Happy New Year to all.
DD is listed as a candidate with the AFA, has a nomination and DoDMERB qualification. She was in a minor traffic accident, rear-ending the car in front of her on the way to school. She was not injured and was issued a traffic ticket for following too closely. This is her only accident and ticket. She is taking full responsibility, paying the ticket and insurance deductible out of her own pocket - not mine.
My question is timing of reporting the incident to the academy. Had this happened prior to her applying she would have listed it under "character assessment"; however, her application was submitted months before the traffic incident occurred.
Does she immediately send an email to her Admissions Officer indicating what happened?
Is she supposed to send that kind of information to Admissions at this stage of the application process or does she wait for see if an appointment is offered and indicate: "before running a background check on me, you should know that between the time I applied and now I pleaded no contest to a traffic ticket"?
I am hopeful that a traffic accident and ticket won't hurt her chances of appointment (after all, this wasn't the Lufthansa heist). She is taking financial responsibility and willing to report the incident to the academy if they are interested, but I'm not sure when the appropriate time to do that is; and as her parent, I don't want her throwing herself under the bus prematurely or unnecessarily.
Gee, and I thought waiting to hear from the academies was going to be my only stress this year.......
DD is listed as a candidate with the AFA, has a nomination and DoDMERB qualification. She was in a minor traffic accident, rear-ending the car in front of her on the way to school. She was not injured and was issued a traffic ticket for following too closely. This is her only accident and ticket. She is taking full responsibility, paying the ticket and insurance deductible out of her own pocket - not mine.
My question is timing of reporting the incident to the academy. Had this happened prior to her applying she would have listed it under "character assessment"; however, her application was submitted months before the traffic incident occurred.
Does she immediately send an email to her Admissions Officer indicating what happened?
Is she supposed to send that kind of information to Admissions at this stage of the application process or does she wait for see if an appointment is offered and indicate: "before running a background check on me, you should know that between the time I applied and now I pleaded no contest to a traffic ticket"?
I am hopeful that a traffic accident and ticket won't hurt her chances of appointment (after all, this wasn't the Lufthansa heist). She is taking financial responsibility and willing to report the incident to the academy if they are interested, but I'm not sure when the appropriate time to do that is; and as her parent, I don't want her throwing herself under the bus prematurely or unnecessarily.
Gee, and I thought waiting to hear from the academies was going to be my only stress this year.......