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yeah, just a few more weeks now...a couple of my buds went last year to NASNI and had a blast, cant wait.

haha i appreciate my dad that much more, thanks for the great read

http://vholdr.com/video/good-life from the same guy, pretty good, especially if you like kanye

great attitude to go in with...best of luck to you

thats three of us waiting anxiously. did you ever find out about your cruise starflight?

yup, no greased up phallases (phalli?) for us :)

poor steve indeed!!

too bad about this. like c420 I spent many weekends working on this great ship, but we havnt done so for a few semesters now. even though the work sucked it was a great way to learn some neat things about our history! i never thought i'd say this but i miss working on the Olympia!

one of my buddies in my class finished his undergrad work early, so he started on his masters...however, the navy wants him to commission now because he's done his undergrad work and they arent happy about paying for his extra year

hmmm i heard, could be wrong, that the Academy types just had to pass it, ie 5's, and that there wasnt a pass/fail thing for us ROTC guys, ie that 5's were average but we just had to score at least 6's or 7's to be competitive...heard this from one of my buddies who went on cruise with some...

should have qualified that...our unit indoc also runs through part of the first semester, about the first 5 or 6 weeks...it sucks because in addition to being new freshmen adjusting to college life, they also have to handle all the indoc harassment four times a week...it does teach them valuable...

hmm interesting....im on my unit's freshmen orientation staff and our o week looks pretty similar, however, we also decided to go a few times per week in the morning during the semester...i have no idea why this is, but its always been done that way

thats awesome, one of my buds from my unit will be there for phase I i think

i didnt go through the newport orientation, but for us during our indoc, the big thing was to be prepared physically. dedicate yourself from now until you show up to getting in the best shape you can. just realize that everyone in your group is going to be equally clueless at the beginning, so i...

great advice cfam, i'll certainly try to do most/all of that...so just to clarify, i need to be talking to the OpsO to get some rides?

have not had any experience with cliffs, but i would definitely suggest investing in the barrons book as well...the arco book is great too!

on the way to the gas station now :)

just got my assignment: vrc-30 at nas north island!

a bunch of people found out all kinds of cruise assignments, including one kid who got vfa-125 at lemoore...still waiting though, hmmm

i agree...i would not waste your time with intro to nav sci...i would take l&m if you could because there are lots of practical lessons to take away...havnt taken ethics yet, but that would probably also be a winner

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starflight, im in the same boat as you... i put in for a 1st phase but who knows...only one guy found out at my unit so far, i think he's early 1st phase ashore

hey man i havent been here long enough to be justified in jumping down your throat lol, but i just reposted atrickpay's study guide in the thread, aviation and nautical info a few days ago...it would also be found in the mega thread...it takes maybe 5 mins to find it on your own...

http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/video/?bcrefid=808163493#/Live+RPG+removed+from+soldier/51745112001 wow this is incredible...great job by the doctor and the surgery team, the medevac crew and everyone else involved...those guys definitely earn the sullenberger brass balls award in my book!

atrickpay's personal study guide from the mega thread:http://navy-officer.com/AVIATION.pdf i think this is what you're looking for...this was a great, concise sheet that i used to review

same thing happened to me, you're not alone

i think thats the key point, not just with applying to ocs, but with anything in rotc, ocs, the academy or the military in general, speaking from my complete and utter lack of experience

i would tend to agree with that statement...if you do decide to retake it, then you will have some idea of the nature of this thing and probably will be able to fouc your studying...good luck

hahaah...seen this a while ago, but it was definitely worth reading through again

jokes, like jph said, 60 is a very solid score...obviously it could be higher, but i would not lose any sleep over having that score...imho there is something else in your package which caused your non-select...either that or you just were on a very competitive board, who knows...best of luck

creole...for the mechanical section i would definitely invest in either the barrons or arco (or both) prep books...i found the practice questions to be quite valuable in studying....the FAA stuff will help you on the aviation part of the test, i would definitely recommend getting a handle on how...

a big thing that helped me was that i made flash cards of key terms which i found in the prep books...if i was ever bored, i would just whip them out and quiz myself real quick. it was a great supplement to my regimented study...i would definitely recommend the barrons book, and i also thought...

from what i was told today they were considering doing this for the class of 2010, but was scrapped...however my LT told my class (2011) that this is most likely going to happen for sna,snfo and other communities that are backed up :(

good luck dude..as the saying goes, "work smarter not harder"...do let us know how it turns out

thats exactly what my LT told us aviation wannabes to do when we were taking the test

the big issue on this is managing your time...if you come to a question that seems absurd like that, just skip it and do an easier one...then, when you finish the section and hopefully have time to check answers, you'll be able to go back over the things that tripped you up...i did this and...

non-tech majors unite! i was originally a chem major, but was able to switch to poli sci without losing my scholarship, go figure...definitely make sure you clear it with the navy/your unit before you even think about switching

hey man, heres some online links i found useful: http://www.navy-officer.com/astboverview.pdf http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook http://www.grafitto.com/~mark/astb/MilitaryFlight.pdf these helped me a ton in addition to the arco and barrons books, im sure the search...

and not to mention that while you might not be in the fleet with your classmates, the reputation you make for yourself in rotc, on cruise, etc... most likely will follow you in your career somehow

i found that the barrons book really helped me to prepare...i also used the arco book and some stuff i found online...if you use those 3 resources, you should be good to go

hey man thats good stuff, congrats...when you get there, work your butt off to establish yourself as a hard charger, but not at the expense of others...good luck!

hey man thats awesome, congrats...have you heard from the scholarship board or are you definately doing cp

dont give up on a scholarship quite yet just because you havent heard, although i have heard they are very scarce right now...i didnt get notice of my scholarship until like late march, early april, so hang in there, dont abandon all hope...as for the meeting, like the others said, be as...

AE, what schools are you looking at? try to talk to some mids/cadets at the schools you're looking at to try and get a feel for what its like there...also, like everyone else said, pick the service that you'd want to serve in if something prevented you from being a pilot, since you're an officer...

hey all...just took the test today after about 2 weeks of studying, got a 7/7/7-58...the mechanical section screwed me as I'm a Political Science major but I think I did ok otherwise...should I plan on retaking this? Good luck to all of you studying!