Military Academies (2023-2024)

[distant fern]

gotcha gotcha

i did my interview with mit too

[blazing hawk]

I have a friend who is going to USMA and he wanted us to do the academy recognition thing at graduation, but I convinced him to do it at Senior awards. Nobody wants to watch other kids getting stuff at graduation. They just wanna watch their angel walk the stage.

[distant fern]

yeah fair enough....

[analog aspen]

How does that work?

Like do u put ur schools in the scholarship app

What if u get rejected from the school

I never understood that

[blazing hawk]

You pick a list of schools that you plan to apply to. Order matters (I THINK) for USMA, but not for USNA or USAFA, and if you get the scholarship, you still have to actually get accepted to the school

There is flexibility for switching the school you use the scholarship, as long as the detachment at the school you want to change to has space.

[random needle]

My future daughter: "Yeah my dad's sweet, he wouldn't hurt a fly"
My honest reaction:

[serene forge]

Yea same 💀

Anyone else feeling like rotc would’ve been the better option over a service academy? Sometimes i wonder why i committed to West Point when AROTC gets me to the exact same place

[serene forge]

anyone have family ever go to a service academy? is cross-commissioning a real thing at graduation or is it impossible

Might ghost USMA and go to UT or UMich ROTC /s

[covert pike]

VERY infrequent

Like 3 or less grads each year

Also, just some input, I honestly think you'd get a better education at USMA than UT, as I have friends at both schools. If anything I'd go to UMich over USMA

[serene forge]

oh fuck.. i love both the army and the navy lol. I wish I could do 4 years in the army then 4 in the navy

[umbral dew]

VINING

goated asf

[umbral dew]

you can always interservice transfer after your first 4 years

[covert pike]

^ what he just said

inter-service transfer is pretty easy to do compared to cross-commissioning

[cunning escarp]

ah that's tough

I wrote about nrotc during my umich app

[cunning escarp]

I felt like that for a little bit too, while the naval academy is my first choice I think I'd be equally happy during rotc though

[serene forge]

Ayo same

[blazing hawk]

Ahhh. I just got my last college result and got into Princeton

Doesn't change where I'm going, but I actually went 10/10 and I'm kind of dying a little

[analog aspen]

damnnn

congrats bruh

[hardy bane]

congrats!

[blazing hawk]

Thanks! I am pretty excited, even if I'm not going

[analog aspen]

u get to tell everyone at afa

"i got into cornell but i CHOSE to be here"

🇺🇸 💪

[blazing hawk]

Technically Princeton, but same thing

[analog aspen]

oh

fuck sorry

[blazing hawk]

My dad did Army ROTC at Princeton but even if I wanted to do ROTC instead of an academy, I probably wouldn't go

[analog aspen]

idk why i always mix those two up

cornell and princeton

[analog aspen]

goated ???

❓

[blazing hawk]

Hahaha! Cornell would probably have been better for a STEM major though

[analog aspen]

yeah thats what ive heard

nah ur goated bruh

r u gonna go for a rated thingymabob

🛩️

[blazing hawk]

Not sure about flying. I don't want to end up flying commercial when I retire/leave the service though lol

I think being a test pilot would be really cool though

[analog aspen]

how come

they make bread bruh

[analog aspen]

fr

[blazing hawk]

That's true. It just seems like a pain job.

[analog aspen]

no sleep schedule

reserve/guard pilot + stem job

best of both worlds

[cunning escarp]

air force intelligence officers seem pretty cool

[blazing hawk]

Yeah, that does look interesting if I wasn't trying to get on one of the trips to Mars lol.

[umbral dew]

badass death wish

[covert pike]

My friend just got into cornell and got a full NROTC scholarship 🤯

crazy

[blazing hawk]

What a way to go though!

[serene forge]

Is it possible to decline usma appointment after initially accepting it

[umbral dew]

true lmao

[umbral dew]

ask your field force

but also why 💀

[serene forge]

yesterday went well to say the least and i have rotc

nah im fully committed to usma

vandy = a bunch of nerds anyway

vanderbilt is a poverty franchise

[umbral dew]

vandy over usma is a WILD thought

[blazing hawk]

IDK about USMA, but USNA and USAFA you can decline. Apparently you can just not show up for intake, which seems kind of a dick move since someone else could get that spot, but still.

[vestal jackal]

hey guys ! i will be doing navy or air force rotc at yale or harvard next fall

[serene forge]

Nah im going to usma

Fuck vandy

[serene forge]

Good shit bro

[vestal jackal]

i havent even heard back from wp or usna ngl

[serene forge]

Wluld you go to a service academy over yale

[vestal jackal]

eh mb usna but yale nrotc unit really carried my ahh so p sure im goin there

i talked to the roo at harvard/mit and we didnt fw each other ngl idk how i got in yesterday

[serene forge]

My brother got rejected by usna but did NROTC at rice

Good shit bro im happy for you

[vestal jackal]

u too bro wp is tuff

but also, go navy beat army

[serene forge]

Beat navy 🚬⚓️

Smoking that anchor pack

[umbral dew]

sink navy grah

[serene forge]

Rahh

[vestal jackal]

i got a buddy goin to usna

gonna pullup

[serene forge]

I didnt even apply to usna

We are not the same

🚬

[umbral dew]

valid...

[serene forge]

Anyone else committed to a service academy, did you guys withdraw everywhere else?

[analog aspen]

beat navy........

🚬

[blazing hawk]

I have but I've declined all schools except Michigan and USC. I'm about to decline Michigan soon, I think

I want to keep something, in case some weird accident or illness happens

Got into Princeton yesterday, told my parents I got into Princeton, and they said, "Have fun not accepting." lol

[cunning escarp]

I just got rejected from umich lmao which I had as my first choice school for nrotc

[vestal jackal]

damn sorry brother

[analog aspen]

do u have crazy ecs

[cunning escarp]

nah annapolis is my top school

I'm waiting on that, and I just applied to umich for the hell of it

[blazing hawk]

I would definitely say I have good ECs, and academics

[cunning escarp]

I also have uw madison and purdue as my second and third choices which I got into just fine

[serene forge]

i got waitlisted by umich

lolz

[serene forge]

Yea im hanging onto UT Austin incase i break my leg or smt

[blazing hawk]

UW Madison is such a pretty school

[waxen field]

Lmfaoo I don’t realize this was a thing

[blazing hawk]

As you should. Are you from Texas? We're going there next weekend for the eclipse. My Unlce is in Plano

[waxen field]

I got WP loa I woulda def got hype with yall here if I knew this thread existed

[serene forge]

Yea. I got into UT on appeal so nothing official on my portal but the rotc guy sent me an early congratulations and email n shi

I was cap’d initially (before rotc scholarships)

[blazing hawk]

That's awesome. Congratulations man

[serene forge]

Ut is fucking weird

I got rejected by ut, waitlist by michigan, got into vandy

😭💀

Pulled declined vandy, pulled myself off Michigan waitlist

I didnt like vandy when I visited at all

[serene forge]

yo anyone done the police record check?

@quartz bane have you done the police thing

[quartz bane]

Yeah

Print out the form and then go to the police station and they’ll fill it out it takes like 10 minutes

[serene forge]

did you upload it or mail it

[quartz bane]

Upload

[serene forge]

ok thanks

[covert pike]

Changed my name... I need to manifest ts

Don't even believe in that BS but I'm hanging onto my last thread of hope 😭

[blazing hawk]

Sending all the acceptance vibes your way

[covert pike]

lol tyty

[analog aspen]

i believe in you notgeorge

the rower of Military Academies (2023-2024)

I will always remember you

[covert pike]

HAHA

Well on the upside there's 2 weeks left

[analog aspen]

dude i might have to go to NJ

[covert pike]

so not a whole lot of waiting left

[analog aspen]

there are no beginner friendly rower clubs that are responding

i hope you get into USNA bruh u deserve it

go army beat navy though...

[covert pike]

How far is Port Rowing?

[analog aspen]

🚬

[covert pike]

They r in NY but not the city

And they are competitive af around here

[analog aspen]

2hr 30 LIRR and a bus

no car since im a city boy

a little too much ngl

[covert pike]

Goddamn nevermind then 😭

I'm ngl idk if there are many clubs in the city

[analog aspen]

theres row new york which seems awesome but

[covert pike]

Most are further east or in NJ

[analog aspen]

they simply arent responding

[analog aspen]

do you know any that are near newark or big towns

so i can take NJT there

im right by penn station so NJT is super convenient

[covert pike]

Yeah the club I row for is in that area lol

Nereid Boatclub

It's like a 10 min drive from secaucus station tho

^ Have u tried calling Row NY?

[analog aspen]

Not bad honestly

NJT bus is a bit silly....

[analog aspen]

Might honestly

they just seem awesome

they're not too far from my school too

[covert pike]

I'd recommend you try that

If you exhaust all possible forms on contact, then resort to further clubs

[covert pike]

This is surprisingly not terrible

[analog aspen]

yeah im <5 min walk from PABT so its actually really good

[analog aspen]

fr

not tryna go to NJ 4-5x a week 😭

[covert pike]

Where does row ny even row on tho?

The hudson?

[analog aspen]

harlem river i believe

they say its 8-12 novice but then have tryouts

i submitted an interest form when i first talked to you abt rowing

ill call them once easter passes

[covert pike]

My team has novice but still has tryouts

It's basically just to make sure you're physically capable of rowing

[analog aspen]

you're like deep NJ right

[covert pike]

I live in deep nj but drive like 35 mins to my boathouse

so the club is in less-deep nj

[analog aspen]

fire

[random needle]

Manifesting that shit leggooo

[distant fern]

@random needle CONGRATS FOOL!!!!

good shit my guy

[random needle]

THANKS DAWG

LETS GET THIS SHIIIIIII

THE ONLY EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY

🔥

[distant fern]

LETS GOOOOO

[covert pike]

HOLY SHIT HELL YEAH DUDE CONGRATS

[blazing hawk]

OMG! Congratulations man! @random needle

[umbral dew]

GO NAVY BROTHER

[serene forge]

Congratulations @random needle but its still go army beat navy

[random needle]

Thank you everyone!
I couldn't have done it alone. This is the result of 2 years of blood sweat n tears. I def wouldnt be able to do this without r/a2c.

🔱🔥💯

[random needle]

Thanks man🔥
But also

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-scoreboard-gif-14602694437700525215

55-62

[serene forge]

2 win streak. losses in the past dont count fr

its current day that matter

[covert pike]

btw, when did u hear back from them / get the verdict?

[random needle]

Literally yesterday

[covert pike]

Okay so I'm still in this 😭😭

[random needle]

The embassy's defense attache officers took me to meet and broke the news

[covert pike]

I was under the impression that no one gets in during April

[random needle]

They got me booze

😭

[covert pike]

😭😭😭

That's acc awesome dude

I'm praying we'll be classmates next year

[random needle]

Dude from today to I day
YOU ARE STILL IN THE FIGHT

[covert pike]

HELL YEAH RAAAH 🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸

[random needle]

Change tjat goddamn tone man
U will go to usna this june

Manifest that shi

[covert pike]

Yessir 🫡🫡🫡

It'll happen, just wait

[random needle]

Oh no when we die they will look at the total score

And they will see that the GOAT won

It's literally the mascot

GREATEST OF ALL TIME

[umbral dew]

sorry whose getting absolutely torched in star series rn?

[random needle]

Whats that

[umbral dew]

oh all the army navy games for the sports are star series

like army beating navy at baseball gets army a star

oh shit nah navy's winning nevermind

[random needle]

Leggooooooooo

🔱🔥

[umbral dew]

for now,...

[random needle]

||i only watch superbowl for half time shows||

||most of the time idk whats happening||

[random needle]

Nuh uh

[blazing hawk]

That's right, I remember that you're an international now. Glad it all worked out for you! Have you ever been to America?

We get Navy at home this year 🏈

[random needle]

Nah I only watched movies

Small town vibes>Cities

[blazing hawk]

You'll be in a great part of the country and Annapolis is beautiful. Not anywhere near as beautiful as Colorado, of course, but I might be biased

[umbral dew]

annapolis is a bit larger than a small town but its great

very friendly

[cunning escarp]

ohmygod are you that mongolian dude on service academy forums

[random needle]

Allegedly?

Lmao

Yea I am

[umbral dew]

WAIT

[random needle]

I saw some vids
The place is beautiful

[random needle]

Oh Colorado is great no doubt
I really wanted to check out Casa Bonita if I got there

Theres a pretty big Mongolian community there

[cunning escarp]

hell yeah

[blazing hawk]

Oh man, you kind of have to if you visit Denver, especially now that it is open again. It's like required. However, you may never want to go back again lol

[blazing hawk]

Man the SAF is famous lol

Mainly some crazy parents

[cunning escarp]

I stalk that place all the time

[analog aspen]

@covert pike trust you’re getting in

saving the best for last

[blazing hawk]

It's a great place for advice, especially the search feature, but some of the parents who post on behalf of their kids are a little yikes

Still, Ive been given some great advice there

[random needle]

What am I expecting lol

[serene forge]

i hate that place

[blazing hawk]

It's useful for the search engine, but some of the parents who post on behalf of their kids are so cringe

[cunning escarp]

locked in

[distant fern]

YOOOO

congrats!!!

[cunning escarp]

nearly shat bricks when I read the email

[covert pike]

LFG DUDE CONGRATS

[umbral dew]

BANG

[serene forge]

Rahh

[serene forge]

Go army beat navy 🥷🤷‍♂️

[analog aspen]

is there any slogan for the air force

fly high… 🚬

[serene forge]

Nah theyre lame

[serene forge]

Thats cold tho

[analog aspen]

: (

I'll root for army then

Beat navy...........

[cunning escarp]

beat army

beat air force

and all the other schools

really stoked to have received this NAPS offer

[analog aspen]

congrats man

you went through DODMERB and stuff right

[serene forge]

i wish i had done the USNA app

damn bro

i just logged into my usna portal for the first time since last year

[cunning escarp]

yeah I was DQ'd

[analog aspen]

you got a waiver?

[cunning escarp]

sure did

[analog aspen]

DODMERB is what I'm worried ab ngl

[cunning escarp]

it was requested for usna but not usafa which I also applied to

[analog aspen]

what was the DQ for if ur ok with sharing

up to u

[cunning escarp]

it was for a shellfish allergy

[analog aspen]

bruh what

[cunning escarp]

I went to get tested for it and it turned out that it already went away

[analog aspen]

how is that a DQ

oh

did you report it

[cunning escarp]

I told them that I had a minor allergy and it was listed as "acute"

which was kinda ridiculous

[analog aspen]

damn bruh

i had "light asthma" from 3-13, never had an attack or anything

im prolly gonna get DQ'd for that

doctor said i dont got it anymore

[cunning escarp]

dub

[hardy bane]

I've heard that as long as the history is before the 13th birthday you should be good

[cunning escarp]

yeah I had asthma as a little kid too

[analog aspen]

It was low key after 13 maybe into 14

But I might just put that it ended before 13

Like I can run and shit now I'm chilling

Not even tryna be a pilot lol

(going for AFROTC)

[serene forge]

DODMERB is the killer of dreams fr

fk dodmerb

[analog aspen]

Fr bro

[serene forge]

im so happy i got qualified without trouble

soo grateful

ik friends that are waiting waivers

[analog aspen]

Waivers man

[serene forge]

including one with one of those LOA thingys

or LOE

[analog aspen]

I can't believe that some academies just DONT request a waiver for you

[serene forge]

for USMA

[analog aspen]

Like bruh

ROTC is better in that regard imo

[serene forge]

yea

[analog aspen]

If you get a scholarship they auto request a waiver

[serene forge]

i almost chose rotc over usma

[analog aspen]

If you're non-scholarship you can ask cadre to request a waiver

Also I want a chill college experience

[serene forge]

are you gonna do rotc over an academy?

[analog aspen]

Like the AFSCs I'm shooting for are all super chill

Yeah tbh

[serene forge]

based

AF, NROTC or AROTC?

[analog aspen]

AF

AF all the way!

[serene forge]

i never applied for that one

[analog aspen]

I'd only go navy with NUPOC since I wanna do nuclear engineering

[serene forge]

i only did NROTC and AROTC

gotcha

itll be fun

[analog aspen]

Fr

[serene forge]

are you a junior

[analog aspen]

Yea

[serene forge]

ohh nice

[analog aspen]

NROTC is open, made an acc but I'm prolly not gonna apply for the scholarship

[serene forge]

isnt ROTC about to open

[analog aspen]

AFROTC is august

AROTC no idea

[serene forge]

gotcha

I didnt apply for AROTC or NROTC till janurary dawg

i was cooked

[analog aspen]

I'll probably do just air force, if I don't get the scholarship then I'll just do GMC

[analog aspen]

You missed like 2 boards

[serene forge]

i missed hella for navy

but army is only like 3 boards total yeah

[analog aspen]

It's actually crazy how important getting the app in before october is

[analog aspen]

Yea

[serene forge]

yea. helps with admissions to a lot of universities too

[analog aspen]

Like you just increase your chances

Yeah I heard that

Some guy got NROTC to schedule a yale interview a few days before ivy day

[serene forge]

lmao

W mans

[analog aspen]

And he miraculously got in

He's tryna be a SEAL too

High speed shit

[serene forge]

i got into Vandy, UT, Austin, UMich, USMA, Penn state with lower-scores than what those schools typically have

bc ROTC im pretty sure

[analog aspen]

Wait I had a question

Does ROTC offer the scholarship to any school if you get it

[serene forge]

chemE, 1360 SAT (test optional everywhere 💀) barely top 15% of my grad class

[analog aspen]

Or only scholarship to ONE school

[serene forge]

im not sure bc ur doing AFROTC

but for NROTC and AROTC, you choose top 5 and top 7 respectively

[analog aspen]

These are my stats/list

I'm not getting into any reach schools LMAO

[serene forge]

but for NROTC and AROTC, you choose top 5 and top 7 respectively then when you accept the scholraship it goes to ur top 1.. if you wanna change schools, say you get into a safety in october and you accept the scholarship in october but you get into god damn Harvard in March, you can transfer the scholarship to Harvard so long as it was on ur list

[analog aspen]

Wait are you fr

You can change it?

That's HUGE

THATS HUGE

Oh my god

[serene forge]

yea its light

[analog aspen]

All that + Penn state and RPI

Forgot to add those lol

My gut tells me I'll be deciding between SUNY stony brook, Penn state, and RPI

All 3 have the three ROTCs

[serene forge]

with ROTC i feel like you lowkey got a 11-25% at at least one of those in ur reach schools

try to get the scholarship ASAP

like when it friggin opens

[analog aspen]

Man that'd be cracked

The thing is

[serene forge]

so you can add it to commonapp

then do DODMERB ASAP

[analog aspen]

AFROTC has been HALVING their type 1 scholarships--the full rides--these past few years

[serene forge]

yea bro

AFROTC cucked my friend

lmao

[analog aspen]

Like HALVING

That's insane

Honestly I'd fuck with a type 7 for my state school and go to stony brook

[serene forge]

i'd apply to NROTC and ARTOC tbh

[analog aspen]

I can literally commute there from home

[analog aspen]

Ya think?

[serene forge]

are you DEADSET on only serving in the AF

[analog aspen]

Low key

[serene forge]

or are you willing to serve in other branch

ok then nvm

[analog aspen]

Nukes in the navy don't have the best QOL

And I'm not tryna deploy LOL

[serene forge]

QOL wasn't a concern for me LOL

im cooked

[analog aspen]

ChemE too!

The army corps of engineers gonna send u around the globe

But navy nukes I was reading had some pretty bad experiences

[serene forge]

i think you can get a AFROTC T1 as long as you dont fuck up the physical test and interviews

does afrotc even have test lmao

[analog aspen]

That's why I'd only do NUPOC to get a propulsion design desk job in DC

[serene forge]

i wanna go into infantry lol

[analog aspen]

Apparently I'm decent at oration so I think I'm set for the interview

I have an idea on what to talk about

[serene forge]

chemE will be after the military

[analog aspen]

Mad respect bro

[serene forge]

maybe masters at UT

[analog aspen]

My uncle-figure (weird ik) enlisted into the infantry, got out, ROTC, back to the infantry

Now he's a cop

[serene forge]

lowkey wish i applied to USNA and USAFA too..

[analog aspen]

Especially with a clean shot DODMERB

You're lucky as fuck

[serene forge]

yea

[analog aspen]

No use whining though

I'll probably be super sad though

If they decline my waiver or some shit

[analog aspen]

AF physical test.

Enough said LOL

[serene forge]

lmao

i mean inter-service transfer still happen all the time

idk how much you can bank on that tho

[analog aspen]

If I fail dodmerb arent I barred from any branch?

I thought you couldn't retake it

[serene forge]

i was talking about if you didnt get AFROTC

[analog aspen]

oh

tbh the only reason the scholarship is big for me is cause of the waiver they ask for you

im fine with going without a scholarship

the money is just a plus

[serene forge]

yea pretty much

[analog aspen]

yeah that sucks

[serene forge]

dodmerb is a bitch

some things i understand, some are stupid

[analog aspen]

if i dont get the scholarship ill just glaze cadre once im inside so when i do the dodmerb sophomore year they ask for a waiver

[serene forge]

lmao real

i barely passed dodmerb blood pressure tho

[analog aspen]

oh word

[serene forge]

max is 140/90 or smt and i was 138/78

[analog aspen]

woah

thats like

CLOSE bro

[serene forge]

god wanted me in fr

[analog aspen]

FR

🙏

do u have glasses

[serene forge]

no

[analog aspen]

damn bruh you're actually built infantry

you were designed to pass the DODMERB

[serene forge]

nothing questionable about my health except blood pressure

i got perfect hearing, perfect eyesight

[analog aspen]

im just tryna get a chill job at an AFRL why do I gotta be behind-enemy-lines-health ready

[serene forge]

i couldve gone USAFA i think

[analog aspen]

😭

[serene forge]

i think i wouldve gotten in too..

my congressman is a bitch tho, bro only nominates you to one

[analog aspen]

you'll come to yearn for the air force..... everyone does..........

are you fr

[serene forge]

yea

so

i could really only apply to one

[analog aspen]

i know they dont like doing multiple noms

but they're willing

at least in my area

[serene forge]

mines stupid

[analog aspen]

what part of the US are you in?

[serene forge]

and im in texas so banking on a senator nom to a different academy is dumb

i actually got a senator nom in texas somehow

my stats are lowkey shitty

[analog aspen]

there must be hella people

[serene forge]

so idk

[analog aspen]

new york (especially my CD) probably doesnt have the most SA applicants LOL

[serene forge]

yea the staffer called me saying 10/800 ppl were selected for the USMA nom

[analog aspen]

dude congrats

[serene forge]

thanks mane

i got soo lucky

[analog aspen]

i thought getting the nom was a task you had to do

[serene forge]

yea

you apply for it

like a college app

[analog aspen]

thats crazy

[serene forge]

on the congressman's website

i had to send SAT, transcript, essays, etc

[analog aspen]

long essays and PS?

or just supps

[serene forge]

whats considered a long essay?

[analog aspen]

like

650 words +

then it gets annoying

650-2000

after that is just tedium

[serene forge]

my rep's essay had no limit just "as much the page fits", i believe my two senators were 500 words on pretty much all their essays

[analog aspen]

@cosmic gyro for next year you guys should make the military academies thread include ROTC

[serene forge]

Cruz only had 3, Cornyn had like 7 dawg

[analog aspen]

Wow

You got cruz?

[serene forge]

cornyn

texas senators don't double nominate

[analog aspen]

nice man

im going to SLE at west point with a buddy from school

should be an interesting experience

[serene forge]

i got denied by SLE LOL

[analog aspen]

LMAO what

[serene forge]

but i got into NASS and usafa's summer seminar

so i mean-

[analog aspen]

im sure USAFA's is harder

[serene forge]

yet i ended up at usma

interesting huh

[analog aspen]

that is quite the tale

they tell us how 40% of SLE kids get into the academy

but thats definitely peculiar LOL

[serene forge]

not good enough for SLE, good enough for a senator nom in texas and an appointment

[analog aspen]

the SLE staff didnt fw u LOL

or maybe they wanted other kids to have a chance to see west point

knew you were gonna get in

🤷‍♂️

[serene forge]

theyre opps fr

ima crashout on em when i see em

jk

i had to go to Navy's 🤮

jk i met some dope ppl there

[analog aspen]

LOL

annapolis ..............................

[analog aspen]

🤣

but SLE looks sick ngl i was looking at a couple trailers

[serene forge]

do you think its possible to do infantry for 8 years (service commitment) then join air force and maybe become a pilot?

i genuinely wanna know

[analog aspen]

isnt the pilot cutoff age 31

and then a 10 year commitment

[serene forge]

31

you finish college at 22 i think, 8 years after is 30

i might be ok

idk

[analog aspen]

if ur in the infantry you'll probably keep up a good level of fitness

[serene forge]

its a minute from now idc

[analog aspen]

you're probably gonna get better advice from an AFofficercruiter

than some junior interested in AFROTC

lmao

but honestly i dont see why not. itll probably be hard as hell though

most pilots are USAFA

and then a handful of ROTC

i dont even know if OCS shoots out that many pilots

[serene forge]

lmao

yea

ill see

who knows dawg

[analog aspen]

maybe you'll be in love with the infantry and be a lifer

get a few stars

[serene forge]

i wanna either go infantry or special forces rn tho

[analog aspen]

SF !!

my goal in the military is POLAR opposite

im tryna be in acquisitions / project management at AFRL 😭

literally 0 deployment apart from FGO volunteers

[serene forge]

nicee

[serene forge]

who knows, a lot can change in 4 years. maybe ill do some shit like you

[analog aspen]

yesssss desk jobs are superior

you will have joints

but fr infantry is tough as fuck

if u do that ur cracked

[umbral dew]

ask them about the z sweep to see if they remember lmao

[analog aspen]

you went to SLE? what is that lol

are they gonna IT me

[umbral dew]

i had finals during sle but i went to boys state right after

and our gov elect was this dude named z

he was apparently an uh

interesting character at sle

lowkey just ask them about z the sweep thing might be too niche

[serene forge]

boys state was soo ass lmao

in texas at least

[umbral dew]

oh god yeah i heard about that

yall take it so serious

[serene forge]

not me lmao

[analog aspen]

i emailed a bunch of legion posts in manhattan nobody responded 😭

i wanted to do boy state

[serene forge]

rip

[umbral dew]

illinois was awesome we jan 6thed a senate meeting

[serene forge]

i didnt know i got into boys state till like May

[analog aspen]

LOL now im really missing out wtf

that sounds sick

[serene forge]

are you going to usma @umbral dew

[umbral dew]

and had like a low level civil war between counties

[umbral dew]

uchicago rotc

[serene forge]

army?

[umbral dew]

go army

[serene forge]

yur

what do you wanna do in the army?

[umbral dew]

eod or intel

you wanted to do sf right?

[serene forge]

oooh

[analog aspen]

CRACKED?

[serene forge]

probably that over infantry tbh

[analog aspen]

???

[umbral dew]

ill prolly run into you then lmao

[serene forge]

e.e

[umbral dew]

that 4 year scholly hits like crack to the admissions department

[analog aspen]

does it actually have motion

like how do you even tell them u got it

[umbral dew]

email

[analog aspen]

did you hit the 1st board

[umbral dew]

yeah

[analog aspen]

jeez man

what r ur stats

[serene forge]

yea bro they love it

[umbral dew]

uhhhh

[analog aspen]

are you like army family from the revolutionary war or something

[serene forge]

i got into Vandy nad i know damn well i dont belong there

i got a 1360 on the sat

lmao

[umbral dew]

3.6 uw gpa, 1500 sat, ill be first gen army

varsity track and climbing

[analog aspen]

damn nice

[serene forge]

bro 4 year scholarship is so nice

[analog aspen]

dude why is air force so stingy with the 4 years 😭

[umbral dew]

air force is just stingy bro

[serene forge]

i got into UT chemE non-auto admit and i dont have a single STEM ec

[serene forge]

yea bro

[serene forge]

goddd

[analog aspen]

This isnt even 4 years I think

It's TOTAL

[umbral dew]

they kicked a bunch of guys out over covid too

[serene forge]

id crashout

[analog aspen]

This video was august 2022 though

Maybe they shot up

You think that info is public or you gotta FOIA it

Cause I'm not FOIAing that LOL

Cba

[cosmic gyro]

We never said it wasn’t allowed?

[analog aspen]

i thought itd be nice if that was clarified

[serene forge]

personally i'd name it "Military Academies / ROTC" but it works as is rn.. most ppl gon come here to talk about rotc anyway

[cosmic gyro]

Yeah so it’s not really needed

[serene forge]

yea

[analog aspen]

fr thats what i was thinking

[distant fern]

yeah most people are gonna be here to talk about ROTC

i like the academy thread

[covert pike]

Still awaiting a response from USNA...

[analog aspen]

GEORGE

YOU GOT THIS

DONT SWEAT

[covert pike]

I'd be really happy with an appointment or NAPS, hopefully not a WL but I'll take anything over a rejection lol

Still haven't decided where I'd go if I don't get in, so hopefully I won't need to 😭

[analog aspen]

what else have you gotten into

[covert pike]

Colby, Northeastern, WPI, Florida Tech

All with merit but varying scholarships, and a full ride at florida tech

[analog aspen]

northeastern is good

[covert pike]

Solid schools but they don't even compare to usna

[analog aspen]

yeah thats true

what designator were u planning for

[covert pike]

If I could get in, cryptologic warfare or cyber warfare

I'm going for CS so that's by far the most compelling

[analog aspen]

oh word

[distant fern]

same bro

[covert pike]

^would prob double major in CS/Cyber ops

[analog aspen]

ive prolly said it already but im shooting for NucE or electrical

[covert pike]

We're still in this man 💪💪

[distant fern]

from what my BGO told me

[analog aspen]

so if I get dropped from AFROTC id definitely do NUPOC and be a naval reactors engineer

Thatd be sick

[distant fern]

i still have like 2 weeks until i have to be worried

[analog aspen]

april 15th right?

[covert pike]

lol mine told me the same thing

[covert pike]

NucE is awesome

[distant fern]

nah she told me like until may

[covert pike]

That's what my uncle taught in, and what my friend applied for

[analog aspen]

sub and SWO (N) have bad quality of life apparently so no NROTC for me!

NRE seems like a fire job though

[analog aspen]

niceeee

it sucks that a bunch of unis dont have nuce

so i have to settle for EE at state colleges n shit

[covert pike]

do ECE ‼️

[analog aspen]

stony brook has ECE

i was a CS guy until very recently

like COMPLETELY cs profile

i was gonna start doing hackathons and shit

but nukes are the way .......................

[covert pike]

Totally do ece, then

best of both worlds

[analog aspen]

idk working at a reactor just seems awesome

like

have u seen cherenkov radiation

[covert pike]

computer chips for nukes ??

[analog aspen]

FR

[analog aspen]

this shit is so fire

https://tenor.com/view/cherenkov-radiation-nuclear-reactor-gif-18248180

[covert pike]

honestly most terrifying major

I don't think anyone in their right mind would fuck with a NucE major

[analog aspen]

LOL why

is the knowledge of nuclear fission and fusion frightening ...

[covert pike]

yes

you can quite easily create weapons that could destroy the world

but instead you chose to create renewable energy

but one angry week and 🌎->💣

[analog aspen]

LOL

yes.,......... fear me,,,,,,,,,,

i am become fission............. splitter of uranium-235...........................

[covert pike]

lmaoo

And hey, you can still do hackathons as an eng major

I run my school's CS club and a lot of the competitive kids are prospective eng and applied maths majors

We'll be in NYC in a few weeks acc for the cornell hs coding competition

[analog aspen]

Fr

Stay away from brownsville

And the bronx

[covert pike]

not even the bronx zoo?? 😔

jk tho its in roosevelt island

[analog aspen]

bro

[covert pike]

prob like the safest part

[analog aspen]

barren wasteland

nobody on RI 😭

[covert pike]

exactly why its safe

cornell tech is there tho 🤷‍♀️

[analog aspen]

its actually really nice at like

early sunset

you just see the water n shit

from the southern tip

dont use the tramway

use the F train

[covert pike]

Yeah that's what we did last year (F train)

and even during the day, the island was beautiful

it was insanely windy tho

[analog aspen]

yeah its alright .

oh yeah

especially on like

the little hill where the memorial is

its been a while its kinda vague

but you just get a bunch of wind

[covert pike]

^ that's where we went and the wind was crazy

was worth the trip tho fs

[analog aspen]

fr sounds fun

[blazing hawk]

Woo! Congratulations dude! That's so awesome!

[blazing hawk]

AF is the way

[serene forge]

Is QOL like your end-all-be-all

Bc if QOL is the most important thing ever then idk if the military is the best thing yknow what i mean?

I dont wanna sound rude, just imagine in 5 years or smt top brass/congress decides to slash housing/pay budget and you get assigned to a job that is a lit riskier than you thought you were signing up for

Like ur stuck in the airforce for 5 years or whatever ROTCs contract is and your personal wants come AFTER the needs of the department of defense.. just food for thought

[analog aspen]

i’m speaking relatively

like i wouldn’t not join if i didn’t get the perfect job

but i’m definitely hoping for one

plus i’m just generally more interested in the air force

compared to the navy

[serene forge]

Yea thats good bc theres a chance you might not have a choice lol

[analog aspen]

oh yeah for sure

it’s just preference

air force just seems slightly more preferable in my eyes

but honestly

i’ll probably apply all 3 ROTC scholarships

[cunning escarp]

Thanks! I think I’ll love Newport lol

[random needle]

LESSGOOOOOOO

[blazing hawk]

76 days until the adventure begins

[covert pike]

Unfortunately I was rejected from USNA earlier today 🥲

Not the end of my ride, plan on reapplying next year

...now I have to decide between NEU, Colby or WPI for CS

[blazing hawk]

Sorry to hear that, man, but sending you all the good luck for next year! I've seen what seems like a lot of people on the SAF get in after applying a second time

[blazing hawk]

Also, great choices! Not sure you can go wrong, but I'd pick NEU

[analog aspen]

NO

George bro 😭

Are u set on USNA or r u gonna dabble in ROTC now

Dude I'm actually saddened to hear this I was rooting for you

They're missing out on a great midshipman. I'm sure they'll love to have you next year or through some other commissioning process

U got this gang

[covert pike]

Already past the ROTC deadline, I'll probably apply to ROTC for post-freshman hear and I still obv plan on reapplying to USNA

[covert pike]

Atm leaning towards NEU, but WPI gave me a considerably larger scholarship which is very compelling

[analog aspen]

NEU is a great school

ROTC gives scholarships junior year and there are opportunities to get it in sophomore year as well

I'm sure you already know all that

You can do the program without the scholarship, maybe it'll help with the USNA app / be the alternative

[covert pike]

Absolutely, and it'll be nice for a second source of nom

[analog aspen]

Oh yeah!! ROTC can do noms

Honestly if I was a rep I’d see your continued perseverance to serve and that would reflect positively in my eyes

[covert pike]

Yeah from what I understand the acceptance rate for second year applicants is reasonably higher for that reason

And this year I believe I was a very competitive applicants with my stats/ecs, but so were thousands of other applicants

So hopefully that'll give me a competitive edge next year

[analog aspen]

You got this george

[unborn field]

Umm guys, the westpoint officer guys went to my school and told me that they would "fast-track" me inside if I am interested. Is that even possible?

[cunning escarp]

yeah you got this, I bet you’ll get in on your second try

I heard there’s less spots this year because bancroft is getting renovated

[random needle]

I'm so sorry bro
My heart goes out to you

❤️

As someone who got rejected last year, I recommend you process this first

And then contact your BGO on how to improve

And then get back on the grind

You got this my friend

🔱

[void ember]

ngl i was thinking about rotc too for them

but like i wouldnt rlly want to serve after i graduate

i heard i could be like a national guard once a month for a few years after graduation and that would be enough

[analog aspen]

bruh thats like the whole appeal

[analog aspen]

im not sure about navy, but i know NG/reserve commissions are by default in the army

air force is all active duty with a HANDFUL of ng/reserve commissions

u gotta compete for AD in the army actually haha

[void ember]

my appeal is that they pay the tuition lmao

im basically full pay and neu is expensive af

my parents can help me ofc but if they + I can save money somehow itd be great

my parents would rather pay tho than let me go to the military lmao

[analog aspen]

oh word

yeah NEU is crazy expensive haha

u paying ivy prices without ivy aid

it took me a while but i got mine on board recently (2 year effort)

most people just do what they want regardless of their parents' opinions though. if u really want the money and cool shit to do then AROTC might be good for u

the ng/reserve would let u do a regular job apart from weekly/monthly training

[void ember]

whats arotc

and is there a commitment i have to make past graduation

[analog aspen]

army rotc

you're a senior now so its too late for the 4 year, but if you're a really good cadet then you can get a 3 year scholarship

i think everyone gets a 2 year later on though

there's a commitment but for the army ROTC is national guard or reserve

the other two are active duty

honestly id start emailing NEU's army rotc people and maybe try setting up a meeting

they'd give u way better advice/guidance than me lol

[umbral dew]

Army is active, guard, or reserve

[distant fern]

still stuck on pending for USNA LOL

[umbral dew]

4 active or 8 NG/res

[distant fern]

getting scared here

[analog aspen]

you compete for active right?

[umbral dew]

sorta

[analog aspen]

seems like he isn't interested in that so

[umbral dew]

but yeah guard is like one weekend a month for eight years

neu has a solid battalion iirc

[void ember]

that sounds fire

[void ember]

that also sounds fire

once a month for 8 years is fine tbh

[umbral dew]

seriously reach out to their unit

they love having new guys

[analog aspen]

i emailed nrotc arotc and afrotc at MIT since i have a tour in a few weeks

im 100% NOT getting into that school but at least i might meet their detachment LOL

[serene forge]

ROTC will look good at admissions for sure

ROTC is the only reason i got into UT Austin ChemE t/o 💀

[analog aspen]

are you serious

[serene forge]

yea bro, certainly makes you unique

[analog aspen]

MIT is one of the few colleges with a NucE program and literally the ONLY with a fusion reactor

that’s a pipe dream for me lol

haven’t ever taken that shit seriously 😭

[serene forge]

try to get boarded at NROTC early

like do the application when it comes out

[distant fern]

yeah

don't be like me

[serene forge]

so you can have it by the time you apply to MIT

[distant fern]

and get the noti right before decisions

[analog aspen]

yeah bro i’m doing the first board very thing

everything

[distant fern]

i got my noti late cuz i applied at deadline and none of the schools considered it

definitely apply at first boards

[analog aspen]

already spoke about letters n shit

got the SAT ACT locked in

[serene forge]

dude i did NROTC and AROTC in janurary lmfao

[distant fern]

i did NROTC like right before the deadline

[serene forge]

but it helped my UMich and UT app

[analog aspen]

I can pass the ROTC physicals (they are INFINITELY easier than the SA CFA)

[distant fern]

didn't get my notification until mar 27

[serene forge]

i told UT Admissions in my appeal that i got rotc then got in

so

[analog aspen]

oh wow

[distant fern]

i didn't have it at the time of appeal

wish i did lol

[serene forge]

are you in state

[distant fern]

still waiting for USNA to pull!!

[analog aspen]

my top pick is AFROTC but they only give a few hundred nation wide now

[distant fern]

nah OOS

[serene forge]

nah you got it 🫡

[distant fern]

im stuck on pending which is a good sign i think?

[analog aspen]

might not be built air force type 1…

[analog aspen]

fr tysm

[serene forge]

at usna?

i think.. i didnt apply to usna but its not over!!

if its not a 'no' then its a good sign

the only academy i applied to was usma which i regret

i wish i applied to usna

but my district only nominates to one

so i wouldnt have been able to finish my usna app anyway

[serene forge]

apply to USAFA

[distant fern]

yeah @ usna

3Q'd but no summer seminar

[analog aspen]

going to SLE at west point

but i’m fucked for the CFA haha

[distant fern]

i was told by my congressional interview board that i had the highest GPA and ACT/SAT score out of my district (some said highest they'd ever seen coming out of NV-4)

so hopefully that's a good sign!!

NV-4 typically does not fare well with standardized testing

[analog aspen]

what were your stats? if you don’t mind sharing

[serene forge]

yea i got rejected by SLE at usma

but i got into usma

i actually went to NASS at usna..

[analog aspen]

bro what

[serene forge]

go army beat navy

[serene forge]

SLE and NASS are legit random

they deadass pick random names if you meet a minimum

[analog aspen]

lmaoooo

[serene forge]

i did the summer stuff at navy and air force, ended up only applying to Army

[serene forge]

academics arent the end-all-be-all tho

my academics were kinda cooked but i had a shit ton of leadership

and a sob story

lmao

[distant fern]

3.97 UW gpa, 35 ACT

2x FBLA state champion
1x DECA state champion
2nd place - nevada stock market game
2x club soccer runner-up, national championship competitor
all-division first year for high school
collegeboard rural/small town recognition award
level 6 google local guide, microsoft office suite specialist certified

NHS, FBLA, NBHS officer positions
licensed coach for a u13 soccer team
probably 250+ service hours
i build computers for fun lol

@analog aspen

[serene forge]

well rip damn

i had like no academic awards like that

except AP shit

but i work 30 hours+ a week, captain of 3 sports, varsity in 4 sports all 4 years, single parent + oldest sibling, club pres 3 clubs

no volunteer hours bc i didnt have time lol

[distant fern]

oh shooot! the black letter

oh i forgot to mention 3 year captain for club

[distant fern]

at my zoned school if you're var 4 years in 3 sports you get a black letter

[serene forge]

nice

[distant fern]

it's like crazy prestigious

[serene forge]

football track and field powerlifting

im actually gonna do army powerlifting

[distant fern]

oh shoot!!

mine was just soccer

i can lift...just not well 😂

[serene forge]

the only thing i feel like is low-ish on ur app is sports

idk why usna hasnt accepted you lol

my friend got into usna with wayyy shittier stats

[distant fern]

it doesn't mention but i am recruited at the d2 and d3 level

[serene forge]

usna is on crack

[distant fern]

there wasn't really a way to mention that

not good enough to be a blue chip recruit at the d1 level

but i do have offers standing from d3 schools

[serene forge]

where are you gonna do nrotc if you dont get in?

[distant fern]

ASU

[serene forge]

nice

[distant fern]

or penn state?

not sure

[serene forge]

shi tution aint an issue

[analog aspen]

yeah if u didn’t get USNA

[distant fern]

yeah either way ill be debt free!

just really hoping for USNA come monday

no rejection is def a good sign

[serene forge]

does usna accept on mondays?

usma accepts on fridays

well like ur portal changes on friday

wait bro

[distant fern]

from what i've been reading on forums

[serene forge]

i got the VP nom

[distant fern]

4/15 is the day that everything's supposed to drop

[serene forge]

i got a nom from my senator, rep and VP

[distant fern]

i just had rep

applied senator didn't get

[serene forge]

i blurred it out for privacy

but who the fuck gets the VP nom

idk why i got it

[analog aspen]

how did you

[distant fern]

DODMERB took the longest

[analog aspen]

is it the same process like on their website

[serene forge]

bc im a badass

[analog aspen]

my mortal enemy… i think

[serene forge]

rlly? mine cleared in like a week

damn i feel bad for yall 'bad' health mfs

[distant fern]

i had 3 correspondences with them

multiple concussions, arm surgery

[analog aspen]

we’re physically inferior … lol

[distant fern]

head split open twice

[analog aspen]

damn

u good?

[serene forge]

i put 'bad' in quotes bc lowkey dodmerb dqs for rlly stupid things

[analog aspen]

yeah it’s silly

some make sense but others are just silly bruh

[serene forge]

if you do nrotc you can reapply with the rotcnom too

prob get in

[analog aspen]

i think the thing that makes DODMERB annoying is that it’s really black and white

[distant fern]

yeah probably i was too late to do everything

[analog aspen]

did you guys get ROTC scholarships?

[distant fern]

im just hoping i didnt get the NV-4 spot taken by someone who applied early

[serene forge]

oh did you do the usna app last second

[distant fern]

no

[serene forge]

yea

[distant fern]

i just didn't do it back in sept

[analog aspen]

which ones

[distant fern]

i was finished i believe by late dec

[serene forge]

army and navy

[serene forge]

oh fk that might cook you

[analog aspen]

4 year full ride?

[serene forge]

bc the academies supposedly really care about turning shit in early

[distant fern]

oh deadass?

i thought i was pretty on time

like i wasn't last minute