I will have to defer the CSPI questions as I don't know too much about the program. My understanding is you must be at a 25% minority or more school but if you are really interested I would find someone who is responsible for recruiting for the program. If you aren't in one of those schools, you can still apply for OCS. The only difference is that you don't have a guarantee for flight school. But if you are dedicated and meet the criteria in OCS, you probably have just as good of a chance ans anyone else.
Platform selection is a bit different. Generally most want helicopters and that is where most of our billets are so there is not a whole lot of competition. But yes performance and needs do come into play. However, I was just having a discussion with a friend of mine and when he went through, all of the students were brought together and told to work out who was going to get what slot and then bring back their answer and their requests were honored.
As for needing tech degrees, I don't know where you read that, but I would have to disagree. I know pilots with teaching degrees, Liberal Arts degrees, and I even know one who was a philosophy major. The wardroom is sure a lot more fun that way too.
Platform selection is a bit different. Generally most want helicopters and that is where most of our billets are so there is not a whole lot of competition. But yes performance and needs do come into play. However, I was just having a discussion with a friend of mine and when he went through, all of the students were brought together and told to work out who was going to get what slot and then bring back their answer and their requests were honored.
As for needing tech degrees, I don't know where you read that, but I would have to disagree. I know pilots with teaching degrees, Liberal Arts degrees, and I even know one who was a philosophy major. The wardroom is sure a lot more fun that way too.
