Nomination Interview

<p>My son had his interview last Wednesday with his ALO (actually, two of them) and I asked him Petco's "Disney Princess" question. He first had a funny look on his face, thought about 5 seconds, smiled and said "Snow White!" I asked why and he said, with a big grin, "Then I could get all the drwarfs' money!" We both laughed about it and he said he wished they'd actually asked him that question!</p>

<p>Well, I just received a LOA. Should I make copies and bring it to the interview?</p>

<p>yeah, that whole nav. thing, i honestly just had a huge mental block...i couldn't think of anything!!! i was trying to remember different planes and all i could remember was the F-16 and F-22!</p>

<p>as for taking a copy of your LOA, the Academy emails the LOA's to the senators and congressmen. That's where i actually first found out I had one! You can take a copy if you'd like though. but not necessary!</p>

<p>Wow, sounds like ya'll have it tougher than I did. I just had to meet with my commander for about five minutes before he selected me to send to the P school.</p>

<p>I was asked what I wanted to do in the Air Force (I said Intelligence) and was then asked what I thought Intelligence people did. So if you know what you want to do, be prepared to expound on that...</p>

<p>Also, I had a psychologist or similar in one of my interviews. It was weird because she seriously asked me questions like "I'm unfamiliar with this term...please explain." and "you do know you may be sent overseas...how do you <em>feel</em> about that?" Be ready to answer weird questions (favorite color and why; favorite author/book and why) and to explain things that may not make sense.</p>

<p>Definitely review your resum</p>

<p>to whoever is doing the nomination interviews...are you starting them early as a junior or are you a senior?</p>

<p>Visit your Representative and Senators' websites. They usually have information regarding acadamy nominations. The usual time line is to submit your completed packet and recommendations by October (the earlier the better), interview in November, and then wait to hear by December or January. So you ought to be working on this over the summer between junior and senior year.</p>

<p>Yeah earlier the better i heard.</p>

<p>one thing though don't talk badly about any other services...like an idiot i said i didn't like the army to a west point grad on the board of decisionerz. but i played it off and well...i got my nomination so it wasn't so bad. I've made lots of mistakes in high school and i made great turnarounds from them so the aforementioned question about
"what hard moral decisions have you had, and what would you do different if you were presented with that situation again."</p>

<p>Otherwise it was good for me anyways to keep the mood light and not so much 5 guys watching your every move so they can find something wrong with you.</p>

<p>haha yeah. ^^
the board asked me a question as to why I only applied for a nom to usafa, and somewhat jokingly (even though we all know its true) said that it was because usafa was the best. There was a usna and a usma graduate sitting there, so we had a little laugh after they told me where they had come from. I covered it up somehow, i forget. Ended up getting the nom, but i already had an LOA and an appointment so i doubt saying anything bad about the other SA's wouldve prevented me from getting the nom anyway</p>

<p>The board asked me why not USNA, USMA, USMMA, or USCGA.
There was one active duty Air Force Colonel on the board, a retired Navy Vietnam vet, and a retired USMA grad (veteran of Desert Storm and War on Terror).
They joked a few times about each other. The USMA grad at one point said "Yeah, don't worry, the Air Force isn't difficult at all."</p>

<p>heehee i said something about how i thought the af was more women-friendly. one of the people on my board was a female wp grad.</p>

<p>i said the air force has better planes to a navy pilot!</p>

<p>Some great tips here, and just the right time of year to review them again. Also at
<a href=“http://www.toughestschoolsintheworld.com/[/url]”>http://www.toughestschoolsintheworld.com/&lt;/a&gt; in the Blog section.
Good Luck!</p>

<p>I have my interview coming up this summer, I hope to be a pilot, thats my dream. What should I expect especially regarding this? What supplies should I bring? What is the most important factor that I should keep in mind?</p>

<p>expect them to ask what you plan to do if something happens and you’re not pilot qualified.
supplies?</p>

<p>Suit and tie
Good attitude
Integrity</p>

<p>My daughter has her nomination interview scheduled for next week and we bought a nice dress for her to wear for interviewing. The problem is that the interview has been scheduled for the day after she and the entire cross country team “stripe” their legs in preparation for the regional meet. This is a team tradition for 15 years and she is team captain. Should she change plans and find slacks to wear to the interview, or do you think her striped legs will be acceptable with stockings ?</p>

<p>I’m not sure what “striped legs” are, but if they are not something that will look “normal” I’d go with dress slacks. We are also from SW PA and went through the nomination process last year (my son is currently at USAFA). I can tell you that about half the girls we saw were wearing dresses, and the other half dress slacks and nice blouses. IMHO - any conservative dress clothes should work for her. Good luck!</p>

<p>They spiral wrap duct tape around each leg then apply self tanning cream and sleep with it on overnight-the next day when they remove the duct tape they have “Striped” legs that look like springs-they are definitely not normal looking</p>

<p>Can your daughter wear some tights with her dress which would hide the “stripes”? My daughters love black,gray, and navy tights but hate pantyhose.</p>