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That's good progress. Keep it up.</p>
<p>If you started in a dead hang with your palms facing away from you and brought your chin over the bar without kicking your legs to assist you in the upward motion, then you did a pull-up.</p>
<p>AFPJ, Why would you be disqualified from enlisting?</p>
<p>AFPJ, take this for what it's worth (the opinion of someone who has struggled with PT). TACPs, STOs, CROs, PJs, etc are a different breed of people. The people who succeed in this type of field are VERY fit and have a nearly relentless drive for success/perfection. From what I understand, you are currently NOT near this level. That's not to say you cannot succeed (I am a firm believer in the ability to succeed based on work). However, I'm not sure you are acting on the reality of your goals.</p>
<p>Worse case senario. If that was to happen,which won't but its always good to have a plan b,c,d,e,f, what should I do? Should I just get a job, work as a lifeguard, emt, and dj at local gigs to pay my way through a community college?</p>
<p>AFPJ as I have said before you should strongly consider enlisting. This will give you the opportunity to mature, and continue to study. If you use the delayed entry program you will be able to select a career path that will lead you to the SF community. I say this becuase I have known people in that community and Ramius is correct about the drive they share. I am a strong believer that you are the only one who will determine your future. the advice I am sharing is from 20+ years in the Air Force as a Firefighter and Medic. Your grades and homelife are an obstacle but you can overcome that. I believe the Academy is possible for you, but your best shot is through the enlisted ranks after you have built a stonger foundation in the basic sciences and probably with attendance at the prep school. I am not an ALO or on the admission panel so what I say isn't gospel, just a realistic look from the outside.</p>