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Any thing gone missing in your squad? My DS reported his wallet went missing from his room with his cash and driver license as well as debit and credit cards. He is not a happy cadet today. Although I did warn him to keep it locked up when not with him.
Regards
John

The cleaners lost my laundry for a week and a half, and they just found it today if that counts. Haven't had anything taken though. There was one day where I thought someone took my wallet, but it turned out that I had just left it in one of my ABU pockets that I had placed in the wash. Have your DS check all his pockets.
 
The cleaners lost my laundry for a week and a half, and they just found it today if that counts. Haven't had anything taken though. There was one day where I thought someone took my wallet, but it turned out that I had just left it in one of my ABU pockets that I had placed in the wash. Have your DS check all his pockets.

Same thing happened here- I didn't get my laundry (that I turned in a few days before the end of Jack's) until a couple of days ago.
Side note: my assault course/obstacle course ABUs were in there, and they noted that they found a few stains. I have to say that cracked me up a bit.. :yllol:
 
Same thing happened here- I didn't get my laundry (that I turned in a few days before the end of Jack's) until a couple of days ago.
Side note: my assault course/obstacle course ABUs were in there, and they noted that they found a few stains. I have to say that cracked me up a bit.. :yllol:
Hahaha "A few stains" :biggrin:
 
Just a quick question about your application:
How many extracurricular activities were you in (sports, leadership positions, places you volunteered at)?
 
I ran track and cross country throughout high school, which in total gave me five varsity letters. Other than that I did a lot of volunteer work with senior community dinners. When I was enlisted I served on the Airmen Against Drunk Drivers program in Las Vegas (there were quite a bit of calls) and a few other veteran volunteer activities.

Honestly the biggest thing that probably got me in was my prior service. I'm pretty sure there's no way I could have made it as a civilian.
 
What were your CFA scores?

Honestly, I can't remember. I'm curious about the thought process behind the CFA, considering the fact the the physical tests here are quite a bit different.
 
Lost Wallet

Good new, DS found it in his dirty laundry as the pocket had folded up so he did not feel the wallet until he was sorting for laundry.
Regards
John
 
weekend passes and the birthday ball

When can C4C go off campus? I had heard you have a certain number of passes per semester. Any insight? Also, anyone know the date of the birthday ball? Can you bring a date? Thanks in advance!
 
What do you think was the single best thing that helped you get an appointment?
 
When can C4C go off campus? I had heard you have a certain number of passes per semester. Any insight? Also, anyone know the date of the birthday ball? Can you bring a date? Thanks in advance!

Off campus passes are authorized for most squads after parents weekend. There are six basic passes per semester with the opportunity to earn performance passes. I don't know anything about the birthday ball.
 
What do you think was the single best thing that helped you get an appointment?

I know that I went to a good school and got better-than-average grades in honors/AP classes. I was in the 15th percentile of a class of 500. My athletics were average, just some low-level varsity track and XC.

Now my extracurriculars... the list is quite extensive, but i'm sure that's what got me in, if anything. I met the qualifications in all other areas, but if it wasnt for my large list of extracurricular I probably wouldn't be here today.

That being said: follow through. Don't join a lot of clubs, just to put them on a list. Be a leader. Commit. Don't take more than you can handle. For example, don't be a Boy Scout, Army Cadet, and CAP cadet, and merely be a low-level participant.

Be an Eagle Scout, or a platoon leader, or a Spaatz (Eaker, Earhart and Mitchell are all awesome, too!). Participate on a national level if you can. A good friend of mine missed getting into West Point in the last round of admissions for the class of 2016. In the end, he figured out that "he had his hands in too many cookie jars, and couldn't reach deep enough into any one of them to pull out a cookie."

Participating in too much, but doing too little, is as sure a way to kill your application's extracurricular as doing nothing at all (well, maybe not, but points-wise, it doesn't benefit you.)
 
Off campus passes are authorized for most squads after parents weekend. There are six basic passes per semester with the opportunity to earn performance passes. I don't know anything about the birthday ball.

The Air Force Birthday Ball is a mandatory ball for C4Cs (Service Dress) it occurs in September at Arnold Hall. It is fun. Mandatory fun. :wink:
 
Hewantsthebfe, what were your act or sat scores if you don't mind me asking
 
When can C4C go off campus? I had heard you have a certain number of passes per semester. Any insight? Also, anyone know the date of the birthday ball? Can you bring a date? Thanks in advance!

You CAN bring a date! Not sure of the day yet, though. The AF's birthday falls on a Wednesday (Sept. 18th) this year, so if I had to guess, I'd say it's probably some time that weekend.
 
Now my extracurriculars... the list is quite extensive, but i'm sure that's what got me in, if anything. I met the qualifications in all other areas, but if it wasnt for my large list of extracurricular I probably wouldn't be here today.
What extracurriculars were you in and what were your positions in them?
 
Hewantsthebfe, what were your act or sat scores if you don't mind me asking

Nothing too great. 29 ACT, 1960 SAT. 4.03 weighted GPA (out of 4) ranked 55 out of 500.

What extracurriculars were you in and what were your positions in them?

My success won't necessarily work for everyone, but since you want an example of "following through" with an activity, here goes.

-C/Capt in the CAP. National Blue Beret twice (second time as a flight commander), Civic Leadership Academy, Regional Cadet Leadership School, and Encampment. Cadet Commander and Honor guard commander for my unit. VFW COY medal, yada yada yada.

-Several hundred hours of community service (if not thousands) in school and other local programs, including one where i racked up almost 400 hours in 3 years.

-Track/XC varsity.
 
Any prior enlisted here? How different was BCT versus BMT?

I'm not a prior, but this question came up a lot. A prior in my flight basically said that Lackland is "mentally tougher" but BCT is "physically tougher." For example, in Lackland a small mistake might get you some special attention by the MTI. Here, it get you dropped 100% of the time.

Lackland is also much longer, no breaks (EG: the Rodeo and DDO during BCT). In the end, I think our prior liked BCT more. That being said, the prior is also a prior/preppie and has spent over 140 days in basic over her lifetime. Just something to think about.

I can get more information if you want.
 
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