Guess this Intro can go here too...
(Disclaimer: Long post, make sure you have a few mins.)
Little late on this but I'm new here (well, been reading posts and such but just registered). I'll list my stats and include my bio in there with them.
Background info: 20 y/o hispanic female born in Long Beach, CA, moved around a lot but now call Chesapeake, VA home. I've wanted to fly since I was four and Dad took me to see my first air show (I'm a Daddy's girl
) Dad was a career marine who enlisted, went back to college and OCC and worked his way up to an 05 before retiring in 1995 when he didn't make 06. I want to fly F/A-18's or JSF's (according to my OSO, they will be training my flight classes and those ahead of me to begin flying these in 08...any thoughts/facts on this? I keep hearing a myriad of different things...) but my first choice was Harriers. However, out of respect for my mother's wishes, I've decided not to pursue flying that particular aircraft.
I'm appying for OCS 189 and my OSO is awesome and really helping me out on my app. as far as being on time with paperwork and making sure I'm aware of everything that's going on. I didn't have very good experiences with any of the other branches (Yes, I did check them out just to see other options though Dad was NOT supportive of this) and the AF recruiter here can blow me.
PFT- Not sure...ran track for Texas A&M until last Sept. and now work out on my own so I'm in pretty decent shape...yet I HATE running so run time is prob. in the range of 8 min miles..heh.. I pole vaulted and we don't run long distances...we just ran a lot of short stuff and lifted a ton of weights. SO, waiting to take that sometime soon.
School- Texas A&M - College Station (worst effing town in Texas...esp. if you don't drink). I came for track and got stuck because my major is kinda specific to a few schools that specialize in Agriculture. Shoulda gone to Tennessee GO VOLS! But I guess being an Aggie isn't so bad
GIG 'EM!
Major- was pre-med/Animal Science but switched to the easier option within my major to get the heck out without taking anymore Biology crap and having to graduate in Dec. Now I'm August 06. I hate Biology and will take Chem anyday of the week, and now all those Chem and Bio credits I have aren't worth crap but electives (and some have been creatively put in place of some other classes that I would have had to take)
GPA- 2.5...yeah it sucks but I got extremly sick last Sept, missed 2 weeks of O-Chem and some 300 & 400 level classes and got raped on finals. Oh well barely made it out of that one with a 2.0 and now I'm trying to dig myself outta this giant hole that goes to China.
ASVAB-didn't need to take
SAT- 1130 and decided that was good enough for me. Made 1080's first two times. Third try's the charm.
LOR- two 06's (Army Col. and Navy Capt.), 4 05's (one from my dad as an "other"), a Civilian working for Joint Forces Intel. Command in Norfolk (Mom, also an "other"), and I was lucky enough to work for NASA-Langley for a stint so my two bosses there, one Dean and one Associate Dean at TAMU, who also happened to be my prof. for a 100-level intro to something about Agriculture course at 8AM on Tuesday mornings that everyone slept though. Attendance was your one and only final grade which made things easy.
ASTB: we shall see as of this Friday. If I don't pass it on the first go round (God forbid) I'll contract Ground to go to 189 combined this summer then try to pass again and switch to Air. Even if I don't get Air (Although I'm determined as heck to) I would contract ground and go Intel (hopefully) as the Marines is something I've wanted for a long long time.
Hobbies: I have a motorcycle that I wrecked (slid off a curve on some gravel) and though it looks like crap, it still runs and gets me around to and from classes. Mom and Dad still think it's my friend Jim's old bike...and technically it is since he bought a new one; they just don't know that I bought it off of him. When the weather is nice here (like 75 in Feb.) I take it for rides in between studying, caring for the menagerie and classes.
I also have horses down here (used to ride and show Arabians and 1/2 Arabians) as well but am liquidating and sending the three life-time members of the family to a trusted friend in Houston where they'll probably live out the rest of their lives. Have two pups that are both rescues (see where the animal science part is coming in?) One is a pit bull I found when she was 4 weeks old (now just turned ~2 years and is the best dog ever) and the other is an ex-research lab/hound mix I adopted @ 4 months old (she will be three the day PLC combined starts in June) from the TAMU research division (which is probably the cause of her selective hearing problem). Both are avid swimmers, one is a chicken killer (the pitty... I love her because I can't stand chickens) and both are furniture comfort level testers. They also love to go for long walks and chew up expensive dog toys, underwear and anything that comes within a foot of their crate while they are occupying it.
I also started to fly back in HS, but ran out of money and it was either the flying lessons or the horse and school sports and I chose the latter. Pole vaulting for TAMU used to be my thing until I realized that it was either that or my grades and flying career (after I got sick) and quit last Oct. Now I go back home on vacation and vault occasionally with my old high school coach. Never really did anything in college track...ripped pretty much all the ligaments in my R-ankle twice after my freshman indoor season, and the second round required surgery to scrape them down since there was a massive amt. of scar tissue buildup and I was having problems running w/o pain. Once they got in there, they found a large bone spur that didn't show up on MRI's and now I'm pain free. So I never really did anything as far as competition goes, though I did compete and in the end after what I went through for them, the coaches screwed me over anyhow. Got my waiver from MEPS for the surgery, so I'm good to go there.
Dad also bought me a pistol (Springfield XD .40 ) which I enjoy shooting at the range when I go home, as he won't let me bring it back to TX until I'm 21 (Nov.). If anyone is looking into buying a handgun, these are some of the nicest that I've shot that are really pretty affordable.
Anyhow, sorry for the long post, I like reading about other people's backgrounds so I included mine in here. It's also about 130AM and I'm taking a break from my bi/tr-weekly all-day/nighters that accompany my school schedule and attempting to stay away from it as long as possible.