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Just trying to understand how this tweaking impacts the finesse from the appointment aspect. Are they still going to wait until the end of Feb. before they close the candidates package?
Pima,
Maybe this will clarify things a bit. Below is copy and pasted from the letter sent to my DD via her portal on July 10th:
The Directorate of Admissions has moved to a new method of promoting applicants to candidate status and
setting deadlines for the completion of the candidate kit. Applicants will be promoted in the order they applied and
most deadlines to complete the candidate kit will occur from the 1st of November to the 31st of January. Your
specific deadline is posted on your portal. Please be aware of the deadline since failure to complete the required
items by the deadline will disqualify your application. We will send periodic reminders to you when you are two
months, one month, two weeks, and one week from the deadline.
We expect that most applicants that meet our candidate guidelines and that applied before the 1st of July will be
promoted to candidate status by the end of July. Applicants promoted to candidate status between the 1st of July
and the 30th of September will have at least four months to complete their required items. Applicants promoted to
candidate status on or after the 1st of October will typically have a deadline of the 31st of January to complete these
tasks.
The Directorate of Admissions has moved away from standard deadlines in order to provide better service to our
candidates. Recent budget cuts, reductions in staff, and an increasing number of applications which are completed
on or near the 31st of January have caused surges in our workload and degradation in our ability to respond to our
candidates' inquires. We hope that this change will realign some of the workload to lower peak periods so that we
can better serve you.
Sincerely,
PHILLIP DREW PROSSEDA, Ph.D.
Chief, Selections Division
In order to be considered for an appointment, you must complete the following forms and/or take the approriate actions by November 10, 2015.
- USAFA Form 146 - Air Force Academy Candidate Personal Data Record
- USAFA Form 147 - Air Force Academy Candidate Activities Record
- AF Form 2030 - USAF Drug and Alcohol Abuse Statement
- USAFA Form 0-501 - Drug and Alcohol Use Circumstances (will only appear if required)
- USAFA Form O-878 - USAF Academy Candidate Writing Sample
- USAF Academy Candidate Fitness Assessment
It looks like to me, all the above must be completed by her deadline date. Her medical, MOC and ALO interviews may very well not be done by that date, but have to be scheduled and in the works. They will be able to process those six items for each candidate in a staggered manner, so as not to have an influx at the end of January. There are other things that have to be completed as well such as teacher evaluations, additional three LORs, submission of SAT/ACT and official transcripts.
Hope that clears things up.