<p>I never took the SATs. I was happy with my ACTs and all of my schools accepted them. (I was lazy about signing up for the SATs, though.)</p>
<p>Quick question- How does the haircutting work there? Is there just some place you go whenever you need one (my hair grows really fast)?</p>
<p>"I understand that there's no reason, UN, but I don't understand why not take both."</p>
<p>Money? ;)</p>
<p>"Quick question- How does the haircutting work there? Is there just some place you go whenever you need one (my hair grows really fast)?"</p>
<p>Yes, it's called a barber shop.</p>
<p>Haha, yeah I know. I was more just wondering what the procedure is..like do you have to set up an appointment before hand, or do you just go in and get it. When you say barbershop, I'm assuming you just go in and get one whenever you need it, but hey, you never know.</p>
<p>a few quick questions</p>
<p>do you like it there?
do most people like it there?
how is the location?
and what do you and most people do with the girl situation, seeing how there really aren't that many girls there?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>"Haha, yeah I know. I was more just wondering what the procedure is..like do you have to set up an appointment before hand, or do you just go in and get it. When you say barbershop, I'm assuming you just go in and get one whenever you need it, but hey, you never know."</p>
<p>After BCT, it's recommended that you make an appointment. During BCT, when you get a haircut is not a decision you will be tasked with needing to make.</p>
<p>"do you like it there?
do most people like it there?
how is the location?
and what do you and most people do with the girl situation, seeing how there really aren't that many girls there?"</p>
<p>I failed to get much substance from your questions so I will answer then in a similar manner. However, if you would care to elaborate more, I will too.</p>
<p>Overall, yes. Ditto. Mountainous. I am a girl and I don't consider it a "situation" as I was born that way.</p>
<p>UNcynical, I got a quick grin after reading the end of the last post. Thanks.</p>
<p>chickenandwaffle, I have a stong feeling you will be too tired to even worry about the "girl situation". On the other hand, you may "worry" if you are able to keep up with the likes of some female cadets. :)</p>
<p>I'm just kidding, you are all very talented and I'm confident you will support each other.</p>
<p>haha no, that's really all the answer i was looking for</p>
<p>I truly regret that it is highly unlikely that either my son or I will ever get to meet Uncynical. Wishing you the best in your career and thanks for the bright spot you are in this forum.</p>
<p>I feel stupid asking this, but I have been wondering for the longest time what RTB means.</p>
<p>RTB=Red Tagged Bastard. The class color for 2010 is red.</p>
<p>So, where do the two ending words come from?</p>
<p>It's the hat we wear during BCT. If you ever see pictures of BCT, they typically are wearing some sort of baseball hat, one of four colors. The current first deg class are red and the entering class for 2010 will be red.</p>
<p>Every red class is known as an RTB class and tends to be a bt rowdy. When my class was four degrees, we had one of the members of the class of 1962 (the first red class) speak at our Recognition dinner. He explained how they acquired the title. The entire speech is online (and I highly recommend you take a look - it's anything but boring!... and you'll learn a little bit of your "heritage") at <a href="http://www.renocitizen.com/rtbhistory.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.renocitizen.com/rtbhistory.htm</a> but below is the specific excerpt concerning RTBS: </p>
<p>"At another base, there was an after-Taps barracks fight. The first floor against the second floor. The fight was in progress when the AOC in Charge and his staff burst into the barracks. He became a target for e few seconds. Order was restored and the ranking cadet, although he was trying to stop the battle, was confined to the base for the weekend. Everybody else involved had the weekend off. There were several other rambunctious instances during that field trip. When we got back to USAFA, several high-ranking 59ers were there to greet us. They stood us at attention, chewed us out and rammed our heads back. One of them looked at us with fire in his eyes and said You are nothing but a bunch of filthy Redtag Bastards. Something told us we were in for some trouble and about to understand the term unbridled fury."</p>
<p>Thanks UNcynical, you're right that wasn't boring.</p>
<p>I have another question that has been bothering me since somebody asked me about it. Would I have to worry about sexual harrassment or that sort?</p>
<p>While this is discussed in other threads, I got some very interesting insight at the NJ Parents Association meeting yesterday. One of the parents' kids was in the same element as one of those who was involved. His take was as follows: Both the guy and the girl got very drunk. You can guess what happened. Their "story" was essentially the same: She says she never gave "permission" and he said that she never said "no". The problem, according to the cadet, is that the official reaction to the girl's complaint was "that she was going to be brought up on alcohol related charges". Actually, they both were. So instead of focusing on sexual assault, they dealt with the alcohol. That was a problem because it appeared to be "pushed under the rug". Everyone I spoke with both at the Academy believes that USAFA is incredibly safe. In fact, one of the safest places for a woman to be. The incident described occurs much less frequently in a service academy as it does in other colleges -- but it only makes news when it happens at an academy. That doesn't mean that this isn't a serious issue. It is. But, sadly, it's a problem everywhere.</p>
<p>I'm sure Uncynical has a view on this. And I wouldn't be surprised if it was different than what I just posted.</p>
<p>I feel safer here than most places. I can walk out on the t-zo in the middle of the night by myself, and I don't feel threatened. I've never felt at risk. Outside the Academy I don't walk around in public places past dark by myself if I can avoid it, but here it's not an issue at all. It's actually a very good environment, and other women here and I have talked about it. I've never spoken with one who feels at risk. The crap that happened before was dealt with properly at first, that's why so many people were fired. They've changed reporting procedures a lot, making reporting easier, and we've all been briefed over and over and over again on how it's done. So don't worry, you'll be very safe here, just don't get yourself in bad situations like getting ridiculously drunk and stuff. Hope that helped!</p>