marshalltj67
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Hello everyone I need some serious advice!
I am currently a AS 400 at Det 028 located at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. I am a college basketball player and I am also majoring in Aerospace Engineering doing fairly well with a 3.2 GPA. I graduated SFT (LEAD) during the summer of 2017 and I completed my first POC year as a AS 300 my junior year excelling at a leadership position. I was also just granted a C-Staff Group Commander position this upcoming term.
To keep it straight forward I am not good at standardized testing as I did not do great on my SAT/ACT in high school and I failed the verbal portion of the AFOQT my first two times. I spent hundreds of dollars on Kaplan tutors and classes for the verbal AFOQT and I passed it on my third attempt (with waiver), but I spent so much time working on the verbal I missed the quantitative by 1 point. I have always had high quantitative scores before I just spent so much time focusing on passing the verbal. This does not define my math skills because I am a engineer which is heavily technical and I am doing great! I am just not good at standardize testing.
My father is a retired Lieutenant Colonel who was the department head of mechanical engineering at the USAFA and he did not pass the AFOQT as well, but was allowed to commission with a waiver. I was put up for the same waiver to waive the afoqt requirement but was unfortunately denied this week. I plan to do a congressional inquiry with my senators/representatives because I was once given a nomination to the USAFA and USNA but was denied appointment due to SAT/ACT scores and I chose AFROTC instead for the opportunity. These standardized test do not define me as the future officer and leader I know I can be. I have put in countless hours, effort, and money into my AFROTC career and I do not believe ONE POINT should define me. It has been my dream since I was 7 years old to follow in my fathers footsteps and serve my country as a United States Air Force Officer!
Two cadets at my detachment have been granted this waiver after failing the AFOQT three times and I do not understand why my waiver was not granted especially due to my circumstances.
Does anyone please have any advice for me? I understand the Air Force is a business and regulations are regulations but please understand this is my dream.
Thank you!
I am currently a AS 400 at Det 028 located at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. I am a college basketball player and I am also majoring in Aerospace Engineering doing fairly well with a 3.2 GPA. I graduated SFT (LEAD) during the summer of 2017 and I completed my first POC year as a AS 300 my junior year excelling at a leadership position. I was also just granted a C-Staff Group Commander position this upcoming term.
To keep it straight forward I am not good at standardized testing as I did not do great on my SAT/ACT in high school and I failed the verbal portion of the AFOQT my first two times. I spent hundreds of dollars on Kaplan tutors and classes for the verbal AFOQT and I passed it on my third attempt (with waiver), but I spent so much time working on the verbal I missed the quantitative by 1 point. I have always had high quantitative scores before I just spent so much time focusing on passing the verbal. This does not define my math skills because I am a engineer which is heavily technical and I am doing great! I am just not good at standardize testing.
My father is a retired Lieutenant Colonel who was the department head of mechanical engineering at the USAFA and he did not pass the AFOQT as well, but was allowed to commission with a waiver. I was put up for the same waiver to waive the afoqt requirement but was unfortunately denied this week. I plan to do a congressional inquiry with my senators/representatives because I was once given a nomination to the USAFA and USNA but was denied appointment due to SAT/ACT scores and I chose AFROTC instead for the opportunity. These standardized test do not define me as the future officer and leader I know I can be. I have put in countless hours, effort, and money into my AFROTC career and I do not believe ONE POINT should define me. It has been my dream since I was 7 years old to follow in my fathers footsteps and serve my country as a United States Air Force Officer!
Two cadets at my detachment have been granted this waiver after failing the AFOQT three times and I do not understand why my waiver was not granted especially due to my circumstances.
Does anyone please have any advice for me? I understand the Air Force is a business and regulations are regulations but please understand this is my dream.
Thank you!