Hi everyone,
For easier reading, I've underlined the important bits. To spare you the paragraph.
My first post on here, and
I wanted to ask if I'd be considered a competitive candidate for SNA. I don't know the correct place to ask about this, so throwing it up on this board.
Age: 24
ASTB-E scores (Took it this morning) OAR: 61 8/7/8
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (Music) GPA: 3.06
Current job: Supervisor of a DPH COVID response specialized team (Schools, gyms, churches, daycares for 13 counties). Basically running a team of 12 employees right now dealing with contact tracing and data collection.
Previous work: Factory work in high school, I.T. student worker for 6 months, Genetics lab tech for 1.5 years, Phlebotomist for 1.5 years at plasma clinic. Server at restaurant for 1 year, Case investigator at current job for 3 months then promoted to supervisor for another 5 months.
My GPA sucked, and I totally recognize that. What's worse, is that it wasn't even in a STEM field. I was double majoring Biology+Music for half my college career plus working 20-35 hrs/week to pay for college/survival. That's my excuse, I'm sticking to it!
I was hoping my ASTB would be high enough to compensate for my bad GPA, but my scores don't seem high enough to make up for it. (Especially my OAR, not very good...). Also, since I'm currently a supervisor I think that counts as leadership experience, so maybe that'll help tip the scales?
So what's the prognosis, folks? I know nothing is certain, and either way I'm going to be applying for the August 2021 Aviation board. But I feel like people here may have the answers.
I'll be calling my recruiter on Monday of course, but he usually takes a couple days to get back to me and I never get as in-depth answers as I'd like. I also don't want to wait that long to hear an informed opinion!
I appreciate all the posts this community has collectively made. It helped me feel more at ease going into the exam today, even if I didn't get the scores I wanted.