Originally Posted by
CheyDogFlies
UPT slots are in constant flux. You have to figure out what number ROTC will be offering in 4 yrs and what USAFA will be offering. Almost impossible to tell.
Story time--In the early 90s UCLA was getting MAYBE 1 UPT slot per year. Are you going to be the #1 guy in your ROTC unit? How many seniors in that ROTC unit 4 yrs from now? 10 or 100? What school are your odds better at making # 1 for that UPT slot? Is USAFA giving 400 slots out of 900? Will your ROTC unit even get that 1 slot? Maybe no slots for them that year. Constant flux and difficult decisions to make.
Can't speak to current conditions, but at least in the last decade its seems moderately competitive candidates got Pilot Slots, or were Alternates who ended up with a Pilot Slot. Having to be the #1 guy in class to get to UPT hasn't been the norm (3-4 guys per class more like it). I'm just poking fun at Zoomies, but if he wants to go I don't see why he feels he needs to go to OSU first.
What he should not do is go neither ROTC or USAFA, then try to get an Active Duty OTS slot. Unless he decides he wants to go Guard/Reserve street hire, he should do something soon.