<p>Absolutely! (And Bullet is at work working on your future dream jet…F-35…it’s Pima talking)</p>
<p>We wanted him to get an easy taste of the AFA life. We felt he needed to remove the illusion of the AFA and understand the reality. A couple weeks of doing that and watching the PBS doc. he began questioning whether it was an AFA education or a commissioning that mattered to him. In the end he decided he still wanted to just be a kid and experience college. He is very dedicated to AFROTC, volunteering and performing well, 95 on his final, but he decided that he wanted to be in the scholars program that allows him to intern on Embassy row or at the UN and not take umpteen classes of science and math. (Please realize he scored over 700 on Ma SAT and 33 ACT, so he is no slouch, just doesn’t like it). </p>
<p>That is why I say be realistic…you have to want to live this life, you have to be willing to give every ounce of blood sweat and tears and when you think you have nothing left to give you need to find more. It is so worth it if your all in, but if you’re in it for only getting a UPT slot you might be re-evaluating the sit.</p>
<p>I would rather be the hard a** and negative, than paint a picture of roses. You will get to enjoy amazing TDY’s and make amazing friends, but if you can’t hack the lifestyle/schedule it was for naught.</p>