Forum: Future F-16 crew

Last edited by szkizzer on Feb 23, 2006 - 10:28 AM; edited 1 time in total

hi,

just a little bout me first,

Name: JashanDeep Singh
High School Junior
Been in US 4 Yrs.
Hoping to attend the USAFA.
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Since you guys are excellent with this, please comment on this a little bit.

This is what I have:

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[Link pending approval] (average) GPA Unweighted

Classes (Hardest Ones-- at Home):
AP Calculus - A
AP Psychogy - B
AP Chemistry -A and

AT School:

IB Environmental Science
AP US History - B
AP Biology. -B
Marine Systems
Ap French
Science Research --One of the coolest Classes & the hardest

These classes werent offered at my high school so I have to take them online. It costs around $347 per semester.

So my extracurricular sticks a long list:

--215 + Community Service Hours-- Goal aound 300.
--Human Rights Essay Winner for last year.
--Varsity Track-- 200m and 800m
--Peer tutor for 1 Yr
--Volunteered at Beaverton Library
--Volunteered as Technical Assistant in Tigard Library for Computer people newbie issues
--National Honor Society

--Volunteered at SOLV, for helping plant trees and restoring habitat.
--Volunteered during summer and at school to repair broken computers and help setting up for the next year students.
--Numerous College Level Courses
-- Excellent Attendenace record at school. From 9-11 grade, only 9 missed days.

SAT/ACT-- Still have to take it, Im studying day and night for this, so maybe this will help. Presume I get above 2200 for SAT.

Im in excellent physical condition, since I came to US.

Please after looking over some of this, maybe you have come to a comclusion of how, and what chance i have of securing a entrance to USAFA, or even Prep School. Also Im 5"9, with 20/20 vision in both eyes, does that even come close to getting me a pilot slot (f-16 all the way). I ve heard that the seats on those things are adjustable. So please help me here ANything that you think will help since I am a junior at SRHS

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Last edited by TenguNoHi on Feb 24, 2006 - 07:32 PM; edited 1 time in total

Remember that if you are going to be an Officer in the US military you are going to be an American Officer in the US military, not an Indian Officer in the US military. Review Articles I and VI of the Code of Conduct if you have questions about that. If that is not the identity you are looking for than you are probably better off going back to India.

Additionally, who you choose to fight for should be a judgement made by your beliefs and morality. Are you willing to bomb the very places in those pictures one day? Or your old home? If not you have no business in the US military, which has a tendancy to bother itself in everyones affairs, even India's. Or how about working side by side with closely allied Pakistan?

Lastly, I dont think youve mentioned weather or not you have citizenship here. Absolutely neccessary to goto the Air Force Academy or to Commission as an Officer.

Edit: Oh, one more thing. I understand your from a different country and all but you are going to have to pass a rather large English portion of the AFOQT in order to commission into the USAF. It would really be to you benefit to go back and edit your post a bit.

-Aaron

Edited

There, I cut the part that I didn't not originally want to put but, this is my first post, SO I WAS Wrong, SORRY about that. Caps as in Extremely sorry. Ive edited it just to cut the story short. I didn't know what to put and what not to. Also, Ive been a citizen for 7 months now again so sorry for that, was not intended that way

You have one heck of a resume there. But there are somethings you want to do if really want to come to USAFA.

First, find out who the ALO (Academy Liason Officer) is for your school and get in touch with them. Ask your guidance counsler at your school to see if they know, or call up a local Air Force recruiter, they should be able to help you.

Second, you should be able to apply for admission starting 1 March, at least thats what it was when I applied. Go to http://www.academyadmissions.com and find the application on there.

Third, take chemistry and physics classes if you haven't already as those classes give people a lot of trouble out here.

Fourth, get the ACT or SAT taken as quickly as possible. You're cutting it close with that one already because if you don't do so hot the first time around you're gunna want to go back and retake them to improve your scores.

Fifth, call up your local congressional representative and both of your senator's offices to ask about service academy nominations, or you can go to their website.

That's all I can think of right off hand right on, but you have a good record from what you put on there. Just keep working hard and contact me if you have any specific questions. If I can't answer them, there are 4,000 other people here at USAFA that I can ask. Good luck.

szkizzer-
As I am currently a high school senior applying for colleges now, the best advice that I can give you is if you want to go to a certain school apply to it. Even if you think it is out of your class you never know. If you get rejected.. so what you will always have backups and I'm sure with a resume like that, you will be able to get an AFROTC scholarship for almost any school you want. Remember you won't know if you don't try. Good luck!

TenguNoHi wrote:

Oh, one more thing. I understand your from a different country and all but you are going to have to pass a rather large English portion of the AFOQT in order to commission into the USAF. It would really be to you benefit to go back and edit your post a bit.

-Aaron

Edited

NOT true, you don't have to take the AFOQT if you go to the Zoo....at least you didn't used it, that might have changed.

Weather he does or not I was making the point that it would help his response if he made his post easier to read.

-Aaron

flanker_hater wrote:

TenguNoHi wrote:

Oh, one more thing. I understand your from a different country and all but you are going to have to pass a rather large English portion of the AFOQT in order to commission into the USAF. It would really be to you benefit to go back and edit your post a bit.

-Aaron

Edited

NOT true, you don't have to take the AFOQT if you go to the Zoo....at least you didn't used it, that might have changed.

They had it on our schedule one weekend for the firsties with pilot slots to take it so I think they have to take it. However, I'm not completely sure.

Another thing szkizzer is to apply to ROTC as a back up. Even if you don't get the scholarship you can still join ROTC. It just comes out of your own pocket.

Hey, anyone looking at the air force academy, high school graduate 2007, you can join my yahoo group to talk about it: [Link pending approval]

Yes, the seat on the Viper does move but not much.

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