. I hope this thread was somewhat helpful to you all and served as a tool. Good luck to everyone who applied and hope to those scholarship offers!
Click to expand...
Thank you for everything sir/ma'am you really were a big help.
 
AFROTCAdmissions said:
With today being the last day finish your HSSP app (excluding interview), I'll be less active on the forums. I hope this thread was somewhat helpful to you all and served as a tool. Good luck to everyone who applied and hope to those scholarship offers!
Click to expand...
This has been a great service, which I wish others would emulate. Well done. Thank you.
 
Does anyone on here know if they take into account the candidates height and weight during the physical tests? My DS being 6’4 and 200lbs is not going to move like a 5’11 160 lb candidate. He is very athletic, plays baseball and works out 2x a day most days (with team and then on his own), however, his frame doesn’t not allow for 7 min runs or excessive pull ups, etc. I know the CGA took his physical build under consideration during his PFE. Just curious. Thanks!!!
 
mrspk said:
Does anyone on here know if they take into account the candidates height and weight during the physical tests? My DS being 6’4 and 200lbs is not going to move like a 5’11 160 lb candidate. He is very athletic, plays baseball and works out 2x a day most days (with team and then on his own), however, his frame doesn’t not allow for 7 min runs or excessive pull ups, etc. I know the CGA took his physical build under consideration during his PFE. Just curious. Thanks!!!
Click to expand...
Sorry... edit. He did get a 7min mile. But I am seeing a lot of 5-6 min miles. 😳. He for sure isn’t a runner with his body frame. Fast in sprints though.
 
mrspk said:
Sorry... edit. He did get a 7min mile. But I am seeing a lot of 5-6 min miles. 😳. He for sure isn’t a runner with his body frame. Fast in sprints though.
Click to expand...
I think if you look upstream you will see that "AFROTCAdmissions" wrote that AFROTC gives the PFE minimal weight in its scholarship evaluation. Seems to me that all they want to see is passing at this stage.
 
franknd said:
I think if you look upstream you will see that "AFROTCAdmissions" wrote that AFROTC gives the PFE minimal weight in its scholarship evaluation. Seems to me that all they want to see is passing at this stage.
Click to expand...
Thanks! I am really impressed by some the scores I am seeing for all of the SA and ROTC’s fitness exams. My DS is very athletic and built for sports and such ( he is at the gym right now). So I really wonder about the size in regard to results of the candidates. Interesting. Appreciate the response. As an aside, he got almost 90 on the ball throw, the long arms came in handy!
 
mrspk said:
Haha! Yes. Correct. It was his USNA one. They are all blending together!
Click to expand...
AFROTC and the academy PFAs are completely different. For example for AFROTC all it is is a 1.5 mile run, sit-ups in a minute, and push-ups in a minute, but the Air Force academy has it so it’s 2 minutes for pushups, 1 mile run, sprints, ball throws, and etc.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top