I don't think you take the AFOQT in high school but I do know you take the ASVAB test in high school. It is military based and is similar to the AFOQT but helps highschoolers earn enlisted job positions. The path you explained to me does sound like a great idea. I play football basketball and track throughout the school year. This along with other things like school work and family time though takes up almost all of my day. Did your daughter play sports and still manage to do the program? If so, than maybe I could do it. To be honest I don't know if I could keep myself motivated enough to do it. I'm not saying a have bad work ethic, I'm saying at a point I'm going to want and need to relax. Congrats to your daughter for working at it and earning that scholarship. I've considered Army instead of Air Force but I don't know if I could go all the way through with it. Thank you
If you decided to apply for both Army and Air Force (many people do that to keep their options open), you would be competitive with your current score with the amount of sports you do, your GPA, etc. Don't get me wrong, a higher score would be great, but you are competitive with the score you have. And while AF doesn't super score, the Army does. There are other pieces to the puzzle, like sports and leadership, but work is not a requirement.
My daughter is an "over-scheduler" so yes, she balanced the program with church commitments (she was in 2 leadership roles taking 6-8 hours a week), Cross Country, school/homework, volunteering at the hospital every week, and working 3 nights a week. The program allowed her to do it in 30 minute modules, so she would even take her tablet to school, hook up to wifi during lunch and would crank out a lesson. Her goal was to do 8 a week, and she rarely met that goal, and only had 5 weeks to prepare. The biggest help was taking a couple full length practice tests a few weeks a part leading up to the test. she did that on the weekend. It honestly was the only way she could do it, because the modules are customized to where you need help, it is not generic, so every module she did worked towards improving her score. I recommend it. By the way, she had done two other courses before, one was a classroom one that was super expensive, and she really didn't get much out of it only improving her score from a 21 to a 22, with a HUGE time commitment, so this online program is really amazing and like I said she has two friends that also improved with reasonable time commitment. It is just a suggestion, it just depends what you are wanting to do and can afford time/money wise. I just know she is really glad she did it. The other thing about the program is it is motivating, you set goals for each week and it emails you your progress. I think you get 5 days free when you sign up, you have to give your payment information, however, you can email them on the 5th day and they won't charge you for it if you decide it is not for you.