Dukefool,
Here is a question for you since you want to fly.
What branch would you want to be in IF you didn't get a rated slot?
Assume neither gives you a rated slot, now which branch do you want? DS has a UPT slot, but didn't get it until he was a C300, and promised he would serve at least 4 yrs.
AFROTC sent him to Wright Pat AFB for a 3 day medical exam. Failed it and he was going non-rated. I stress the 3 days because it isn't the DoDMERB exam. It is 8 hrs a day, EKG, Dental, Eyes, etc. He had no DoDMERB issue, no waivers, no remedials. He failed the EKG, they did an EEG, he passed, but for 24 hrs it was OMG fear.
Bullet(DH) got nailed for his out-processing DoDMERB, scoliosis. Cleared, but it was OMG fear, and in his case weeks.
It happens. So again, the question is what branch do you want to be in if you don't go rated?
Do you know for UPT cadets they must go to IFS in the AF? Do you know that the wash out rate is @40%?
Getting a UPT slot is one thing, making it to winging is another.
I am not saying don't go AFROTC over AROTC. I am saying understand that there are a ton of hurdles, but only one guarantee...you will serve in that branch!
Have a Plan B for your career.