Dapper Dan
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I have a son that is a junior in high school and a 3 year AFJROTC Cadet. He want to attend a 4 year college to get his aviation or mechanical engineering degree. We are helping him making a plan of action for his next couple of years. He is a very good student and has a high GPA of 3.8 unweighted and 4.3 weighted and he will be taking the ACT and SAT soon(no scores yet). He will also have over 40 college credit hours when he graduates high school in his degree completion( he has a college GPA of 4.0 atm). He is a member of Civil Air Patrol(CAP) and a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association(EAA). He is interested in the Airforce. His plan after graduating high school is to get his pilot's license(PPL) which will take him about 8 weeks, then go to Airforce Reserves BMT. He is not sure if he would do his AIT training next and push college until the Spring or start college in the Fall and push AIT training for the Winter between semesters or the following Summer.
My question: Is this a viable pathway. He would like to be an officer in the Airforce and is also needing funds for college. His thoughts are he will be getting paid and starting his Airforce career while in college.
I would like to know others thoughts and the pros and cons for this plan of action.
My question: Is this a viable pathway. He would like to be an officer in the Airforce and is also needing funds for college. His thoughts are he will be getting paid and starting his Airforce career while in college.
I would like to know others thoughts and the pros and cons for this plan of action.