u/New_Crow_8125

I was charged $2,800 to fix roof leaks that had already caused interior damage. The roofer said the leaks were due to missing/incorrect flashing.

The area outlined in blue is what they repaired/replaced. From what I can tell, instead of installing proper flashing, they mostly just caulked everything. They also left a vent stack leaning against the shutter, cut the siding in half instead of removing and replacing it where they worked, and the vent/pipe penetrations don't look waterproof to me.

Am I missing something, or is this a hack job?

- Is the wall flashing installed correctly?
- Are the pipe flashings installed correctly?
- Does this look like a repair that will last, or is it likely to leak again?
- If you paid $2,800 for this, would you expect it to be redone?

I'm genuinely looking for opinions from experienced roofers. If I'm wrong, I'd appreciate being told why. If not, I'd like to understand exactly what was done incorrectly.

Hey everyone,

I’m a nontraditional applicant with a military and cybersecurity background. I’ve worked as a cyber engineer for the past 10 years and earned my undergraduate degree in Cybersecurity from a fully accredited pass/fail university.

Prior to military service, I attended a traditional state university for one year while working full-time and earned roughly a 3.1 GPA. During my final semester, I was placed on military orders and mishandled the withdrawal process. As a result, I received failing grades in several courses and my cumulative GPA from that school dropped to approximately 2.3. This occurred about 10 years ago, and the university has informed me that the record cannot be amended.

Afterward, I completed my bachelor’s degree while serving in the Air Force Reserve. Because the institution uses a pass/fail system, most of my undergraduate coursework does not have traditional GPA data associated with it.

More recently, I completed all of my medical school prerequisite courses at a local community college, earning a 3.9 science GPA. I also accumulated several hundred hours of clinical experience, in addition to medical training received through military service.

I scored a 512 MCAT.

Given my unusual academic history—a very poor GPA from a decade ago, a pass/fail bachelor’s degree, strong recent science performance, military service, and a competitive MCAT—what should I realistically expect during the application process?

Charged $2,800 to fix roof leaks. Is this flashing/roof repair as bad as I think it is?

What should my expectations be?