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Scholarship has no effect on whether or not you get an EA as far as I hear from my Cadre
The class of 2013 was the last class before the RIF began affecting the AFROTC scholarship process. The AF was still awarding in-college scholarships to this group last year (when they were freshman). Hopefully the 2014 & later classes will see a substantially higher rate of acceptance into SFT.Sounds crazy to award a 4 year engineering scholarship and then cut you off after your first two years if you had a good gpa and good LOR from your Det commander.
Are you a contracted scholarship cadet.
What does this mean for you, will you be able to try again or is this the end of the road.
I am not very familiar with AFROTC, my nephew is considering the program, just trying to gather some information for him.
Thanks
I am not on scholarship, so I do have the opportunity to try again next year. In my case I will not be trying again as a 500 for personal reasons. But I do plan on applying for OTS in a few years.
The class of 2013 was the last class before the RIF began affecting the AFROTC scholarship process. The AF was still awarding in-college scholarships to this group last year (when they were freshman). Hopefully the 2014 & later classes will see a substantially higher rate of acceptance into SFT.
I don't know what the numbers are for SFT, but there will definitely be less scholarship students competing for the slots.Does anyone know what numbers are being thrown around for next year's board?
I just recieved a call from my son that he was selected for a SFT slot. His det was 9 out of 13. My feelings go out to those that were not selected I know some good cadets were left out. Those of you who are going good luck and don't slow down.
Thank you much, he has worked very hard and it has been on his mind, all the waiting and rumors with the cutbacks. His GPA was 3.0 and wasn't sure it would be enough. He is an aero/space engineer major.
Where does he attend?
kevster said:Does anyone know what numbers are being thrown around for next year's board? Will it stay around 1800 cadets or increase/decrease?
Switching majors may cause a ding, but your GPA and PFA are strong. You have yet to take the AFOQT, so that is the unknown.
Regarding your Commander leaving, the hand off will not really impact you. A new commander will look at the AD members and the Cadet Commanders (POC) to get input.
I am not sure what you mean by the majority of the cadre leaving, if it is C400's well that happens, but the C300's would be promoted to 400, thus, they will meet with them to give a smooth transition.
Right now it will be stats.
GPA
PFA
AFOQT
Major is a minor part in the equation, but in the end there will always be that last one and 2 or 3 to select from. If all points are equal major will be a factor.
9 of 26 got EA's at my detachment. I had a scholarship with a 3.9 GPA and a 96.6 PFA and I did not get one. Everyone was shocked with the results.Just found out now.
9/19. Brutal!! I can tell that GPA and PFA was weighed very heavily, people either had a very high PFA or a very high GPA.
Whether you got it or not much respect for getting this far. This will help you in your life no matter what you end up doing. Keep your head held high and be proud of what you've accomplished.
For those who made it, see y'all in Alabama!