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OCS 03Nov2023 SNA/SNFO Board

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Anthony2000

PRO-REC Y SNA
pcola478 said:
Correct. I withdrew because my recruiter had talked me into going SNFO and it didn't feel right. Got my vision stuff cleared and now proceeding for SNA. Wonder what the next board will look like. I want to retake the ASTB but I'm being told I really don't need to with 57 7/7/8.
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Yeah your ASTB is solid as long as your GPA checks out, I think you’re fine
 
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Anthony2000

PRO-REC Y SNA
68Chev said:
Maybe take some classes to get that GPA up?
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Take Spanish online. 4 credit class at least at my school which is weighted heavier. I took SPAN 101 and 102 online the same summer I got PRK done (literally couldn’t see shit) and got A’s in both. Moved my 3.18 to a 3.33 junior year summer going into senior year
 
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Anthony2000

PRO-REC Y SNA
Anthony2000 said:
Take Spanish online. 4 credit class at least at my school which is weighted heavier. I took SPAN 101 and 102 online the same summer I got PRK done (literally couldn’t see shit) and got A’s in both. Moved my 3.18 to a 3.33 junior year summer going into senior year
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I got A’s while my PRK surgery for my vision was going on. If you’ve had PRK you know you literally can’t see up close for weeks… if I can get A’s during that I think you can too
 
68Chev

68Chev

Well-Known Member
Anthony2000 said:
I got A’s while my PRK surgery for my vision was going on. If you’ve had PRK you know you literally can’t see up close for weeks… if I can get A’s during that I think you can too
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Why PRK? Was lasik not possible in your situation? I hear that's the case for some people.
 
Average Monke

Average Monke

A primate with internet access
pcola478 said:
Correct. I withdrew because my recruiter had talked me into going SNFO and it didn't feel right. Got my vision stuff cleared and now proceeding for SNA. Wonder what the next board will look like. I want to retake the ASTB but I'm being told I really don't need to with 57 7/7/8.
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Gotcha, good on you for sticking to your gut! Continue listening to it with regards to the ASTB. If you think you can crush it, I say send it, (obviously a lot easier said than done). Best of luck at the next board, I hope you get the pro-rec-y!
 
pcola478

pcola478

Well-Known Member
Anthony2000 said:
Take Spanish online. 4 credit class at least at my school which is weighted heavier. I took SPAN 101 and 102 online the same summer I got PRK done (literally couldn’t see shit) and got A’s in both. Moved my 3.18 to a 3.33 junior year summer going into senior year
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I have entirely too many credits - even if I took a few courses and got As, it wouldn't affect my GPA too much, unfortunately
 
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warrenw1993

Well-Known Member
Anthony2000 said:
I got A’s while my PRK surgery for my vision was going on. If you’ve had PRK you know you literally can’t see up close for weeks… if I can get A’s during that I think you can too
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Ya I remember that....took quite a few week to finally be able to see a computer screen without inducing a headache
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
Average Monke said:
By didn't last too long, how long are we talking? Like several boards? Seems strange to keep reinstituting the program just for it to go away unless it's specifically designed as a short-term solution to something. I don't assume you have the answer, I'm just rambling. Some sort of mission intent statement would be nice, but perhaps that isn't shared publicly.
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Each time the criteria/process was a bit different, and if I am remembering right it was about a year that each one lasted. The specific reasons why it stopped I am sure vary and only NRC knows the exact reason, but for at least one of them they were missing out on candidates with really good test scores because they didn't fit the matrix they had, and then the remaining spots were very competitive.

Historically selection rate is 50% so if you auto select a bunch of applicants that doesn't leave many other spots open.

The PA's do change every few years and sooner if needed, which means they can adjust this as necessary.

This process does make sense to me to a point, especially when you see that historically those with 8's and 9's and no waivers are almost always selected. If I had written it I probably would have set that bar at an 8 rather than 7.
 
Average Monke

Average Monke

A primate with internet access
exNavyOffRec said:
Each time the criteria/process was a bit different, and if I am remembering right it was about a year that each one lasted. The specific reasons why it stopped I am sure vary and only NRC knows the exact reason, but for at least one of them they were missing out on candidates with really good test scores because they didn't fit the matrix they had, and then the remaining spots were very competitive.

Historically selection rate is 50% so if you auto select a bunch of applicants that doesn't leave many other spots open.

The PA's do change every few years and sooner if needed, which means they can adjust this as necessary.

This process does make sense to me to a point, especially when you see that historically those with 8's and 9's and no waivers are almost always selected. If I had written it I probably would have set that bar at an 8 rather than 7.
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That makes a lot more sense now, thank you! Definitely pros and cons to any system. I would tend to agree with your last point about 8s rather than 7s.

I also find it interesting that they threshold is consistent across the AQR, PFAR, and POFAR. Perhaps it would make sense to have a higher threshold for AQR and PFAR compared to POFAR applicants and vise versa (example below).

SNA:
AQR - 8 PFAR - 8 POFAR - 6

SNFO
AQR - 7 PFAR - 6 POFAR - 7
 
68Chev

68Chev

Well-Known Member
exNavyOffRec said:
Each time the criteria/process was a bit different, and if I am remembering right it was about a year that each one lasted. The specific reasons why it stopped I am sure vary and only NRC knows the exact reason, but for at least one of them they were missing out on candidates with really good test scores because they didn't fit the matrix they had, and then the remaining spots were very competitive.

Historically selection rate is 50% so if you auto select a bunch of applicants that doesn't leave many other spots open.

The PA's do change every few years and sooner if needed, which means they can adjust this as necessary.

This process does make sense to me to a point, especially when you see that historically those with 8's and 9's and no waivers are almost always selected. If I had written it I probably would have set that bar at an 8 rather than 7.
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For the time that they were missing out on candidates with really good scores, what were the criteria that they were selecting on?
 
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