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Any insight on how I could compete to get a slot? Not sure how accurate this is but I've heard it's all related to how well you do at OTS; academics, leadership, PT scores, but I've also heard that some people have been offered slots before even starting OTS based on their application. I haven't even received a class date yet but I'm reading through the OTSMAN, HAWK, and TFOT syllabus and trying to ace the PFA in the meantime. Anything else I should be doing? UncleFunyun, sorry to hijack the thread... Could you explain the process a bit for me please?

That's why I'm gonna work my ass off and try my best. I'm gunning for an ENJJPT slot but I'll make sure to get 38s one way or another

I think the experience with other countries would be great and it could be enlightening in some ways. I hope to track fighters someday and I hear the drop rate is somewhat better at ENJJPT although not as good as it used to be.

I've always thought of them as two separate entities so when I saw the original question I got confused thinking there were more options than I originally thought. ENJJPT looks like an awesome experience so congratulations to OP for nailing a slot!

Sorry if it came off that way. I really didn't know that there was UPT there as well as ENJJPT! I'm not trying to be a douche but I can see how my comment can seem sarcastic. I've been reading up about the different bases and this post just made me think out loud as I only thought there were 3. EDIT: Scratch that. I see that OP was talking about ENJJPT. Sorry for the confusion, was genuinely confused and wasn't trying to be a dick.

I didn't know Sheppard had UPT as well as ENJJPT

Great advice. Yeah I'm working on having a good savings account to keep as an emergency fund but I've been using the credit cards as it unfortunately. I'm making progress on it now, but it'll take some time before I've got extra spending money. Thank you for the help!

Good advice. I'm making more than the minimum payments each month, but it's easy to let things get out of hand. At the moment, I'm taking advantage of 0% APR balance transfers until I can get my balance to a manageable value. The debt isn't something that I couldn't pay off in a year or two, but unforeseen circumstances always prolong it... Thanks for the help!

Thanks a lot everyone, I guess now that it's getting closer I'm becoming paranoid. My credit is still pretty good despite the accident. I'll do my best to pay it off in the meantime, but this has been one of the things nagging at me lately. Yeah, I know... We've been dating 3 years now and her parents aren't very willing to help. If I didn't pay the bill then she wouldn't go to the doctor and I just didn't want to find out she had a herniated disc or something. When I offered to pay, I was under the impression that insurance would reimburse me but I guess you can't put a price on health or peace of mind.

Hey everyone, My girlfriend and I were in a little car accident and I've been helping pay for her medical bills and it's really been adding up quite a bit. I'm in a battle with insurance right now to get reimbursed, but between that and getting my PPL, I've racked up quite a bit of credit debt. My debt to income with O1 pay will still be less than 40% and I will be able to pay off a lot of it in due time. I still have good credit and no late payments. Will I get a chance to explain this to the background investigator? I'm worried that I'll be denied security clearance because of the debt but really it's just bad timing.

Thank you both for the heads up. I went to college in the middle of nowhere so I imagine it'll be a similar experience. I guess the less around to do the less distractions I'll have, haha. I still have plenty of time before OTS so I'll have time to think. Thanks!

What are the pros/cons for each UPT base? Will I get a dream sheet of places to train or do they pick a name from a hat?

Good to know, thank you. Maybe I should get some DA40 or Citabria time in to get used to a stick vs. yoke. Thanks for the heads up!

Hey everyone, I just recently got my PPL and got a pilot slot and I've been hearing a lot about civilian flight training vs military flight training and want to make sure I'll be up to speed come UPT. Is there anything I can do to adapt? I've heard the patterns, procedures, radio comms, and more are all very different. Does anyone have any insight on this or are the differences not as big as I've heard?

The dot is the "target" and the yellow arrow is your travel direction. This means that the red dot is a building and the test may say something like "Identify the north parking lot." From the picture, the building is to the south of you, so the north parking lot would be "C" as it is the closest. I hope this helps.

I second this question as a recent active duty applicant. I'd love to get into ENJJPT and want to know more

Hello everyone, There were some complications with my application package and my recruiter had to resubmit it. He told me that they received the application on February 17th, the last day that they convened. How likely is it that they still looked at my application? From what I understand, the convening dates just mean that it when we are scored before the decisions are made by someone else. Is this accurate? Is there any chance of them convening after the 17th? Unfortunately, I don't know the time that they received the application. Now, instead of waiting for a "yes" or a "no," I am waiting for an "if" they even got my application. Does anyone have any insight on this? I'd hate to have to wait another 6 months just to apply. I've been trying to submit an application for over 2 years now and was finally excited to get everything submitted. Is there any chance that they looked at my application? Edit: It's worth mentioning that my application was submitted and received before the January 17th deadline. It was marked "board ready" and sent to the board. The week before they convened, my recruiter asked AFRS a question about it at which they noticed it wasn't 100% complete and asked him to resubmit it. They marked it as "received" on February 17th.

I'd say not to retake it. I was in the same boat but got the flight hours to get my score up. I'd say just get some hours under your belt and try to get your PPL. If you got time and since your scores are solid enough, I'd recommend not retaking it on the chance of you having a bad day. Remember even if you have a bad night sleep and do worse the second time, your latest scores will be kept rather than the best ones. You can only take the test twice so just go for the experience.

impressive flight experience! Your scores look pretty good. Get some good LoRs and volunteer experience and you should be solid

Thanks everyone, maybe I'm overthinking it. I have my PPL checkride on Monday so I'll focus on that instead. Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated

Hey everyone, new here but I've been lurking for a little bit. Just wanted to get some opinions on my application that I just submitted and what I could work on if I'm not selected. Some details about me... I graduated with a 3.36 GPA in mechanical engineering, but my engineering GPA is 3.81. I have a lot of flight hours, 87 or so, and will have my PPL in the next two weeks (my club makes me take a mock checkride before the real deal and the mock one is this Monday.) My AFOQT scores are 95/92/87/65/99 which puts my PCSM at 86. I have a lot of leadership experience from internships, class projects, and even management and team leader positions in the work force. I did really well in my interview and although it was short, I saw the notes were all positive and "select now" was listed several times. Although I feel pretty good about all of this, there is a catch. When I was young, (17-19) I made some stupid mistakes and got in trouble with the law on more than one occasion. After 3 different instances of being stupid (1 underage drinking, 1 noise complaint from a party, and 1 false I.D.), I wised up and got my act together. My GPA went from a 2.00 average to almost a 4.00 which is why my GPA is much lower than my engineering GPA. I had to get a waiver for my application, and it was approved, but I'm afraid that it will still severely affect my application. I feel horrible about my mistakes and I take full responsibility for them but there's nothing I can do about them now that I have them. I'm afraid that my stupid young mistakes will haunt me the rest of my life and I won't be able to fulfill my dreams of being an Officer. I was hoping I could get some feedback on how bad this waiver will affect my application. Is the board likely to see that I've turned around and cleaned up? Or do they follow a strict "no tolerance" policy on this kind of thing? Does anyone know anybody that had a similar experience in trying to commission? I'm afraid they're going to look at my application, see the waiver, and just reject it. What do you think?