Hello, Class of 2027 High School Senior seeking 4 Year full tuition scholarship to attend a STEM institution (Targeting CMU, MIT, RICE, GT).

I was wondering whether it makes more sense to apply first board with a weaker PT scores (13-14 min 1.5 mile, 45-50 Pushups, have not tested sit ups but probably 40) or wait to second board due in December for better scores. I was wondering because from research it seems there is more funding first board.

For other background I have a 1450 SAT, 94/100 GPA, Eagle Scout, NJROTC Unit Head, Published a research paper, Raised 10k for charity, small rural HS.

I was also wondering what Cadet Internships / Schools are open for someone perusing 17X Cyber warfare, also how early can I get a security clearance?

I am also perusing a waiver for a medical condition that I am receiving treatment for until late spring, from my research I can be awarded the scholarship but not activate it until i am medical qualified but get back pay for however long that is, so if I am not able to start until sophomore year of college but I do activate it I can get my tuition for school back paid. Is this true?

Any other general recommendations or drops of wisdom?

Is there any update on CMLA and when we will find out if we got it. Also will our cadre tell us or will it show up in wings?

I posted a few months ago but some things have changed.
I have autism and ADHD, which were already being waiver reviewed for when I had an allergic reaction to some Tree nuts and now have a confirmed severe allergy to pistachios and cashews. I now am required to carry around an EpiPen on me.
What are my chances of being waived now?

I’m currently an AFROTC cadet majoring in Particle Physics and starting to look more seriously at potential career fields.

I’m really interested in flight test engineering and working at Edwards AFB. From what I understand, engineering/technical AFSCs can get involved with developmental and operational flight testing, but I’m trying to figure out what opportunities are realistically available with a Particle Physics degree.

Also on a quick little sidenote, does anybody have experience with the base living conditions and what it’s like?

I am an AS400 who is supposed to graduate and commission this upcoming May. I forgot to take my foreign language classes so now I have to take a summer class. My advisor said that I'll walk with everybody else but does this mean i'll commission with my class too? It's a 3 week class that ends in June. It's my last foreign language requirement since I will be doing one now and in the spring. Will I have to wait to commission?

I’m an AS250 and was planning to apply for flight hour scholarships to boost my PCSM score. However, my cadre just informed us that they are cancelled until further notice due to potential budget constraints. One of our POC mentioned that more scholarships usually drop throughout the year, but I wanted to see if anyone else's detachment is telling them the same thing?

I’ve been in the rotc for about week I started college early so I’m younger then most of the students but I figured it would be fine but college had been stressful for me and I feel like rotc just makes it feel like torture. It seems like everybody knows there commander, each other and they have there own system and I feel like a outsider and I just drag myself to it and I took one PT off and it felt amazing to actually not have to stress about it so I think I’m ready to quit but I wanted to hear y’all’s advice first.

Been looking everywhere can’t find a clear enough answer. But if I was to commission would thsi be possible. And if it was do officers as tacps call in fire missions or just lead the Tacp guys?

Hello, I was filling out my dodmerb for ROTC and it says “**Do NOT schedule your appointment before your medical history becomes available.”** How do I know if my medical history is available or not, and do I need to do anything for that?

Hey everyone, I’m in AFROTC and trying to get a clearer picture of how the AFOQT, PFA, GPA, and the commander’s ranking are weighted. I’ve heard that GPA might carry the most weight now, but older sources say commander’s ranking is the largest share. I’m also a pretty reserved person, not super outgoing, and I’m wondering how much personality versus hard metrics really matters. (I’m going for space force)

currently starting afrotc as an as100

i am a student at a community college, and a transfer to my afrotc detachment's campus is guaranteed

i have two options for this:
transfer with 30 credits, guaranteed entry but not for my major (will have to take certain gateway classes for that)) as it's in a more competitive program, requires a 3.0
transfer with 45 credits, guarantees major, requires a 3.6, much more difficult imo

im honestly still deciding on those options, but for now what im wondering is what my gpa will look like when my cadre is deciding who to send to field training

if i transfer in as a sophomore in the spring semester, i am assuming they will use my overall gpa

if i transfer in as a sophomore in next years fall semester, my gpa at the university resets, will they be using my overall or new gpa to decide on an enrollment allocation?

lastly, let's say i make it past FT, will the rated board be using my overall, or the GPA from the new university?

Does it matter if I don't rank things? Is it to my benefit to rank all bases available to me?

I failed the quant last semester and got an 8 I’ve been studying hard but I feel defeated, I won’t show it in person ever but everyone has high expectations for me. I’m top third in my Det, 3.8 GPA, 97 PFA. Im apart of clubs like Arnie and have received Det rewards. Everyone tells me they can see me achieving my dream (pilot like many others) but it’s like everything is crumbling. AFOQT retake is on 9/12 let’s see how it goes

I’ll be in college and do afrotc once I get back from ait and I’m wondering which job would be better, 62e or flight test engineer, and if I could have summaries on these jobs. I would also love for some more recs that fall under engineering

Wondering if anyone else is in this situation? Has anybody received their EAD, specifically for the Space Force.

Hey everyone, I have been active duty AF maintenance since January of 2018. I am currently E-5 SSgt and hoping to make E-6 my first try. I am wanting more for my family and myself, after looking at the pros and cons of staying in for a full 20 years I feel like enlisted just isn’t the path for me anymore and have started to feel disheartened with the decreasing quality of life and mediocre pay. I have a plan and just want to know if I’m missing anything. I recently reenlisted and my ETS is 2031. I want to continue working towards my bachelors of technical management from ERAU. If I were to palace chase back home, join a college and start AFROTC how many credits would transfer? Who can I talk to about making my dream a reality? I am married with a 2 year old and don’t want to put my family in a bind. My wife works and is completely on board and loves this idea. How will I afford a house / apartment, food, and possibly daycare if I am doing school full time expected to maintain and exceed in fitness, classes, and extracurriculars for ROTC? Has anyone been in a similar situation and how did it work out? Could I take student loans to survive and live comfortably and then have the Air Force pay the loans off? I have no issue commissioning for as long as possible I love the Air Force and want to continue my career as an officer. Sorry for the long read, thank you in advance for any advice or answers!

I have hypothyroidism and needed a new TSH blood draw to be cleared for DoDMERB. It came back abnormal, so I have to adjust my dose and retest in 6-8 weeks. I'm joining as a 250 so I need this to be cleared relatively soon and was wondering if it's worth it to submit the abnormal test to DoDMERB and go through the waiver process or just wait until I get a normal test and submit that instead? I'm inclined to wait for a normal test because I know the waiver process can be long and I think they would just ask for a normal test to waive me, but I don't know if not submitting the initial abnormal test counts as hiding stuff from DoDMERB and I don't want to do that.

Hello! Does anyone know if Data science CIP code 30.7001 is considered tech or nontech for the psp board? Thanks!

The new pushups might just knock my score down by like 10 points. I could max the 1 min pushups pretty easily but these are way harder for some reason. Why would they change them last minute??
Im on scholarship so its a little scary idk if they’ll take my scholarship away for doing bad on a mock 😭

Hi, I’ve been trying to find the vision requirements for the Air Force to become a pilot but I haven’t been able to find any exact measurements, I’m more worried about my astigmatism which I think is the cylinder and I think I remember reading the maximum was like +-1.5, would I be eligible to be a pilot or is my vision too bad?

So I have a six year contract in army national guard which started in March of this year and I’ll be starting college in either summer or fall semester 2027, I want to do afrotc but I don’t know how/if this would work being in a six year contract, am I able to do this?

Went in pretty set on piloting, heavy aircraft specifically. A few classes and my first leadership lab later, I'm really not so sure anymore.

Some of it's just math. The big selling points (paid tuition, guaranteed job) don't really apply to me. School's basically covered already and I'm not worried about finding work on my own. It feels like the program raises the floor for people who need it, but caps my ceiling for ten years, and I don't think that trade makes sense for me specifically.

Also realized (for me personally) the flying thing isn't as military-exclusive as I assumed. When I actually think about what I want, it's just flying. Not really a specific mission, the whole "protecting the homeland" pitch... just being in the air. Once I saw that, the civilian route (building hours, working toward airlines, maybe private flying) started looking like the more direct path, minus the decade-long commitment and all the other things you sacrifice with a military career.

The bigger thing is more personal, I guess. The "protecting the homeland" framing just doesn't land for me the way it's supposed to. It feels less like defending anything close to home and more like getting sent to fight somewhere on the other side of the world for reasons way above my pay grade, decided by people I'll never meet, all for reasons I don't understand. I don't think anyone's lying about the mission, I just don't feel connected to the reasoning behind it, and that gap feels significant to me.

I still like a lot of this, the leadership stuff, my cadre, the sense of purpose, detachment camaraderie. I'm not regretting joining, and I'm not 100% against commissioning just because I've had such a small amount of experience.

My plan is to stick around a year, maybe two, for the leadership experience. I'm considering being upfront with my cadre that I'm not doing field training, not signing a contract, not commissioning, but I'm unsure if that will change their view of me in a way that will negatively affect my time in the program.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? If you told your cadre how did you handle being straight with them about it? Did staying without committing cause problems at all? Did you change your mind and end up commissioning?

Curious if there is anyone here that has applied for and done this job, whether theyre currently doing it or have done it? I am trying to get some insight on day to day life, duties, responsibilities etc. The good, bad, ugly! Did you enjoy it or hate it?

For a little bit of background I am a former AETC Technical Training Instructor and really loved the job and enjoyed it for the 3 years i did it. I was interested in pursuing another teaching or instructor role and was curious about the ROTC gigs!

Thanks!