banjosquirrel
Well-Known Member
Hello!
I've been lurking on this forum for a bit and find it extremely helpful, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a college senior at a fairly prestigious liberal arts college in Tennessee, and I'm double majoring in Biology and Russian. I have around a 3.3ish GPA, although I'm not completely sure how to calculate it, as my university doesn't count my grades from when I studied in Saint Petersburg, Russia last semester and I had a 4.0 in my classes there.
Anyway, after studying abroad I realized that I'd been taking being an American for granted for pretty much my entire life, and now that I have some perspective I really want to serve the country. The Navy seems to be the way to go for me. I'm also talking to the Air Force, but at this point I feel that I'm more suited for the Navy and that especially my Russian skills would be of more use there. I'm in touch with a recruiter but so far he's not been great about answering all my questions. I took the OAR and scored a 64, and I'm not interested in any aviation paths.
My reason for posting here now is to get some guidance from you all. My recruiter seems to think that my best match for an officer would be to apply to Intel, but since that is extremely competitive I'd rather not put all my eggs in that basket. I was hoping for some guidance regarding other areas I should consider applying to. Also, I'm wondering if I should retake the OAR, as I was very unprepared for it when I took it, and a lot of the math I'm sure I missed is stuff I could quickly remember if I study a bit first.
I really think I could benefit the Navy, and I believe that by joining I'd be not only serving my country but bettering myself. I really hope that I will be accepted to OCS and if I am, I wish to start as soon as possible after I graduate in May. Tomorrow I'm meeting my recruiter to get some preliminary medical forms signed so he can get me into MEPs (which he said is the next step) and I'm going to start getting LORs together.
Thanks in advance for any advice, and best to you all!
I've been lurking on this forum for a bit and find it extremely helpful, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a college senior at a fairly prestigious liberal arts college in Tennessee, and I'm double majoring in Biology and Russian. I have around a 3.3ish GPA, although I'm not completely sure how to calculate it, as my university doesn't count my grades from when I studied in Saint Petersburg, Russia last semester and I had a 4.0 in my classes there.
Anyway, after studying abroad I realized that I'd been taking being an American for granted for pretty much my entire life, and now that I have some perspective I really want to serve the country. The Navy seems to be the way to go for me. I'm also talking to the Air Force, but at this point I feel that I'm more suited for the Navy and that especially my Russian skills would be of more use there. I'm in touch with a recruiter but so far he's not been great about answering all my questions. I took the OAR and scored a 64, and I'm not interested in any aviation paths.
My reason for posting here now is to get some guidance from you all. My recruiter seems to think that my best match for an officer would be to apply to Intel, but since that is extremely competitive I'd rather not put all my eggs in that basket. I was hoping for some guidance regarding other areas I should consider applying to. Also, I'm wondering if I should retake the OAR, as I was very unprepared for it when I took it, and a lot of the math I'm sure I missed is stuff I could quickly remember if I study a bit first.
I really think I could benefit the Navy, and I believe that by joining I'd be not only serving my country but bettering myself. I really hope that I will be accepted to OCS and if I am, I wish to start as soon as possible after I graduate in May. Tomorrow I'm meeting my recruiter to get some preliminary medical forms signed so he can get me into MEPs (which he said is the next step) and I'm going to start getting LORs together.
Thanks in advance for any advice, and best to you all!