<p>Time flies thats for sure...I remember that this time last year I was hanging on the edge of my seat waiting for the AIM application to come out, and now, I will actually be attending USCGA as a member of the Class of 2013!! To all juniors: time flies, work on those AIM apps, its an experience you dont want to miss!</p>
<p>trackandfield08... your CLASS OF 2013 ballcaps are in the bookstore as of a couple of weeks ago. A couple of us had a real good laugh when we saw them.</p>
<p>Bet the 4/C Cadets can't wait to see their first Swab!</p>
<p>Do you need letters of reccomendation to get into AIM, I have heard different things from different sources?</p>
<p>Letters of recommendation are optional according to the application.</p>
<p>Will it hurt you if you dont have them though?</p>
<p>its not that it will hurt you, but I imagine it will make someone else package look better..</p>
<p>hmm i wondering if i could get them my sophmore year
since ill be abroad my junior</p>
<p>why not have someone write them while you are abroad, I am sure you will be in contact with someone that can write in english ?!?!? </p>
<p>and get a couple from the teacher before you finish your sophomore year and put them in a file.. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>thanks j collins</p>
<p>you boss and luigi are amazing when it comes to questions and advice</p>
<p>You'll get that showering sub 5 minutes soon :)</p>
<p>IT is incentive training i believe, not intensive training.</p>
<p>I never did AIM, but that's a pretty good description of how SS goes too. Lots of memorizing, lots of IT, lots of FUN!!!</p>
<p>When will 2009 AIM applicants hear if they are accepted?</p>
<p>All AIM applicants should be notified by mid-May of their selection status.</p>
<p>If accepted to the AIM program, is there anything that needs to be done before attending such as getting a physical or some sort of physical examination? perhaps a copious amount of paperwork as I've come to expect from the government?</p>
<p>No physical exam, and just a few forms to fill out.</p>
<p>My son had not heard from the AIM program as of Wed. May 20th. We thought we would hear by May 15th. It this typical or should I contact the Academy to see when notifications are going out?</p>
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<p>Approx 200 letters (accepts and non-accepts) were mailed on 5/19. If you haven’t heard anything by Monday, call your Admissions Officer at (860) 444-8500.</p>
<p>Thanks Luigi59. I thought enrollment for AIM was around 500. 200 mailings does not seem like much. Is this the first of several mailings? Or is enrollment much less than I thought?</p>
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<p>It is, ~160 for each of three sessions.</p>
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<p>It’s actually the last (or one of the last) of several mailings.</p>
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<p>Not sure what number you were thinking, but there were ~2,100 applications submitted for AIM, and ~1,500 were completed (essays, LORs, scores, etc).</p>
<p>Every applicant should get a letter letting them know “yay or nay.”</p>
<p>Most of the letters (both accepts and non-accepts) were sent out earlier this month.</p>
<p>:cool:</p>
<p>Thaks great info. Can you tell me more about the Bowsprit</p>