Hello everyone.
I was wondering if I could get some advice on which of several options would give me the best chance of getting into OCS and eventually into aviation.
I am young and have no student loans, am expecting to graduate in September. I started college at 16 and I have a relatively clean record, except for a recent careless driving charge. I have a 2.7 gpa, which due to unavoidable events is much lower than I would have liked (cancer my first year in school and a botched quarter due to pneumonia, I'm fine now) which I understand is not considered competitive, hence the evaluating my options.
I got accepted into graduate school for after I get my Bachelors. I understand that if I choose to go to grad school, that gpa will be considered instead of my current gpa. I am very good at test taking, and took the "practice" ASVAB from a naval recruiter before starting college, scored in the 98th percentile.
I never considered the navy an option for myself, even though it was always my dream, due to restrictions that are now being lifted.
The way I see it, I have several choices:
A) Study like mad for the ASTB, get my recommendations together and hope
B) Go to graduate school and apply in a couple of years with an est. 40k in loans
C) Stay in school for an additional quarter and retake a few classes I could have done better on (the highest gpa I could get from doing this I calculated to be at a 2.96)
What I am wondering is which, if any, of these options stands the best chance and also what my chances would be if I applied when I graduate from undergrad?
Thank you for your time and input, and by all means any advice is helpful.
I was wondering if I could get some advice on which of several options would give me the best chance of getting into OCS and eventually into aviation.
I am young and have no student loans, am expecting to graduate in September. I started college at 16 and I have a relatively clean record, except for a recent careless driving charge. I have a 2.7 gpa, which due to unavoidable events is much lower than I would have liked (cancer my first year in school and a botched quarter due to pneumonia, I'm fine now) which I understand is not considered competitive, hence the evaluating my options.
I got accepted into graduate school for after I get my Bachelors. I understand that if I choose to go to grad school, that gpa will be considered instead of my current gpa. I am very good at test taking, and took the "practice" ASVAB from a naval recruiter before starting college, scored in the 98th percentile.
I never considered the navy an option for myself, even though it was always my dream, due to restrictions that are now being lifted.
The way I see it, I have several choices:
A) Study like mad for the ASTB, get my recommendations together and hope
B) Go to graduate school and apply in a couple of years with an est. 40k in loans
C) Stay in school for an additional quarter and retake a few classes I could have done better on (the highest gpa I could get from doing this I calculated to be at a 2.96)
What I am wondering is which, if any, of these options stands the best chance and also what my chances would be if I applied when I graduate from undergrad?
Thank you for your time and input, and by all means any advice is helpful.