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RGONZA14

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Hello everyone. I started putting a package together a couple of months ago and I was hoping that you all could give me your opinions on my prospects. Here's a little bit about me.

Intel/SWO applicant
Age: 24
Current Occupation: Legal analyst for Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Undergrad GPA: 3.5 (BA in Political Science--from tier 1 school if that makes a difference)
OAR: 50
LORs: 3 supervisors, 1 professor, 2 Army O5 JAG officers
College extracurriculars: over 100+ hours of volunteer work for multiple non-profit organizations helping disadvantaged youth, president of 2 clubs, resident assistant/head resident assistant, senior interviewer, national security intern for think tank in DC, summer clerk for district court house
Post college extracurriculars: office softball league, fundraised and biked 25 miles for blind children 2 summers in a row for church group, completed 30 day sailing and backpacking Outward Bound course in Maine

No criminal record
No tattoos
No prior military experience
No medical waivers

Any feedback or advice on how to make my package stronger would be greatly appreciated!
 
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FormerRecruitingGuru

FormerRecruitingGuru

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RGONZA14 said:
Hello everyone. I started putting a package together a couple of months ago and I was hoping that you all could give me your opinions on my prospects. Here's a little bit about me.

Intel/SWO applicant
Age: 24
Current Occupation: Legal analyst for Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Undergrad GPA: 3.5 (BA in Political Science--from tier 1 school if that makes a difference)
OAR: 50
LORs: 3 supervisors, 1 professor, 2 Army O5 JAG officers
College extracurriculars: over 100+ hours of volunteer work for multiple non-profit organizations helping disadvantaged youth, president of 2 clubs, resident assistant/head resident assistant, senior interviewer, national security intern for think tank in DC, summer clerk for district court house
Post college extracurriculars: office softball league, fundraised and biked 25 miles for blind children 2 summers in a row for church group, completed 30 day sailing and backpacking Outward Bound course in Maine

No criminal record
No tattoos
No prior military experience
No medical waivers

Any feedback or advice on how to make my package stronger would be greatly appreciated!
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Intel wants STEM majors over liberal arts (about 60-70%) so already you're at a disadvantage. The GPA and OAR are okay but nothing that sticks out. You have a better chance with SWO than you do with Intel.
 
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RGONZA14

Active Member
RUFiO181 said:
Intel wants STEM majors over liberal arts (about 60-70%) so already you're at a disadvantage. The GPA and OAR are okay but nothing that sticks out. You have a better chance with SWO than you do with Intel.
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I appreciate the feedback. Thank you.
 
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SWOMan

Well-Known Member
RGONZA14 said:
Hello everyone. I started putting a package together a couple of months ago and I was hoping that you all could give me your opinions on my prospects. Here's a little bit about me.

Intel/SWO applicant
Age: 24
Current Occupation: Legal analyst for Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Undergrad GPA: 3.5 (BA in Political Science--from tier 1 school if that makes a difference)
OAR: 50
LORs: 3 supervisors, 1 professor, 2 Army O5 JAG officers
College extracurriculars: over 100+ hours of volunteer work for multiple non-profit organizations helping disadvantaged youth, president of 2 clubs, resident assistant/head resident assistant, senior interviewer, national security intern for think tank in DC, summer clerk for district court house
Post college extracurriculars: office softball league, fundraised and biked 25 miles for blind children 2 summers in a row for church group, completed 30 day sailing and backpacking Outward Bound course in Maine

No criminal record
No tattoos
No prior military experience
No medical waivers

Any feedback or advice on how to make my package stronger would be greatly appreciated!
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you need to bump up your OAR. Coming from a tier 1 university, like harvard or NYU in your case, you should be able to score higher than a 50 if you want intel. We had one kid in my class that went intel. Came from an elite liberal arts college, but his OAR was like a 68-72 score range. Study again and focus hard. Also know that you have a better chance of moving from a different community into intel once you are working. Ex. the LT CMDR at OCS was an NFO and moved into the intel community at some point.
 
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RGONZA14

Active Member
SWOMan said:
you need to bump up your OAR. Coming from a tier 1 university, like harvard or NYU in your case, you should be able to score higher than a 50 if you want intel. We had one kid in my class that went intel. Came from an elite liberal arts college, but his OAR was like a 68-72 score range. Study again and focus hard. Also know that you have a better chance of moving from a different community into intel once you are working. Ex. the LT CMDR at OCS was an NFO and moved into the intel community at some point.
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Thanks for the feedback! Do you think my stats look good for SWO?
 
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SWOMan

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NavyOffRec said:
last SWO board was only like 30% selection........
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my recruiting station i was helping at over oharp told me they had a big push for trying to find swo candidates. doesn't mean a lot will get selected, but not a bad sign for this candidate.
 
Bravo Kilo

Bravo Kilo

Active Member
Just posting to ask if I would be competitive for a Cyber Warfare Engineer slot.

My package is in for SNA/SNFO already for the April board, nothing has changed there, but I'm curious if for any reason that doesn't pan out I have a shot at CWE also.

Age 28
Computer Science BS
GPA 2.99
ATSB: 57 6/6/5
Prior USAF E-5

Do CWEs have as low selection rates as Intel officers?
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
Bravo Kilo said:
Just posting to ask if I would be competitive for a Cyber Warfare Engineer slot.

My package is in for SNA/SNFO already for the April board, nothing has changed there, but I'm curious if for any reason that doesn't pan out I have a shot at CWE also.

Age 28
Computer Science BS
GPA 2.99
ATSB: 57 6/6/5
Prior USAF E-5

Do CWEs have as low selection rates as Intel officers?
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nope, CWE has specific colleges they will pick from, and they have in the past not filled all their spots because they didn't find ones they wanted to select.
 
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