appointments

[northernlights]

How many slots for recruited athletes ?

 

[pyk296]

@Gabe_

Is this possible ?

Has one done this ?

I imagine USMA and USNA gave your DS a deadline to accept; USAFA is April 15 and from what I understand, USMA and USNA has a later deadline. I would think USAFA would provide a decision by then.....

 

[Richey112]

Falcon Foundation Scholarships typically run between 60 and 100 annually. Last year (class of '25) was on the lower side, guessing around 60. There were about 35-37 or so FFS scholars from NWP last year, the rest were from NMMI, RMC, GMC and MMI.

We are visiting MMI for my DS next week. I spoke with LTC Bowen about leveraging the SAP program as another option if he doesnt recieve an appointment to the USAFA or USAFAPS. In the event that he doesnt received a falcon scholarship but excels, what are his chances of recieving an appointment after the year at MMI over other that have been sponsored. We have an ROTC option with a state school as well, but he wants a more structured experience than the ROTC program seems to offer (outside of a senior Military academy that is).

 

[Dad_2024]

We are visiting MMI for my DS next week. I spoke with LTC Bowen about leveraging the SAP program as another option if he doesnt recieve an appointment to the USAFA or USAFAPS. In the event that he doesnt received a falcon scholarship but excels, what are his chances of recieving an appointment after the year at MMI over other that have been sponsored. We have an ROTC option with a state school as well, but he wants a more structured experience than the ROTC program seems to offer (outside of a senior Military academy that is).

My DS was considering something similar as an option if he received a TWE that year. Attending a prep school on your own dime is referred to as being a free agent. My DS had a few classmates at NWP who were free agents each applying to different or multiple SAs, IIRC, 4 out of 5 are in SAs this year (2 USAFA, 1 USMA, 1 USNA).

The general thought process is attending and excelling at any of the prep programs, especially the ones that are full year and wear uniforms and are run with a military outlook, can only help make an applicant a better candidate and gives your DS a taste of what it would be like to attend an SA. He would have the experience to draw from and include in his essays and interviews upon re-applying next year.

The logical outcome of attending any prep school, especially one of the 5 same schools the Falcon Foundation sends their selected candidates to, is that your DS would emerge better prepared as a candidate with an improved overall application package. There's no guarantee of an appointment, but at the same time it gives him an opportunity to better understand what to expect.

The free agent path is definitely worth being an arrow in his plan B quiver, along with applications to ROTC programs and simply reapplying next year showing success at the college level. In Jan of 2019, my DS and I attended the long afternoon tour at USAFA, the firstie conducting the tour shared a statistic that approximately 35 percent of each year's incoming Doolies are reapplicants.

It's still early in the waiting game for you and your DS, and who knows, there may be an appt offer for him this cycle. It's not over until I-day in June. Having a good plan B is extremely important. My DS knew he had several chances to apply between age 17 and 23, he received a TWE that first year and an FFS (or should I say golden ticket) the following year.

Today is either 12 or 13 days (depending on how you count them) until my Doolie DS earns Recognition. If yours has the same drive, he'll get there too.