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12 APR 17 SNA/SNFO Board

Lincoln Boyd

Lincoln Boyd

SNA
I am currently a Teach for America teacher and will finish up teaching at the end of May. The earliest I'd be available for OCS would be June and I specified that in my kit for this board. From perusing through board threads, I've noticed that a lot of pro rec, finsel, and OCS dates are closely dated. Since mine would be somewhat spaced out, does this hurt my kit?
 
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koliver

Well-Known Member
Lincoln Boyd said:
I am currently a Teach for America teacher and will finish up teaching at the end of May. The earliest I'd be available for OCS would be June and I specified that in my kit for this board. From perusing through board threads, I've noticed that a lot of pro rec, finsel, and OCS dates are closely dated. Since mine would be somewhat spaced out, does this hurt my kit?
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I don't think it's a problem. I'm graduating in May and have other commitments after graduating so I wouldn't be able to leave until June 1. My recruiter was trying to push me to change my availability date for right after graduating but I didn't change it.
 
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Buster95

Active Member
pilot
Lincoln Boyd said:
I am currently a Teach for America teacher and will finish up teaching at the end of May. The earliest I'd be available for OCS would be June and I specified that in my kit for this board. From perusing through board threads, I've noticed that a lot of pro rec, finsel, and OCS dates are closely dated. Since mine would be somewhat spaced out, does this hurt my kit?
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It shouldn't. I graduate in December 2017 and got a pro-rec from the last board. The earliest I can go to OCS is in about 10 months. As of now, you can apply a year out from graduating. I've seen a couple of people on this site do the same as I did with no issue.
 
msv123

msv123

MVaughn123
How critical are the DD-370 professional references? Only one of my references has completed the form and my recruiter said if the other two don't send it soon, he's just going to submit the package with the one reference. Just wanted to get a third party opinion on how that affects the kit.
 
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DingleFritzer

Member
msv123 said:
How critical are the DD-370 professional references? Only one of my references has completed the form and my recruiter said if the other two don't send it soon, he's just going to submit the package with the one reference. Just wanted to get a third party opinion on how that affects the kit.
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My recruiter told me the LORs don't really matter anymore.
 
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Hammer10k

Hammer10k

Well-Known Member
pilot
DingleFritzer said:
My recruiter told me the LORs don't really matter anymore.
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The LORs might not be the make or break but I'd really press your submitters to get the forms done. You're competing over limited spots so who knows how a board would look at identical scores when one candidate has three references and the other has one.

The ASTB-E and flight aptitude scores are definitely the most important factor for your package (considering you have a good GPA and stayed out of trouble). The ASTB-E can be improved upon with a thorough run through of the Barron's study guide (among others) and consider tutoring if math isn't your strong suit. For the flight aptitude portion, I found playing video games around the time of the test really helped my reaction time.
 
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DingleFritzer

Member
Hammer10k said:
The LORs might not be the make or break but I'd really press your submitters to get the forms done. You're competing over limited spots so who knows how a board would look at identical scores when one candidate has three references and the other has one.

The ASTB-E and flight aptitude scores are definitely the most important factor for your package (considering you have a good GPA and stayed out of trouble). The ASTB-E can be improved upon with a thorough run through of the Barron's study guide (among others) and consider tutoring if math isn't your strong suit. For the flight aptitude portion, I found playing video games around the time of the test really helped my reaction time.
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I appreciate the advice; I have five LORs so I'm pretty comfortable with that. I was just stating that my OR shares the same sentiment as his/hers.

I've also heard switching your controls to inverted helps with joystick portion. Hopefully I won't have to test that out and retake though haha.
 
Hammer10k

Hammer10k

Well-Known Member
pilot
DingleFritzer said:
I appreciate the advice; I have five LORs so I'm pretty comfortable with that. I was just stating that my OR shares the same sentiment as his/hers.

I've also heard switching your controls to inverted helps with joystick portion. Hopefully I won't have to test that out and retake though haha.
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I hadn't heard about the switching inverted but that would make sense. The inverted-ness of the controls threw me off at first. I only took it once (thankfully), but for anyone who has access or can find a cheap joystick and program that would help for practice, I'd highly recommend it. The whole test is so whacky that getting used to the controls and switches is half the battle.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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DingleFritzer said:
I appreciate the advice; I have five LORs so I'm pretty comfortable with that. I was just stating that my OR shares the same sentiment as his/hers.

I've also heard switching your controls to inverted helps with joystick portion. Hopefully I won't have to test that out and retake though haha.
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yeah, for SNA/SNFO they don't care about LOR's, they don't even read them.
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
Hammer10k said:
The LORs might not be the make or break but I'd really press your submitters to get the forms done. You're competing over limited spots so who knows how a board would look at identical scores when one candidate has three references and the other has one.
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If they looked at the LOR's then they could sway the board, but no it is all about ASTB, then GPA and degree
 
Justin Dowd

Justin Dowd

HeloGuy87
Checking in for this board! Pretty Excited for this one... Second times the charm? Good Luck everybody!

Name: AWR1 (NAC/AW/IUSS) Justin Dowd
Applying for: AMDO / NFO
TIS: 11 Years
Evals (Newest to Oldest): #1 of 21 EP, #1 of 28 EP, #2 of 26 EP, #4 of 22 MP, MP
Degree: Bachelors of Science in Management
GPA: 3.65
ASTB-E: 51 6/7/6
Collateral Duties: Command Career Counselor (9588 NEC earned), Command Sponsor Coordinator, Indoc coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, ESO
PFA: Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
LOR's: 1 CAPT (COS of Naval War College), 1 CDR- Prior CO, 1 LCDR- AMDO, 1 O6 AMDO HSM Winglant
Prior Submission - 2015 STA-21
Volunteer Hours - 150+ (2016)
Misc: Qualified in 4 helo platforms SH-60F, SH60H, MH-60S, MH-60R with 1500 HR's.
 
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