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The "all around" candidate

dave02392

Member
Been seeing a lot of responses on both sides of the argument that the " all around" person and how that helps in pilot selection.
Age: 25
Education: Currently 2nd semester of junior year. Economics major, Business minor.
GPA: 2.7

Marine Corps prior enlisted
6153 CH-53E airframes (AM Navy rate)
Left active duty as an E-5

Additional info:
Volunteer Firefighter/EMT since I left active duty.
Play D3 ACHA Ice Hockey.


Still have some time to improve my GPA before graduation but was just looking for some insight on how much of an effect prior service, volunteering, and sports will help me out?

So far it sounds like my best bet at this point is to do well on the ASTB, so any advice/comments/harsh words are much appreciated.

Thanks!
 

Meyerkord

Well-Known Member
pilot
The "whole person" aspect really only comes into play as a tiebreaker. The biggest factor for becoming a pilot is hands-down your ASTB score, followed by your GPA. Not much else matters, at least currently, especially because the selection boards are starting to auto-select people with good enough scores without even looking at the rest of their application.
 

FormerRecruitingGuru

Making Recruiting Great Again
For aviation, ASTB is key. Boards don’t care about your prior service (unless there’s anything adverse), extra curricular activities, etc etc.

Search around the forums to see stats of those who were selected.
 

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But I have not <been in the Navy>.
 
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