<p>Hey Everyone!
I was just wondering whether the academy will except you witout perfect vison. I hope that doesn’t disqualify me…</p>
<p>Yes, but it may disqualify you for a pilot slot. Unless your vision is horrible you should be ok.</p>
<p>and, if you excel academically, militarily and physically, when you become a junior you may be selected for the PRK treatment</p>
<p>the PRK tho is only possible for certain vision issues. my eyesight could not have been corrected by PRK. but plenty of ppl are here without perfect eyesight</p>
<p>I just got my eyesight today its 20/30 in left and 20/25 in right so is that ok?</p>
<p>yupp.... i believe 20/40 is pilot qualified even</p>
<p>correct. As long as your refractive error is within the range -1 to +3 and no greater than a .75 astigmatism, you're ok for PQ.</p>
<p>i just know i was farsighted and they said it couldn't be fixed and still be PQ. not sure exactly what it was tho. i guess God just interviened for me because when i went to the DoDMERB i miraculously had 20/20 vision after 10 years of glasses/contacts.</p>
<p>i hope i receive such a blessing... who knows though. hornet guy you know way too much! lol</p>
<p>hornet knows all, pretty much. he is the man</p>
<p>hahaha aaaamen. so, does the academy have its own standards (besides academic, physical and military) for determining who's PRK qualified and who isnt? like, to get PRK your eyes have to be w/in this range ie, (20/40 to 20/200) and this refractive error ie, (-1 to +3) ?</p>
<p>Just has to be able to be corrected by PRK, PRK can't cure all eye problems. Hit up wikipedia for help there. ;)</p>
<p>so.. if i'm not PQ, but i qualify for PRK, i can get that and become a pilot? :))))))</p>
<p>well, i'll take your word for it.. and yes wikipedia is the all-knowing power for everything :) so as long as its correctable by PRK and you have good performance, and they choose you, you're fine.</p>
<p>yea i'm wonderin that myself, tim... if i'm not PQ my first two years then i get to my 2 dig year and have maintained good grades and my eyes can be fixed by PRK, will they do it?</p>
<p>Do we redo our eye examine test 4 dig year, or at BCT? Or is it not until 2 dig year? Just curious how much I should pray my eyesight doesnt somehow get worse. :)</p>
<p>You will have your eyes checked either 3 dig or 2 dig year.</p>
<p>Uh, yeah 20/40? I'm like 20/800 (which is legally blind w/o correction, btw)
I still have probs w/ glasses & contacts, but thank god for them!! </p>
<p>I have the greater than -8 measurement thing and I got a waiver, so don't worry too much unless you are, well, actually blind? :)</p>
<p>And I'm praying for surgery!!! Please USAFA!!</p>
<p>It's possible. Imagine having 20/40 vision after surgery. Imagine how that would feel? ;)</p>
<p>That would feel absolutely awesome. After having glasses since 5th grade nothing would be better than having perfect vision. Hopefully, I'll be able to get that because I'm within all of the limits.</p>