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solarmax, are you a girl or boy? if you're a girl, that's pretty awesome, expecially that 50fr & 100fr! if you're a boy, well.......the team might be a reach for you....at least compared to the times around here (tx) i'm used to seeing & the kids that are fast enough to swim college, academy or not.
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<p>I know what you mean! The boys team here got first in districts and the girls got 2nd. They go to state in a couple weeks. These swimmers are INSANE! Their times are close to state school times. I know a guy who, out of the water does 100's of push-ups at once, 5:15 miles, dozens of pull-ups, etc. I'm astonished!</p>
<p>Okay, I'm sure you cadets would like to keep some things a "suprise" for us incoming doolies, but what are some things we should definately avoid doing during basic (besides obvious stuff).</p>
<p>"Who do you cadets think I should contact??"</p>
<p>The Registrar would be your point of contact for this. If you want me to look into this for you, send me a private message.</p>
<p>"Is it possible/wise to take more than one foreign language?"</p>
<p>If it's even possible, I would not recommend taking more than one foreign language, unless you want to be overloaded on credits every semester.</p>
<p>On the topic of which language to pick, there is an emphasis being put on languages such as Arabic as it's in high demand for officers. You'd have opporunities after you graduate to directly use it and you'd also get a financial bonus for knowing it as an officer.</p>
<p>"What's water haze?"</p>
<p>It's a class you take during your second year here, right after swimming. It's similar to swimming except you do it in BDUs and it includes scenarios (such as jumping off the 10 meter, swimming under the bulkhead, clearing before you come up, inflating your BDU blouse, and making it back and forth a lane). Most people don't like it; I didn't think it was too bad, kinda fun in a twisted sort of way.</p>
<p>"Okay, I'm sure you cadets would like to keep some things a "suprise" for us incoming doolies, but what are some things we should definately avoid doing during basic (besides obvious stuff)."</p>
<p>I don't know what you consider "obvious stuff" but one of the things that will help you is realizing that everything you do before you get here is just what allowed you to come here and doesn't grant you any special privileges. Also realize you are completely clueless (unless you're a prior or preppie, and even then, it sill still be somewhat different) and be open to learning. Helping your classmates is crucial from the first day forward, and you'll be tested to see how well you do this (i.e., Are you willing to go stand next to your classmate who's getting yelled at when you're not the one who did anything wrong?)</p>
<p>If I couldn't make the team, is there any other options that allows me to swim? I really love swimming and would like to swim, competitve or not.</p>
<p>Yeah, pretty much. But, I guess I don't have that much free time to swim. Kinda wish that I started my swimming career eariler. Thank you all for the imput.</p>
<p>Can current USAFA students post their schedules (average times) so that we can get a good idea of cadet life and what to prepare for? (i.g. time you wake up, hours of homework, numbers/hours of classes, et cetera).</p>
<p>My schedule is different than you will experience when you first get here, so it's be more relevant if a four degree posted theirs. However, here is a very rough idea of what MY schedule looks like (not saying it's indicative of every other cadet's schedule or even every other firstie's schedule):
Academics are divided into M and T day schedules, meaning you have any given class every other day and it just swaps back and forth.</p>
<p>M-day:
0530 - Wake up
0545-0630 - Go to the gym and work out
0700-0715 - Breakfast if it's mandatory
0730-1105 - Do work in my dorm (homework, work for my squad job, etc.)
1105-1125 - Go interact with four degrees in the halls while they call minutes (usually concerning knowledge or what's going on in the world)
1135 - Either go to Mitchell Hall for lunch or line up in formation to march to Mitchell Hall
1140 or 1200 -1200 or 1220 (depending on if we march) - Eat
1205 or 1230 -1255 - Briefings or meetings of some kind
1255-1355 - Homework or whatever I want
1410-1500 - Class
1510-1600 - Usually a meeting for another class
1620-1700 - "Weekly parade" time, if there is one
1700-2230 (Taps) - Dinner, meetings, work, working out, whatever needs to be done
2230-whenever - Work, then sleep</p>
<p>T-Day:
0530 - Wake up
0545-0630 - Go to the gym and work out
0700-0715 - Breakfast if it's mandatory
0730-1120 - Classes
1135 - Either go to Mitchell Hall for lunch or line up in formation to march to Mitchell Hall
1140 or 1200 -1200 or 1220 (depending on if we march) - Eat
1205 or 1230 -1255 - Briefings or meetings of some kind
1255-1355 - Homework or whatever I want
1410-1600 - Class
1700-2230 (Taps) - Dinner, meetings, work, working out, whatever needs to be done
2230-whenever - Work, then sleep</p>
<p>It may look like I have a ton of free time, but it's amazing how quickly it gets filled up with stuff. ;)</p>
<p>That's just how her schedule is. I'm a freshman so I'm still taking all my core courses, meaning I have 7 classes this semester. But a lot of firsties in my squad have pretty light schedules too...it depends on the major.</p>
<p>On M-days I have 1 class (not counting P.E., which doesn't go the entire semester) and I have 5 on T-days (one of which is 2 hours); I also have another class that is independent study meaning I need to meeti with my project mentor about once a week but don't met during a specified class period. I have 20.5 credits the semester, not the most or least I've had during the rest of my time here.</p>
<p>It's cool. I didn't realize until after I posted it that it may be deceiving since it just says "class" unless someone looks at the time slot taken up by it.</p>
<p>And traditionally, firsties do tend to have fewer classes. I'm the exception, haha.</p>