Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

BL.Cai said:
I hope so, to be a mother, I'd happy to see my son happy, rather then what he done. to sign the sheet of the paper( CGA) wasn't easy for him, since he chasing the dream to AFA from early of his high school.
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USCG does fly aircraft. Life often takes you where you are meant to be.
 
LFry94 said:
I agree, especially about the motivation it's put in me. When I was a freshman in high school I was super motivated, wanting straight A's, but the last quarter of that school year i got an 89.7% in one class and my teacher didn't round it up to an A. I was so upset that I basically quit trying in school. (There were also some family issues I had to work through as well and that didn't help my attitude.) I still got high Bs and low As in school, but I just didn't put in the effort that would have led to perfect grades.

Then the end of my junior year rolled around and I had to decide what I wanted to do with my life. Family was on vacation in Estes Park, Colorado and we were discussing my college plans over dinner. Told my parents I was thinking about enlisting because I really wanted to become a veteran (Just that feeling of having served your country appeals to me) and I wanted to be able to pay for college without accumulating debt. My parents mentioned that I should think about applying to a service academy. I don't think they thought I would take them seriously, because they were pretty surprised when I approached them a month later telling them I wanted to apply. USAFA brought everything I wanted in life to one central location. Being a pilot, engineer, veteran, no college debt, ability to build leadership skills, and a career that I could count on to provide for a future military family.

If I don't get in this year you'll see me become "An aspiring basic cadet of the United States Air Force Academy Class of 2017." :thumb:
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I found out about the academies my sophomore year, when I was talking to my dad about how I wanted to serve, but wasn't sure about how to fit it into my college plans. He told me about the academies and I immediately latched onto Air Force. It finally gave me some direction. And I know my parents are proud of me regardless and their support has brought me very far, and I am so grateful for it. I'm glad you feel the same about the motivation it gave to you as well. Hope to meet you eventually at BCT, even if it's for Class of 2017! :thumb:
 
haleym said:
I found out about the academies my sophomore year, when I was talking to my dad about how I wanted to serve, but wasn't sure about how to fit it into my college plans. He told me about the academies and I immediately latched onto Air Force. It finally gave me some direction. And I know my parents are proud of me regardless and their support has brought me very far, and I am so grateful for it. I'm glad you feel the same about the motivation it gave to you as well. Hope to meet you eventually at BCT, even if it's for Class of 2017! :thumb:
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I will also see you at BCT, whether it be this year, or the next, or the next...
 
haleym said:
I found out about the academies my sophomore year, when I was talking to my dad about how I wanted to serve, but wasn't sure about how to fit it into my college plans. He told me about the academies and I immediately latched onto Air Force. It finally gave me some direction. And I know my parents are proud of me regardless and their support has brought me very far, and I am so grateful for it. I'm glad you feel the same about the motivation it gave to you as well. Hope to meet you eventually at BCT, even if it's for Class of 2017! :thumb:
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Hooyah Haley! :smile:
 
Just my personal opinion but I would guess the majority of the appointments that have been sent are all being charged to MOC- that is what is posted on the thread with just a few ( very few) presidentals. I would expect that they have gone through each slate and sent out MOC appointments first and the second step is to move on to the pool. How many will be appointed from there is dependant on now many appointments are accepted but either way there will for sure still be appointments from the pool. In the past it was explained that typically 550+ appointments are from MOC, 100 presidentals, plus ROTC which in my math would leave 200+ from pool ( in past years there have been 400+ before the class size reduction). Remember they will not be offering 1057 appoitments but more knowing that some will be declining them. Until my DS received a TWE I refuse to throw in the towel! Thankfully he has both NROTC and AFROTC scholarships but he has made it this far to give up hope until the TWE comes.

Just a few weeks ago it seemed most had this same gloom posts on the usna thread. Just today the official word from the usna is that only 550 appointments have been accepted with 430 additional offers sent ( not accepted yet) which means there are still a few hundred more most likely being reviewed. ( my thought is from the national pool as well) DS is still waiting there too... And he has not given up hope! Especially after this announcement today!

I do agree that all SA seem to be very conservative with this process to be sure they don't send out too many offers and have too large of a class size. (hense the April 15 deadline) My thought is that if a candidate by this time can not decide if they should accept a SA appointment and feels the April 15 deadline is unfair and too soon, then that is a decision in itself- 9 months through this process is more than enough time to know if this is the right decision for a candidate... If they will are uncertain I question how successful they truly will be once there and if waiting on other schools, how motivated they really are to be sucessful at the academy! It is not going to get easier during BCT- that is for sure.
 
The next week is going to be some real soul searching and deciding on my actual Plan B (I've narrowed it down to 2 schools and NWP.) I'm so happy for a few of my friends who got their appointments this week, especially one of my best friends from Summer Seminar.

This stage in the waiting game really sucks. Most of y'all who are still waiting seem pretty cool-I'm excited to serve with you on active duty in a few years.
 
Are there any past statistics on the number of applicants who accept an appointment, but do not show up for I-Day?
 
Latest BFEs...where are they?!

Just a thought: I'm surprised that the latest BFE mailing (reported to have happened on 3/28) has yet to result in even ONE post on the boards stating something like, "hadn't gotten a call from my MOC, but surprise, surprise the BFE showed up today and I'm in!" or at the very least, "BFE arrived that the MOC said was on the way." Maybe I missed it, but did anyone here get one of these BFEs (with a 3/28 postmark), and/or did only candidates who already knew they had an appointment get them? Anyone...? ...Bueller? ...Bueller?

Seems like the very latest bunch of appointments arrived in the form of USAFA portal updates/emails (instead of MOC calls). Like Pima said earlier, tomorrow could be the actual "bump" day for BFE arrivals, so I'm keeping the faith, as usual. Also, maybe my math is off, but I was expecting around 100 or more from these boards who said they had received an appointment. If that holds true, there could be roughly 30 more board regulars/lurkers that will get a BFE which theoretically could translate into around 300 total (or 25%) left to appoint. Feel free to shoot holes in my logic (like you'd really need my permission!!) but I still think 'it ain't over 'til it's over!'

Just sayin'. :smile:

That being said, Raptor is also working on his Plan B at Texas A&M and is very excited about that opportunity, too. Perspective is a wonderful thing, and I hope I always remember that!
 
crair70 said:
Just my personal opinion but I would guess the majority of the appointments that have been sent are all being charged to MOC- that is what is posted on the thread with just a few ( very few) presidentals. I would expect that they have gone through each slate and sent out MOC appointments first and the second step is to move on to the pool. How many will be appointed from there is dependant on now many appointments are accepted but either way there will for sure still be appointments from the pool. In the past it was explained that typically 550+ appointments are from MOC, 100 presidentals, plus ROTC which in my math would leave 200+ from pool ( in past years there have been 400+ before the class size reduction). Remember they will not be offering 1057 appoitments but more knowing that some will be declining them. Until my DS received a TWE I refuse to throw in the towel! Thankfully he has both NROTC and AFROTC scholarships but he has made it this far to give up hope until the TWE comes.

Just a few weeks ago it seemed most had this same gloom posts on the usna thread. Just today the official word from the usna is that only 550 appointments have been accepted with 430 additional offers sent ( not accepted yet) which means there are still a few hundred more most likely being reviewed. ( my thought is from the national pool as well) DS is still waiting there too... And he has not given up hope! Especially after this announcement today!

I do agree that all SA seem to be very conservative with this process to be sure they don't send out too many offers and have too large of a class size. (hense the April 15 deadline) My thought is that if a candidate by this time can not decide if they should accept a SA appointment and feels the April 15 deadline is unfair and too soon, then that is a decision in itself- 9 months through this process is more than enough time to know if this is the right decision for a candidate... If they will are uncertain I question how successful they truly will be once there and if waiting on other schools, how motivated they really are to be sucessful at the academy! It is not going to get easier during BCT- that is for sure.
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Don't forget the 250 prepsters at AFA, the 80 Falcon Scholars and the LEAD airmen that need to be added to the mix. None of these kids have received their appointments yet.
 
SPNU this morning, still keeping the faith :) I WILL get into USAFA...even if it takes until I'm 23..
 
LFry94 said:
Stole the words right out of my mouth.

@2016USAFA, It's okay to vent a little online, but seriously, you're reaching the limit. The constant self pity you're displaying is truly unbecoming of you.

There's more I wish to say, but I'll hold my tongue. :thumbdown:
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Well said, LFry! :thumb:
 
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USAFretired1996 said:
Don't forget the 250 prepsters at AFA, the 80 Falcon Scholars and the LEAD airmen that need to be added to the mix. None of these kids have received their appointments yet.
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Those 350-400 (some presidentials, and a mixture of others) or so added to the 550-600 MOC and the rest of the math is pretty straight forward. While no one should presume anything until they hear definitively (By that I mean that last year one of the people on this forum got a TWE, and then a week later was offered an appointment). There just will not be many appointments from the national pool. But like I have been saying over and over again, nothing is done until the big lady sings - and she just might have an encore. Good Luck!

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I've said it a few times around here, and I was wondering if anyone could attest to this:
I called my MOC 3 days ago and the woman at the office said that from what she could see, my USAFA application hadn't even been reviewed yet. Is that possible? Could there be another wave still? (I am not talking about the pool, I'm talking about that they haven't even looked at my app yet)
Thanks
 
Hi 2016USAFA,

I'm not sure how the MOC office could tell if an application had been reviewed or not. Maybe they can, but that just sounds a little strange to me. If my DS was hearing this from his MOCs office, he would probably at least send an email to his USAFA counselor to double check the information. Again, keep your chin up. I'm sure you have a great Plan B if USAFA doesn't come through this year. And if you find that you really want the USAFA path, then I'm sure you will reapply. Good luck to you.
 
falconfamily said:
Those 350-400 (some presidentials, and a mixture of others) or so added to the 550-600 MOC and the rest of the math is pretty straight forward. While no one should presume anything until they hear definitively (By that I mean that last year one of the people on this forum got a TWE, and then a week later was offered an appointment). There just will not be many appointments from the national pool. But like I have been saying over and over again, nothing is done until the big lady sings - and she just might have an encore. Good Luck!

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I agree - it ain't over til it's over. But I think the reality of this year is that the only time this board is going to light up again in any signficant way is when the prepsters/Falcons/LEADs start posting. I would hope I am wrong, though.
 
2016USAFA said:
I've said it a few times around here, and I was wondering if anyone could attest to this:
I called my MOC 3 days ago and the woman at the office said that from what she could see, my USAFA application hadn't even been reviewed yet. Is that possible? Could there be another wave still? (I am not talking about the pool, I'm talking about that they haven't even looked at my app yet)
Thanks
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I do not think the MOC office has any idea until the applications are processed and then they are notified about appointments that are offered from their slates. The people who do know are the USAFA counselors, they can see the status of your application, but they will not tell you the results.

Last year we discovered a data error on my DS DoDMERB. Basically they listed him as being about 55 inches tall (4'7") when he is almost to 6'. That height for a male, along with them listing his legs as 22" long would have made him physically DQ for a pilot (cannot reach controls) and weakened his application. When we contacted USAFA to correct the error - they were extremely helpful - the staff could tell us the exact disposition of the application and who was looking at it. One thing that I learned from this process, your applications are not looked at once by one person, or even once by the board, it may be reviewed several times over before a final appointment is offered. Considering the competition for appointments these past two years - I think the academy is being very careful to fully examine each applicant in their final pool.
 
Order of notification for my DS

Someone on here was asking about the order of notification.

This is what happened for our DS: MOC called on 3/22, portal updated on 3/29, BFE came on 3/30, posted marked 3/28 and letter inside also dated 3/28.
 
usafa2012mom said:
Hi 2016USAFA,

I'm not sure how the MOC office could tell if an application had been reviewed or not. Maybe they can, but that just sounds a little strange to me. If my DS was hearing this from his MOCs office, he would probably at least send an email to his USAFA counselor to double check the information. Again, keep your chin up. I'm sure you have a great Plan B if USAFA doesn't come through this year. And if you find that you really want the USAFA path, then I'm sure you will reapply. Good luck to you.
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Thanks, but I find it a bit offensive (not to mention condescending) that you should tell me "I bet you have a great plan B"...
You don't have any idea as to what I am going to do. You have no idea if I'm going to get an appointment. For all you know, I could be way more qualified than your DS...
*sheesh*
 
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