I'm nervous, because I want it so bad.

Everrything is great except for pushups and basketball throw. If the academy feels you need to retake the cfa then work on these and try to get 2 moee pull ups, that would be the average. Good luck!
 
I'm pretty sure I am not number 1 as that is based on a competitive scale...and my grades however considered competitive by the academy are probably not competitive with the other nominees. :/
 
Don't put yourself down. I have the same doubts as you. You're like me- you want this so bad that knowing that you're not "perfect" makes you think you'll NEVER make it. Have a little faith.
 
Are you competitive with a nomination and waiting for march too?
 
flyersboy114 said:
Everrything is great except for pushups and basketball throw. If the academy feels you need to retake the cfa then work on these and try to get 2 moee pull ups, that would be the average. Good luck!
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Yep. I went ahead and submitted hoping that the other scores will help balance out the bad. Unfortunately, given the importance of the AFA to me, I was not diligent in preparing for the CFA. I take full responsibility for that. However in preparation for a retest / (and hopefully ultimately) BCT, I am now lifting in the weight room three times a week working on upper body strength. Being a runner, the legs were obviously emphasized a lot more than the upper body. It is my hope that as my upper body catches up physically to my lower, pushups and pull-ups will come a little easier.
 
Well we can hold hands and dance in a a circle for 4 more months! Best of luck to you, and try not to start going crazy...:rant2:
 
AFAplease said:
Hahah...yes I did recieve a nomination from my Senator however I am not the primary nominee. I am not eligible for the Presidential Nomination but I still have a Rep interview to go. I think my ALO interview went very well...so I am just trying to get an understanding of how I stand now that I jumped the huge hurdle of getting a nomination...Thanks!
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The fact that you have a nomination is more than many people have. Remember; the way it works is; the "REP" gets a so called "Automatic". Not the senator. (At least the last time I checked or can remember). And that so called automatic has a lot of strings attached. Now, you said you haven't done the Rep interview yet. Correct? If so, then blow Him/Her out of the water. BE THEIR #1 pick.

(Hoo-rah speech coming; hold on). You want to go to school at the air force academy? You want to go to what is considered an equal to an Ivy league school? You want to be an officer in the U.S. Air force and serve your country? You want to do things with your life that most people can't even fathom let alone dream of doing? Then KICK ASS and take names later. If you've still got a Rep nom interview to go; then realize that it's the "JOB INTERVIEW" of your life. This is NOT the time to be humble and shy. Learn the difference between confident and arrogant. Make your rep see that. Make them feel your passion. Make them see your commitment. Make them WANT to nominate you. Make them feel that their country will be a safer place with you as an officer in the armed forces. "BORN WILD; RAISED PROUD".

Not trying to dog you here. But you sound defeated and yet there's a lot of innings left in this game. The one thing people say about me is that I don't sugar coat my posts and I don't give false hope. I tell it like it is. Well here it is. If you want this; want it more than anything else you can think of in life; wake up with it as the first thing on your mind and the last before you go to bed; and hold the world in contempt if they get in your way; then GO OUT THERE AND TAKE IT. No one is going to GIVE it to you. Grades are important. I won't lie to you. I never do. But it's the whole person concept. Not just with the academy, but also with your nominators. SELL YOURSELF. Get the damn job!!!

Ok; sorry for all the hoo-rah. I love the air force. I wish I could have stayed in longer. I am so proud that my son decided to attend the academy and serve. And I also admire passion, heart, integrity, and determination. With those 4 traits, you can achieve ANYTHING. I just want you and anyone else who has doubts about their chances, to realize that only you can control your future. No one else. Just remember to ask God to grant you that serenity to accept the things you can not change; the courage to change the things you can; and the wisdom always to tell the difference. Best of luck to you.... Mike....
 
Christcorp said:
The fact that you have a nomination is more than many people have. Remember; the way it works is; the "REP" gets a so called "Automatic". Not the senator. (At least the last time I checked or can remember). And that so called automatic has a lot of strings attached. Now, you said you haven't done the Rep interview yet. Correct? If so, then blow Him/Her out of the water. BE THEIR #1 pick.

(Hoo-rah speech coming; hold on). You want to go to school at the air force academy? You want to go to what is considered an equal to an Ivy league school? You want to be an officer in the U.S. Air force and serve your country? You want to do things with your life that most people can't even fathom let alone dream of doing? Then KICK ASS and take names later. If you've still got a Rep nom interview to go; then realize that it's the "JOB INTERVIEW" of your life. This is NOT the time to be humble and shy. Learn the difference between confident and arrogant. Make your rep see that. Make them feel your passion. Make them see your commitment. Make them WANT to nominate you. Make them feel that their country will be a safer place with you as an officer in the armed forces. "BORN WILD; RAISED PROUD".

Not trying to dog you here. But you sound defeated and yet there's a lot of innings left in this game. The one thing people say about me is that I don't sugar coat my posts and I don't give false hope. I tell it like it is. Well here it is. If you want this; want it more than anything else you can think of in life; wake up with it as the first thing on your mind and the last before you go to bed; and hold the world in contempt if they get in your way; then GO OUT THERE AND TAKE IT. No one is going to GIVE it to you. Grades are important. I won't lie to you. I never do. But it's the whole person concept. Not just with the academy, but also with your nominators. SELL YOURSELF. Get the damn job!!!

Ok; sorry for all the hoo-rah. I love the air force. I wish I could have stayed in longer. I am so proud that my son decided to attend the academy and serve. And I also admire passion, heart, integrity, and determination. With those 4 traits, you can achieve ANYTHING. I just want you and anyone else who has doubts about their chances, to realize that only you can control your future. No one else. Just remember to ask God to grant you that serenity to accept the things you can not change; the courage to change the things you can; and the wisdom always to tell the difference. Best of luck to you.... Mike....
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That was deep! Thanks thats some real motivation. I should surely have a good shot at getting #1 from my rep if I can get a senator slot in MD!
 
Are you competitive with a nomination and waiting for march too?
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:) You guys sound just like me this time in 2005!!! I was sitting in December with a nomination (then another at the beginning of January) having my own doubts. Was my CFA too low? Did my leadership not look good enough? gah!

Then mid-March rolled around and an appointment came in the mail. I returned it signed the very next day and the rest is an amazing stretch of history! ;)

So, I completely understand where you guys are right now! Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Just wait come March....
 
What do you mean by got the t-shirt?
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Please tell me you are not expecting a t-shirt?:eek:

It is an old cliche been there done that and got the t-shirt to prove it
 
O, I have only heard, been there done that, not the t-shirt part. Thats why I was confused.
 
Don't get to use to it, because the cliches/and saying you now know will be totally different in the AD world.

1. Filled the square (got to fill those squares to get promoted)
2. Circular Filing Cabinet
3. Container (mailbox never say box)
4. Cranium or skull (not the word for where your brain is located again never say that other word or people will go into a pseudo-poem that will stun and surprise you, even our DS1 says cranium instead of that word ...you even say things like the cranium table)
5. Sock check for fliers
6. Deceased insect...too funny to be at the squadron as a wife and see the guys hit the floor .
7. B*tching Betty...all I can say if Over G Over G and be ready to buy some weed (not marijuana, but Jeremiah)
8. FNG (swear word New Guy/Gal) in some squadrons they even give name patches for Fridays that say FNG1, FNG2 etc and of course all beer steins and coffee mugs say FNG on it.
9. Dining In/Dining Out
10. DNIF (Duties Not Including Flying) pronounced DEE-NIF

and after you graduate and get married as a flier with a pregnant wife, she will arm a bomb and pickle! (Go into labor and deliver)

Just wait you will come home and talk to friends in a lnguage they will never understand.

I.E. Before we PCS'd in my container was an invite for a dining out at our TDY. The cranium table called for a sock check, while the FNG made us do a deceased insect, As we stood up the FNG than asked why the h**d table called it and so everybody scream the following (.....) at that time I got hurt(hands moving around like airplanes showing the collision) and I am now DNIF and of course my LES is wrong because I didn't get my DLA or TLA.

Just wanted to add some laughter, hope you can figure it out
 
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8. FNG (swear word New Guy/Gal) in some squadrons they even give name patches for Fridays that say FNG1, FNG2 etc and of course all beer steins and coffee mugs say FNG on it.
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LOL... I remember a new PFC showed up to my hubby's (at the time) Supply Shack (1st CEB, Camp Pen, CA).. He was a pumped young hard charging Marine... he was told for the first couple of weeks until they found a position for him in the warehouse that he would be the FNG (he had no idea YET what it meant)... (I am laughing as I type this)...

He was SO PROUD of his title that he told everyone including myself that he was the FNG of 1st CEB Supply! It took about 3 days before anyone told him what it meant.. sure took the wind out of his sail when he realized what it meant, but it still makes me laugh...

It was a couple weeks later another new PFC showed up and HE was the first to tell him that he was the new FNG... and the program continued.. HA HA HA. The things they don't teach them at bootcamp.
 
Reminds me of a guy that showed up in AK.

He wasn't and FNG, but his call sign was Tumor (I talked about him earlier) anyway, the squadron had a naming ceremony the night b4 and he was renamed Morty (after a buffoon cartoon character). His flight commanders wife he never met comes up to him and shakes his hand, and says I don't know you and you are...

My real call sign is Tumor, but this a** had changed to Morty, and you are?

I am Sharon, the a** wife.

Can't teach SA in boot camp either! OBTW the a** was his flight commander.

There you go another saying you need to learn and learn it real quick.
SA = Situation Awareness...this includes even social, not just work.
 
There were also variations of the "FNG" to include "FANG". (Swear... National Guard") (Swear... Air National Guard). But in the desert, I didn't care if they were FANGs or whatever. As long as they were on our side. mike.....
 
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