Calculus Background for Surface Warfare

[JRaff10]

Hey everyone, I'm about a year away from leaving for OCS and my goal is to be a Surface warfare officer. I'm a Biology major at UW-Madison and just realized a potential problem. I've only taken one calculus class and it was my only C in college. I saw online you have to have two semesters of calculus with a B average and I was wondering how strict they hold this requirement. Is it possible to have other areas make up for this deficiency or is there no way I can become a SWO now? If I score high on the ASTB and maintain my 3.7 Gpa would that potentially be enough? Thanks. And thanks in general this site has helped me a lot.

 

[Recovering LSO]

You're "about a year away from leaving for OCS".... Does that mean you've already applied and been accepted?

 

[JRaff10]

No, I've completed the initial forms and talked to a recruiter. I take the ASTB in two months, graduate from college in 5 so I figured somewhere in the next year I should be leaving granted nothing goes wrong with the physical or anything.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hey everyone, I'm about a year away from leaving for OCS and my goal is to be a Surface warfare officer. I'm a Biology major at UW-Madison and just realized a potential problem. I've only taken one calculus class and it was my only C in college. I saw online you have to have two semesters of calculus with a B average and I was wondering how strict they hold this requirement. Is it possible to have other areas make up for this deficiency or is there no way I can become a SWO now? If I score high on the ASTB and maintain my 3.7 Gpa would that potentially be enough? Thanks. And thanks in general this site has helped me a lot.

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