Navy Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program

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    Navy Officer Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program
    Navy Officer Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program – Qualified applicants can earn approximately $18,000 per year in salary plus full medical and dental benefits while finishing their degree. Upon completion of the bachelor’s degree, graduates then attend the 13 week Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida where they earn a commission as a Naval Officer.

    If you’re a civilian or enlisted inactive reservist of any armed service working toward your bachelor’s degree, the Navy’s Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program (BDCP) could give you the financial boost you need to complete your college degree requirements-and help you become a Naval Reserve officer at the same time.

    As a member of the program you will:

    Be in active duty status;
    Receive a full salary, benefits, and allowances;
    Continue your college education.
    You’ll pay for your tuition, books and other school-related expenses while completing your bachelor’s degree. No uniform requirements apply until after graduation.
    Technical majors such as mathematics, science and engineering are highly desired, but students in most curricular are eligible for BDCP.

    To apply for the Navy’s BDCP, you must:

    Be a U.S. Citizen;
    Be at least 18 but not more than 34 before degree completion. (Most officer programs have lower age requirements.);
    Meet Navy physical standards;
    Have a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of at least 2.7 on a 4.0 scale;
    Be enrolled in or accepted for transfer to regionally accredited four-year college or university with at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter-hours of accredited college or university credit.
    Qualified applicants may be accepted into most officer communities, including surface warfare, aviation, SEAL, explosive ordnance disposal, supply, aeronautical maintenance duty, intelligence, cryptology, or oceanography.
    If you’re selected for the BDCP, you must:

    Complete college as a full-time student as soon as possible;
    Maintain a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA or higher if required by the specific officer community for which selected;
    Report your college grades to the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command after completing each semester or quarter;
    Complete requirements for a bachelor’s degree according to a previously approved degree completion plan.
    After earning your bachelor’s degree in BDCP, you’ll be enrolled in the next available Officer Candidate School (OCS) class in Pensacola, Florida. Classes last about 13 weeks.
    Upon successful completion of OCS, you’ll be commissioned an officer in the Naval Reserve.

    As a selectee, your service obligation is four years of active duty, then four years in an inactive status unless otherwise required by your officer community. Candidates who leave the program before commissioning (for any reason other than medical) must serve two years of active duty in an enlisted status.
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  2. DDriver Registered User

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    Hi!
    I am an enlisted guys on terminal leave and will be attending school soon. Can I use my GI Bill and apply - and use BDCP scholarship fund/s(if accepted)?
    Thanks.
    DDriver, May 25, 2003
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    Yes. I have been in BDCP for over 2 years, so when I was eligible to use my MGIB I went through the process and got a nice extra chunk of change every month. The BDCP is like being on active duty (it actually is active duty) b/c you get your insurance, salary, BAH and food allowances. So, yes you can use both.

    JR
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    I agree with JR.

    I used my GI bill money and it was great. I also did VA work study on campus at UF. You are can do VA work study when youre approved for the GI Bill. It was a good $500-600 extra a month for not a whole lot of work. If your using your GI Bill, then ask you VA rep office at your school about VA Work Study.

    Dave
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    Thanks JR and DAVE!

    DAVE: How many hours per week (min and max) is allowed for work study?
    It sure helped you financially - however - I am going back to complete my engineering degree. Oh well, work study = extra money. A buddy of mine (another Ex-squid) advised me to apply for unemployment. I will used it for summer school. Sponged up the system..he he he.

    JR: Do you get extra allowance - for your spouse off course "in case you get married" while going to school?

    Godbless and Cheers!
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    I'm not sure if you get an extra allowance...are you talking about BAH? You get a little bit more. D_Mac is a user on this forum...look him up and email him and ask him as he's in the same program and got married while in it.

    JR
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  7. D_mac05 Foxtrot Driver

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    Yes,

    DDriver you do get more allowance for BAH and BAS while you are married, rather than if you are single. I can't remember how much more (differs with pay grade) but it is definately a couple hundred dollars per month more.

    D
    D_mac05, May 27, 2003
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    Can I join BDCP if I already have a bachelor's degree?
    Daedalus, Jun 3, 2003
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    Daedalus,

    Unfortunately only those persons w/o a 4-year degree can apply for BDCP.

    Sorry! :-

    IS2(SCW)

    http://www.geocities.com/califchick1175/USN/navy.html
    WFU2USN, Jun 3, 2003
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    Are their any restrictions as to what college that you go to assuming it is a 4-year one? Where mentioned that qualifed applicants can be accepted into officer communities such as aviation, could elaborate more on that?
    jn99_2000, Jun 11, 2003
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    You can go to any 4-year accredited college. It isn't really a scholarship. You are considered active duty and get paid to finish school. Any school will do. You apply to a specific program, Pilot, Intell, SWO, etc through a regular officer programs recruiter. The BDCP process has changes a little in the last several months. If you apply for a program and are accepted and have time left before graduating, you will automaticly be considered for BDCP for those months left in school. The program you applied for is quarenteed when you graduate. If they don't offer BDCP because money is short, grades too low or whatever, the job offer on graduating remains. You can turn it down at that point if you were only willing to accept if the big money was there in school.
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    You will only get accepted for BDCP if you go to UF.

    Go Gators!!

    Dave
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    Are pilot slots in the Navy or Air Force more competitive
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    How competitive is the BDCP? According to the Admin post you only need 30 credit hours to apply,however the Officer Recruiter I talked to said you need to be within two years of graduation to apply. roughly 68 college credits. Which one is accurate? the 30 credits or the 68 credits?
    dino93, Jun 23, 2003
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    The number of credits depends on whether you're going for a technical or non-technical degree. With a technical degree you can get 36 months, hence with 30 credits, you should be 1/4 of the way to graduation.

    With non-technical, you need to have two years or less left.

    And it is quite competitive.
    cyphertube, Jun 23, 2003
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    thanks for the info cyphertube :)are you currently in the program?
    dino93, Jun 23, 2003
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    I'm not in... yet.

    I've pretty much got all the paperwork done, barring one last vision check, another copy of my transcript, and my PRT. My recruiter thinks I have a pretty good shot since I'm going for intelligence with a double-major, a GPA of 3.71, OAR 65, management experience, and letters of reference showing my ability to adapt to foreign countries and new environments.

    I'm 26, I've worked as an IT developer and project manager with absolutely no formal training in tech. Apparently, that sounds pretty darn good on the whole-person thing.
    cyphertube, Jun 24, 2003
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    Thats great cyphertube!! I believe I will be trying for the Intel area as well. However, I am little concerned because my Major is Criminal Justice. I do have a 3.8 GPA and a lot of management experience. My age window is a little tighter than yours because I am 28. I am finding that most communities have a lower age limit so I am limited on what designation I can go into. I still have about a year before I can start the BDCP paperwork march. Let me know how your application goes and if you have any tips it would be appreciated.
    dino93, Jun 24, 2003
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    yeah the age limit is a bear, with aviation the rumor is, that they can only convince you to land on a dark moving platform in the middle of the night up to a certain point, then the stupidity of youth wears off

    <insert something witty here:>
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    Yeah this age thing is really starting to tick me off. I am only qualified for three officer communities because of my age. Though Intel and Crypto sound cool I was really hoping for SWO or Subs. Of course, I would pretty much do anything the Navy wanted because of this BDCP. :)No other job is willing to pay me to go to school and offer me a cool job.
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    BDCP is a great program. I bought a new truck and a dirt bike, and all I have to do is sit on my ass assured that (providing I finish OCS and pass NAMI) I'll be an officer in the Navy and a pilot. I was blessed to get in when I did because I've heard there are no more slots until the end of this year. There really aren't any catches to the program. My friends, military and civilian, cannot believe the deal that I have going for me. If you can get in, take it. Military experience is invaluable in life and you will also not feel bad while you're behind a desk regretting never being part of the world's number 1 Navy power. Good luck to all.
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    hey my name is learlino bluitt and I took the astb on august 23 but I came up 6 points short my recruiter didn't tell me to prepare for math like I should can anyone help me outon math or remember anything? I am a crim. justice major and my gpa is 3.3 and I am going for supply or intell my email address is dubugg2@yahoo.com and I get off active duty nov 3
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    Hmmm...good thing I already graduated. I guess I'll use the rest of my MGIB money for grad. school =)

    JR

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