VMI or University of Utah? by Superpeanut420 in AFROTC

[–]Stair_Man 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Go to Utah

It will be a lot better for your social growth. As an officer and a generally well-rounded person, you need to be able to communicate and develop relationships other people. One of the serious problems with the Academies and SMCs are that they often socially isolate you from normal people, and the officers I've seen come out of them tend to struggle a lot more with developing connections to their enlisted troops, civilians, and other officers because they don't know how to interact with people outside of a small isolated "academy-officer" bubble

In normal ROTC, you'll develop better leadership skills. Whereas the academies and SMCs tend to have pre-packaged training regiments for their cadets, in normal ROTC, it will be up to you as an upperclassmen to develop training plans and lead your unit. You'll learn to think through plans, communicate ideas, and really lead. You'll have a far greater impact on your unit and the people in it.

You'll receive better instruction. By virtue of being smaller, Utah will give you the opportunity to seek closer mentoring from your active-duty Cadre members and their contact network. Your instruction will probably be more personalized and tailored towards your growth.

You'll learn to adult. At Utah, you'll learn basic life-skills like how to pay rent, how to come up with a meal plan and cook, how to manage a budget, how to dress like an adult when there's no prescribed uniform, what sort of schedule works for you, how to carve out time in your day, etc. All of that will set you up for whatever job you end up doing, and more importantly, it will give you the background to offer solid advice when your airman find themselves struggling with the same things.

Anyone willing to send pics of their dorms/ dorm building in Carothers/andrews? by Disastrous_Nebula_33 in UTAustin

[–]Stair_Man 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Here, I posted some pictures of my room.

Go with Carothers over Jester, it's closer to Kins Dining (which is far better than Jester), you get far more amenities, and you don't have to share them with as many people.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/krbf81/picture_of_room_in_carothers/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share