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31OCT22 SNA/SNFO BOARD

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ChandosT

Prior AME. SNA Board Applicant
elariosa95 said:
It’s still wild to think that months (or years) of preparation basically comes down to someone looking at your application for a few minutes and saying yes or no
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That never really goes away either. Massive career decisions outside of your control will also be made by people who may or may not know who you are and pair you up against your peers.
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
ChandosT said:
My recruiter sent me a bunch of examples to refer to when I wrote mine and they were all frickin novels. Immediately thought to myself no way in hell do they want to read about this dude's life story.
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They don't, that is why they don't bother reading them.
 
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wonderb0iwl

Active Member
ChandosT said:
My recruiter sent me a bunch of examples to refer to when I wrote mine and they were all frickin novels. Immediately thought to myself no way in hell do they want to read about this dude's life story.
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Same, but he sent me examples for NUPOC. Maybe it's different for them but for aviation I keep hearing the same thing exNavOffRec says.
 
elariosa95

elariosa95

SNA (A-Pool)
wonderb0iwl said:
Same, but he sent me examples for NUPOC. Maybe it's different for them but for aviation I keep hearing the same thing exNavOffRec says.
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I applied for NUPOC, but completing the technical interviews and the interview with Admiral Caldwell were the deciding factors for acceptance into the program. I don't think my motivational statement mattered at all.

I got to the interview with Admiral Caldwell, but you can infer how well that went based on the fact that I'm applying for a different program entirely now.

Edit: Fun fact, once you find out the decision, you can never apply for the program again. Very intense stuff.
 
WorldWar33.3

WorldWar33.3

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I chatted with this guy at MEPS who was applying for NUPOC. He is a chemical engineer who works at my dad's company, so he's pretty book smart.

He was worried that he wouldn't get selected because he's half Russian/Iranian with contacts in each country, and because he punched a bouncer in the face at a popular East Coast bar. My dad saw him the other day, so I don't think he got into the program.
 
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ChandosT

Prior AME. SNA Board Applicant
elariosa95 said:
I applied for NUPOC, but completing the technical interviews and the interview with Admiral Caldwell were the deciding factors for acceptance into the program. I don't think my motivational statement mattered at all.

I got to the interview with Admiral Caldwell, but you can infer how well that went based on the fact that I'm applying for a different program entirely now.

Edit: Fun fact, once you find out the decision, you can never apply for the program again. Very intense stuff.
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Financially you would've been set for life... but speaking from experience, nukes are a ummmmm interesting group of individuals. Now imagine being in charge of them. Recruiter tried pushing me in that direction the moment I told him my major. No thanks.
 
elariosa95

elariosa95

SNA (A-Pool)
WorldWar33.3 said:
I chatted with this guy at MEPS who was applying for NUPOC. He is a chemical engineer who works at my dad's company, so he's pretty book smart.

He was worried that he wouldn't get selected because he's half Russian/Iranian with contacts in each country, and because he punched a bouncer in the face at a popular East Coast bar. My dad saw him the other day, so I don't think he got into the program.
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Assuming they gave him a pass on the bouncer thing and that he passed the technical interviews, Admiral Caldwell gets the final say on who gets accepted into NUPOC, so your friend must've said or done something that didn't sit right with him.

While I was waiting for my interview with Admiral Caldwell, the LT who was in charge of the Zoom lobby told us about a guy who was a semi-professional dancer. When ADM asked him to demonstrate a routine, it turned out that the guy was wearing gym shorts while wearing the top half of his suit.

Needless to say, I'm pretty sure that guy didn't get in
 
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