The Air Force Academy candidate book
Subtitle: how to prepare, how to get in, how to survive
By: William L. Smallwood.
Publisher: Beacon Books
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Litchfield Park, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: United States Air Force Academy -- Admission.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTION, THE MILITARY INSTITUTION, TEN GRADUATES: WHAT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY DID FOR ME, HOW TO PREPARE, MENTAL PREPARATION IS ESSENTIAL, WHY YOU SHOULD EXPECT ACADEMIC SHOCK, WHAT THE PROFESSORS SAY ABOUT ACADEMIC SHOCK, HOW TO PREPARE PHYSICALLY, OTHER TYPES OF PREPARATION, HOW TO GET IN, THE FIRST STEP: APPLYING TO THE ACADEMY, THE SECOND STEP: GETTING THE NOMINATION, TIPS FROM CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS, INTERVIEWS: WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO ASK YOU, INTERVIEWS: HOW YOU SHOULD CONDUCT YOURSELF, ALTERNATE ROUTES TO THE ACADEMY, HOW TO SURVIVE, THE RUGGED DOOLIE YEAR, SURVIVAL ADVICE FROM THE DOOLIES, SURVIVAL ADVICE FROM THE UPPERCLASSMEN, GETTING ALONG WITH CLASSMATES AND ROOMMATES, THE FEMALE CADET, WOMEN GRADUATES GIVE SURVIVAL ADVICE, ACADEMIC SURVIVAL, LIVING WITH THE HONOR CODE, REACH OUT FOR HELP, ADVICE FOR PARENTS.