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The eye doc needs to know you're applying for a Navy officer commission, and don't take the ASVAB. That's all I remember having to do differently... your mileage may vary. Also, I didn't think MEPS was that bad or boring. Just talk to the people around you; I guarantee you won't be bored.

Awesome, good job! Mine too please!

The doc will see it. Ask him to rub it and give you some ointment.

Interview? I guess if you consider the doc saying "any problems? No? Looks good to me" an interview. No PRT, and no swearing in. As Skim said, MEPS is pretty much awesome. The calisthenics class was the best part.

I want to say that the user m0tbaillie is in BDCP for SWO/IP. I'm not 100% on that, but you can PM him and see. He probably has a good idea about it if he selected it.

From what I've read it's not easy, but possible. In the meantime, enjoy your pro-rec and your long wait for final select...

How insensitive. I was considering quitting college to go to fashion school, but OCS looks a lot less demanding so I'm trying to go that route.

I'm very curious to get your input. I saw on (I believe) FutureWeapons that they did a test and the Dragon Skin handled a grenade and all sorts of impacts that they said Interceptor might not. A few other shows, to my knowledge, did tests that they said showed DS as superior. However, I've...

In m0t's defense, the news does tend to have a lot of articles about stuff like this. I'm sure you've seen them and I'm sure it was frustrating. Clearly you have direct, firsthand experience that shows that, even if there was a time when gear was subpar (and I'm not saying that it was), it...

Wow, that's very interesting to a guy who is (hopefully) about to be on the military payroll... But I thought Congress was mostly responsible for military pay. And it has fluctuated, but was mostly Republican during the Clinton presidential years... Just wondering.

Everything I've heard or seen has said that while reading and computer use can lead to short-term eyestrain, there aren't any negative long-term effects. Often our eyes get worse as we age, and this can coincide with stuff like school or work where we spend time typing and reading. Was MEPS any...

Wouldn't want to scare off the kiddies by saying "cock" more than once! :icon_tong Speaking of stones, you don't want to lose proportion. Add a plate to your nutsack while you're at it.

:icon_rage:icon_rage:icon_rage I didn't know one party had the ability to overcome the laws of supply and demand, or to force OPEC to make changes. Partisan crap like this is bad no matter who makes it. This is the kind of stuff that dumbs down political discourse.

What happens if your muscles just fail at some point during those exercises? You know, you're doing the 50 ____s and you hit failure. I've heard it's hard to attrite from OCS without DORing as long as you give it your best shot so I'm wondering what happens to you.

FWIW, my business major friends would routinely be looking for someone with a non-graphing calculator they could borrow for finance tests since their profs didn't allow graphing calculators on exams. If he lets you use a TI-83 on tests, sounds like you beat the system. But if you want to be...

I second what bogey_spotter said. I recommend using a recruiter near your school.

Edit: Oh, I see. Nevermind. Disregard this post. Seems like a good idea. Thanks for the heads up.

-Bruce Willis

Is that an Al Qaeda feminist? If so, I think I'm on the wrong side... :icon_smil Seriously though, what the hell? They figured out that they want equality, but are stupid and insane enough to miss the fact that the only place to get true gender equality is in the west that they hate so much...

I'm monitoring this because I could easily graduate a semester early too... although I anticipate a lot of responses to the tune of "are you nuts? College is fun so stay as long as possible!"

Yeah... from my limited personal experience and what I've read on here, I don't see many guys who are retiring after 20 years in the Navy still having flying duty before they leave.

Your GPA is outstanding. I got my pro-rec for BDCP SNA with a Political Science major so I'm sure you'll be fine assuming you do well on the ASTB. Other than that, use the "search" tool because this kind of question has been answered a ton before. You're not alone in asking an old question...

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

I can see where this thread is headed...

You'll be fine. There was a time in my life when I could only do 10 push ups. I have my PRT probably this week and I'll do fine. Some of us just suck a lot, so we have to work harder to be slightly less sucky than we were. Best advice I've heard is to just crank out pushups all day. Do them...

Pro-rec'd pilot, NFO!

Probably 3 out of 4... I pride myself on my bathroom etiquette.

I've never worn anything other than a t-shirt and jeans... but I go to ASU, so putting on jeans rather than shorts was a pretty big step, and not wearing flip flops was ridiculous. No one ever seemed to care what I was wearing. Given that, being overdressed is probably better than underdressed.

As far as knees go, you'll do some squats, stand on one leg and kick, and you'll have to walk on your knees. But this isn't usually until at least a couple hours after you show up. When you walk on your knees it may not feel good, but don't make it clear that you're uncomfortable if you are--no...

At first this thread made me laugh, but then it just made me weep.

EDIT: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137040&highlight=audiogram This makes me think I'll probably be ok. Especially since I still think I could pass a 25, especially if I tried the ear plug trick. I still want to know if this will affect me at any time in the application or...

You won't know if you're a good candidate until you take the ASTB. Talk to the recruiter (officer recruiter, not enlisted!)

Is this some Navy tradition I'm unaware of? :D

BDCP SNA, NFO 9/8/9/69 GPA 3.2 LORs: Ret. CDR, family friend, former teacher, police officer family friend, previous employer Various extracurriculars Although I wouldn't say it's "almost May 15th" :) Not 100% sure it made it for this board, but I hope so.

A year younger than me and so much more accomplished... truly inspiring. Her attitude, though, is what impresses me the most.

I had the exact same problem. I fixed it by using the newest version of Internet Explorer. Everything worked in Explorer but it didn't work in Firefox.

I regularly fly Mesa, and I know a lot of their pilots come from the ASU aircraft degree. Sorry to threadjack, but should I be concerned? :eek:

I guess it's too late to ask this guy what percent get jets. He's probably the only person who would tell.

Hey, this is a pretty old post. Thanks for the replies guys. An update: I'm finalizing my LORs at the moment, and my package should go before the April board.

I am a humble college student in the process of applying, so take that for what it is. If he goes to the academy or NROTC, what he does is ultimately up to the needs of the service more than it is if he goes to OCS or PLC. As long as he's willing to serve without flying, that's not a problem...

Thanks for the clarification... just making sure I didn't miss something on my form

Sorry about the threadjack... Where on the app do they ask for that? Or is that something they get from your transcript?

When I took it, I read the gouge here and used Arco. But what helped me the most on the test was having taken plenty of math and having taken physics + engineering mechanics. That's all you really have to do to prepare--that and learn the basics of ship and airplane operation from the internet...

Thanks for the quick response. That's exactly what I wanted/needed to know, and from a winged aviator no less. Thank you!

Motivational Statement I'll try to be specific because I know there are lots of threads out there about this. I've read a lot of them, but my statement is coming differently from the ones I've seen on here. In my motivational statement as it stands now, I list off some of the ways I've shown...

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I'm going to be taking my PRT in about 2 months. My goal is to hit good high at least on everything. The run is fine. I can run 1.5 miles in good high time no problem right now, and I haven't been running much at all. Sit ups are a joke. No problem there. But push ups are where I have...

The mechanical section in ARCO is harder than the real one. Just take it and don't worry about it. You'll do well or you won't at this point--if you've read the gouge and practiced, you've done all you can do. The rest, as the guys who have gone through the entire process and flight school...

When I took it, I had a small meal (peanut butter and part of a bagel) and some green tea. A small spike of caffeine can boost you without killing you halfway through the test. I did pretty well. Sounds like you don't sweat it too much, which is good. It's really not that bad of a test. One...