Question I have is for the core option. The STA-21 website nor the instruction does not have anything regarding age limits for the core option. Does anybody know any specifics on that?
You have to meet all the of the normal requirements as a sole Core option, which are just all of the requirements for the STA-21 program. In your senior year of college when you put in your selection sheet, you will be held to the age (and all other) standards and the current requirements for the specific options you choose. They will be URL designators. So basically your going to choose Pilot, NFO, or SWO in whatever order you want.
e. Be able to complete requirements for a baccalaureate degree in 36 months. Applicants are encouraged to accrue as many fully transferable semester hours of earned credit as possible before beginning STA-21. Credits obtained through regionally accredited colleges or universities or the Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE) program are considered fully transferable. Many universities do not accept all transferable credits because of their individual policies governing transfer of credits. Non-traditional credits (military service and service school credits, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) courses, vocational/technical school credits, correspondence courses other than NCPACE, etc.) should be used to obtain advanced academic standing to the maximum extent permitted by the university in which enrolled. Normally, credits obtained from foreign institutions are accepted; how¬ever, again, not all are considered fully transferable. Navy College Office counselors should be contacted for educational counseling to include determination of which credits will trans¬fer to specific universities.
f. Be able to complete degree requirements and be commis¬sioned prior to 31st birthday. Waivers of this requirement may be considered understanding that specific age requirements for certain STA-21 option programs differ. These are addressed in section 2.