Meridiani, I also spoke to my recruiter about the PRK waiver and he said that that too is submitted later so I don't think you should worry about that. BTW when you had your PRK did they use a VISX laser or an Autonomous laser? My Dr. offered me the option od which I want him to use to perform the surgery. I'm not sure about the selection procedure. My recruiter also told me that they select a certain amount of people based on district. However I was alsways under the impression that the board chose the most qualified applicants regardless of where they are from. -- dunno
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Yeah, I was very relieved to hear that none of my MEPS records or PRK records were submitted when I talked to my recruiter yesterday. I thought that she had submitted my medical from MEPS without a PRK waiver, and I thought I was screwed. But evidently, no worries. As for the laser, I'm not sure which type my doc used on me, other than it was big, LOUD and scary.
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Stacy,
I took my ASTB a year ago, at the time the Navy was aching for pilots and my scores were fine for that. However, my vision was beyond the requirements for the Navy to grant a PRK wiaver. Your vision couldn't be worse than -5.50 mine was. In June the Navy changed the requiremnts allow a refraction error of up to -8.00 which covers me, so now I can get it. The problem now is that it has become more competitive to get in so I still have to retake my ASTB and when I see that my scores are competitive enough (my recruiter suggested 7's and 8's if I wanna have a chance) I'll have the PRK done then.
I took my ASTB a year ago, at the time the Navy was aching for pilots and my scores were fine for that. However, my vision was beyond the requirements for the Navy to grant a PRK wiaver. Your vision couldn't be worse than -5.50 mine was. In June the Navy changed the requiremnts allow a refraction error of up to -8.00 which covers me, so now I can get it. The problem now is that it has become more competitive to get in so I still have to retake my ASTB and when I see that my scores are competitive enough (my recruiter suggested 7's and 8's if I wanna have a chance) I'll have the PRK done then.
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