joshuaphill822
FY10 NFO selectee
Well after searching around on the web I found this site when looking on stuff about STA-21. Im currently a MM3 and just want to hear about any useful tips and where I can start, deadline, etc... thanks and good luck to everyone applying this year...
I got selected this year as a first time applicant for the NFO option and couldn't agree more about reading the instruction and website until you are the SME on the STA-21 program. The 1420.1 is under revision as it says on the STA-21 website, so if things differ between the website and instruction go with what the website says. The navadmin announcing the FY11 cycle won't be out for a couple of months, and that will have some specifics on deadlines and requirements, etc. But if you want to start now, some things to think about are: have you taken ACT/SAT in the past three years of the application deadline. If not, it's never too early to get a study guide and start prepping for that. If you are thinking about applying to the Pilot or NFO option, study/schedule/take the ASTB, and do well on it. Its not a hard test if you put in the time to study for it. If I remember correctly there are only three versions of the ASTB and the study guides you'll find are very similar to what you'll find on the test. FWIW I used the ARCO study guide. And finally, learn how to use the Search function on this website, lots of good gouge here. Good luck and feel free to PM me if you have any other questions.