My Introduction

UHBlackhawk said:
Reference giving up NZ citizenship.
Yes, it’s a bridge you will need to cross. But if you do so, check and see what is required to maintain “ties to NZ”.
I know someone who gave up his German citizenship before attending a SA. He did 20 years in the US military, then applied to get his German citizenship back. He was able to demonstrate “ties to Germany” by visiting rewrites there on a regular basis and maintaining proof of those visits, and now has dual citizenship again.
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From what I have researched both on this forum and off-site, I would not have to denounce citizenship until I actually commission.
 
Sports is my main concern at the moment. However, if I can get on the floorball team, stay up to standards physically, and then score well on the CFT I feel like I should be fine as long as I keep my academics on the track they are on now and continue to volunteer. As well as continue good connections with my superiors.
 
GreenCuisine said:
Sports is my main concern at the moment. However, if I can get on the floorball team, stay up to standards physically, and then score well on the CFT I feel like I should be fine as long as I keep my academics on the track they are on now and continue to volunteer. As well as continue good connections with my superiors.
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Floorball sounds like a good plan. You might want to look at also joining a Crossfit gym or start martial arts. Both of those are easily accessible individual sports. My boys have been doing adult Crossfit classes at our gym since 14 yo and it has helped them tremendously on the CFA. They are also able to participate in local competitions. Martial arts has the added benefit of possible leadership positions.
 
That is a start, plus you will want to address the absence of sports in your essays and interviews. However, many other club sports exist so I recommend seeking others too, plus you might look into joining a martial arts gym/club as a number of my students have done quite well in this set of sports.
 
I should only count volunteer hours from when I first started high school and onwards, correct? It shouldn’t matter too much as I’d still have over 300 volunteer hours by the time I start my application for USAFA with approximately 400 hours at the end of 2024.
 
GreenCuisine said:
I should only count volunteer hours from when I first started high school and onwards, correct? It shouldn’t matter too much as I’d still have over 300 volunteer hours by the time I start my application for USAFA with approximately 400 hours at the end of 2024.
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Yes, only activities from high school count.
 
GreenCuisine said:
I should only count volunteer hours from when I first started high school and onwards, correct? It shouldn’t matter too much as I’d still have over 300 volunteer hours by the time I start my application for USAFA with approximately 400 hours at the end of 2024.
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FYI, the number of volunteer hours is not really a "thing" for the Service Academies. I've seen many many
candidates get admitted who had few if any volunteer hours due to involvement in other activities. Plenty
who had hours only had them because their schools forced them to as a graduation requirement.
 
My son had plenty of volunteer hours - but that was a reflection of his extracurricular and leadership activities. He didn’t do volunteer activities to build a resume.

The focus on the application was the extracurricular and leadership positions.
 
I’m not getting volunteer hours just so it looks good on a resume or application,it is just what I like to do. Yes it may give me the option of saying I have X amount of volunteer hours and may help but that isn’t my main goal. I like giving back to the community. It doesn’t eat away at my time, I still have plenty of time for academics, extracurriculars, and social activities.
 
In my opinion the thing that I benefit more from is the connections I make. Because I’ve been working with all these people for a while now I can always ask them for a letter of recommendation.
 
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