Im a PFC almost Lance and I was told about BOOSt before I joined the Corps
I want to get started wen i it Lance but things first
There is no rank requirement, so you may as well apply. Worst case scenario is you don't get accepted, but even then, if you apply next year, your package may look better because it shows you have applied more than once.
When I went through MECEP prep, there was a very large percentage of guys who had applied once or even twice before they got accepted.
- Who do I talk To
- How do I get Info
Start with the order:
MECEP:
http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO 1560.15L.pdf
BOOST:
http://www.usmc.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO 1560.24D.pdf
I believe you can apply for both simultaneously, which you should do.
The purpose of BOOST is to: "...[provide] an opportunity for selected
personnel of all ethnic groups from educationally deprived or
culturally differentiated backgrounds to compete more equitably
for selection to the Marine Corps Enlisted Commissioning
Education Program (MECEP)"
So depending on your background you might not be a suitable candidate for BOOST, although that shouldn't necessarily stop you from applying for both.
It says you need to be a Corporal, but you don't, that was changed.
Hopefully, your chain of command will help you out, but if they don't, then it is up to you to use the order and create your package.
I would take a manilla folder, use the Marine Corps Order to create a list of things you need for your package, and staple that list to the front. As you add things to your package, cross them off the list.
This is a huge subject, you could spend hours and hours on this website for all the different phases of the mecep process and still not have it all. For now, just worry about what is ahead of you: Putting in the package and getting accepted.
-Is talking to an Officer Jumping Command?
Not if you ask your chain of command if you can talk to him
- how does the Selection Process work
You will submit a package in the spring time, forget about it, then a MARADMIN will come out with all the people who are accepted sometime in the early fall, if your name is on it, you are in. Simple. You then have a whole year of everyone in your unit making officer jokes to you before you head off for MECEP Prep the next summer.
- Who is the competition and how likely are E-3's gettin in?
all comments are appreciated
You are 100% more likely to get accepted if you submit a package then if you don't.
