Chances of admission second time around

bulletandpima
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:05:49 +0000

Is he in ROTC? If he is I would suggest he talk to his leadership at the det. I ask because you do not mention ROTC at all in the post.

Has he thought seriously about the fact that he will be starting his college yrs all over again? That means 4 more yrs of taking tests, and studying. He can’t just transfer in as a jr.

Additionally, at this point he is really behind the power curve if he is just start considering this, since most MOC’s have a cut off date of mid Oct for noms. In real world terms that actually mean he is not entering as a sr, but a freshman…again it tallies to be 7 yrs of college. What if after 1 yr he says the heck with it? That causes issues because he can’t just transfer back and be at the same point he was before, because most colleges require X amount of credits, and his USAFA as a freshman would most likely not transfer over. So now he will still have to repeat 1 more yr.

Many kids do this. There are several that I have read on boards who have even started after they got their undergrad. It does happen, but he really needs to think long and hard if he is willing to dedicate 4 more yrs of his life to get the AFA commission.

Have him go to his det commander, they can give him more personalized info regarding his chances than just the generic one here.