<p>I dropped my son off yesterday for the 1st AIM week session. My advice is to pack light; only what they list in the AIM Manual and most of all, pack everything in a single bag that you can carry up a very long set of stairs. The kids that made the trek up the stairs to the dorm look easy had a single duffle bag with shoulder straps so they could keep their hands free. The process looked exactly like the regular swab reporting in process to me; upperclass cadets barking out instructions. None of the AIMsters were smiling at that point. But AIM provides a great experience if they do go through it again as a swab. AIMsters should have an advantage over the kids who didn’t go through it.</p>