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Bailey, and every other future cadet and applicant: working to what you believe are your own limitations is not sound advice. If that' is the extent to which you will work, you will have a very short career at USAFA. You will be pushed at every step, at BCT, at USAFA, at IFS, and most especially, at UPT (assuming pilot, since about half do go that route). To work only to what you believe are your limitations is a bad starting point.
What are you going to do at BCT when you've done the 150 pushups which you believe are your limits? Say, "Oh! No thank you! I'm at my daily limit, but please call me tomorrow when I'll be fresh and smiling." What will you do when it's lights out in Vandy at 10:30 and you still have 4 hours of homework? "I'm sorry Colonel, I didn't finish my work because the light went out and I was tired and I just thought it beyond my limit to do my homework by flashlight while sitting on the floor since I won't for any money sit on my bed (let alone sleep in it!)." How about at SERE? "Oh, gee, I simply can't go one more step without a power bar, since I'm past my limit."
As you can see, that is not an attitude which one should adopt and expect to succeed.
As far as AP, dual-enrollment, and other high level coursework: take as many as you can and do your absolute best. If Bailey got in with 4, God bless him/her. If you are in in No VA or NYC or COS... that's not getting you in unless you have some other remarkable hook. Maybe from South Dakota, maybe from Louisiana, maybe from Mississipi or Arkansas.
What are you going to do at BCT when you've done the 150 pushups which you believe are your limits? Say, "Oh! No thank you! I'm at my daily limit, but please call me tomorrow when I'll be fresh and smiling." What will you do when it's lights out in Vandy at 10:30 and you still have 4 hours of homework? "I'm sorry Colonel, I didn't finish my work because the light went out and I was tired and I just thought it beyond my limit to do my homework by flashlight while sitting on the floor since I won't for any money sit on my bed (let alone sleep in it!)." How about at SERE? "Oh, gee, I simply can't go one more step without a power bar, since I'm past my limit."
As you can see, that is not an attitude which one should adopt and expect to succeed.
As far as AP, dual-enrollment, and other high level coursework: take as many as you can and do your absolute best. If Bailey got in with 4, God bless him/her. If you are in in No VA or NYC or COS... that's not getting you in unless you have some other remarkable hook. Maybe from South Dakota, maybe from Louisiana, maybe from Mississipi or Arkansas.