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Posting this for anyone else stuck dealing with Air University/CCAF transcripts, because getting a time-sensitive transcript issue resolved has been incredibly difficult.

In my case, Air University sent my school another student’s transcript instead of mine, and I have an enrollment deadline coming up. I opened a FAS ticket and have been trying every avenue I can find. After a lot of digging and calling around, these are the contacts I found:

CCAF / Transcript Office:
334-649-5066
Fax: 334-649-5107

Sonja Boles — Air University Registrar:
334-953-0100
Chad Williams — Air University Registrar:
334-953-4701

Tip for reaching an actual person:
Call 334-649-5066 and press 4 for the directory. It will let you search for employees by entering their last name, then first name, and may connect you directly to their extension.

For example, Christine Ross works adjacent to the Registrar’s office, and entering ROSS CHRISTINE got me through to her.

You can also ask ChatGPT to find the current Air University Registrar leadership, then try entering those names into the directory. This can be useful if you have a legitimate, time-sensitive issue and aren’t getting anywhere through the normal FAS process.

I’m sharing these because most of the publicly available guidance routes you through FAS, and that can be frustrating when you have an actual deadline and need to speak with someone.

For context, Air University has centralized its registrar/transcript functions, and FAS is now the official system for submitting and tracking registrar inquiries. So I’d still recommend opening a FAS ticket first and having the ticket number ready when you call. Mine is already open; I’m using these numbers specifically to try to get a time-sensitive existing case escalated.

Hopefully this saves someone else hours of searching.
If any of these numbers/roles change, comment and I’ll update the post.

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?