January 2021 Board

[JDM21 1]

Good Morning everyone,

Currently submitted for the January 2021 Board, and looking forward to selection results. Hoping to get a good thread going here so everyone can get a good idea of where they're at. Good luck everyone!

Age: 18

Flight Physical: Stamped, No Waivers

GT: 130 

AFQT: 93

SIFT: 58

Flight Hours: 5 Rotary Wing, PPL course

ACFT/OPAT: No ACFT taken for S2S, Heavy on OPAT

Education: High School Diploma With High Honors 3.86, Technical School for EMT, Deferred enrollment for University 

LORS: Fire Captain, Fire Chief, Police officer, EMS Pilot  & (RET.) CW2 Pilot and Ft. Rucker Flight Instructor, Family Friend, Flight IP from flight school

Prior Service: None

Thoughts on chances? Any critiques or insight is appreciated. No BN interview for me, curious to see if anyone else had one. Once again good luck to all!

[DOBBERS 3]

20 hours ago, JDM21 said:

Good Morning everyone,

Currently submitted for the January 2021 Board, and looking forward to selection results. Hoping to get a good thread going here so everyone can get a good idea of where they're at. Good luck everyone!

Age: 18

Flight Physical: Stamped, No Waivers

GT: 130 

AFQT: 93

SIFT: 58

Flight Hours: 5 Rotary Wing, PPL course

ACFT/OPAT: No ACFT taken for S2S, Heavy on OPAT

Education: High School Diploma With High Honors 3.86, Technical School for EMT, Deferred enrollment for University 

LORS: Fire Captain, Fire Chief, Police officer, EMS Pilot  & (RET.) CW2 Pilot and Ft. Rucker Flight Instructor, Family Friend, Flight IP from flight school

Prior Service: None

Thoughts on chances? Any critiques or insight is appreciated. No BN interview for me, curious to see if anyone else had one. Once again good luck to all!

The scores that you do have look pretty good. You have probably already done so, but make 100% sure there is no requirement for an APFT/ACFT score (I’m not sure where they are with phasing the ACFT in). You can see on the previous forums the S2Srs have all of their fitness scores listed, and I’ve been told that is a major part of the packet being boarded. The only thing I can see possibly holding you back is your age. Don’t let it discourage you from applying again if you don’t get selected your first or second board. You can knock out some college courses and finish your pilot license to bolster your resume if that ends up being the case.

I’m curious to see if you make it. 

Good luck!

[JDM21 1]

25 minutes ago, DOBBERS said:

The scores that you do have look pretty good. You have probably already done so, but make 100% sure there is no requirement for an APFT/ACFT score (I’m not sure where they are with phasing the ACFT in). You can see on the previous forums the S2Srs have all of their fitness scores listed, and I’ve been told that is a major part of the packet being boarded. The only thing I can see possibly holding you back is your age. Don’t let it discourage you from applying again if you don’t get selected your first or second board. You can knock out some college courses and finish your pilot license to bolster your resume if that ends up being the case.

I’m curious to see if you make it. 

Good luck!

Thank you for the feedback sir, I definitely will double check with my recruiter about the ACFT. For the time being I am going to keep a positive attitude for the current board, but if it doesn’t work out, I’ll finish up my PPL and get some college under my belt and try again. Thank you sir once again.

[Slychicken 2]

Civilian/Street to Seat, Active Duty 

Age: 25

SIFT: 63

ASVAB: 98

GT: 136

Flight physical: stamped, no waivers

OPAT: heavy 

Education: 61 credit hours, applied for graduation, AS

Flight hours: ~350 Fixed wing CFI/CFII/MEI 

LORS: CW5, CW3, Lt. Col Army, ret. coast guard 0-5 DPE, Maj. Army  

Waivers: moral(speeding tickets)

 

[ape0922 1]

 

Active duty (12N) E-5

Age: 32

TIS: 5 yrs

SIFT: 66

GT: 130

APFT: 288

Flight physical: stamped, 1 waiver

OPAT: heavy 

Education: 67 credit hours

Flight hours: None

LORS: CW4, LTC, CPT

Received board ready status 11 Jan. First submission and I'm excited and nervous at the same time. These next couple weeks will be excruciating. 

[JNF 1]

Active duty (18D) E-7

Age: 31

TIS: 7.5 yrs

SIFT: 67

GT: 130

APFT: 295

Flight physical: stamped, 0 waivers

OPAT: heavy 

Education: B.S. in Biology, 9 credit hours towards M.S. in Homeland Security Studies

Flight hours: None

LORS: CW5, LTC, MAJ

Received board ready status 17 Dec. First time packet submission. Good luck to everyone!

[Alex P 1]

Hope to see successful selections from you all including myself. Good Luck! This is my second look.

[J30 1]

23 hours ago, Alex P said:

Hope to see successful selections from you all including myself. Good Luck! This is my second look.

What did you change from your first board? It's my second look as well. I went from only letters from significant civilians to 4 letters from higher ranking officers plus one really good civilian letter. My scores are competitive so I'm hopeful, but the wait has been brutal!

Good luck to everyone!

[Alex P 1]

Hey, I also worked on improving my LOR's. I was able to receive two from MG's a W5 and 2 from my employment. Not much else I could improve because my scores are permanent and the most you can score on the OPAT is heavy. Good Luck, maybe we will see each other in the near future.