cmundey
Well-Known Member
First post here, and it's kinda lengthy..sorry in advance! I graduated with B.A. in Mathematics with a 3.5 GPA. I previously applied for NUPOC but could not pass the technical interviews (its been a few years since I studied calc and physics...) Went on the NVIP trip to Norfolk and absolutely loved the environment of being on both a surface ship and a sub. It was a feeling I had never felt before, like an overwhelming sense that I did not belong anywhere else other than the Navy. However, the more I read into the Nuclear community the more apprehensive I became about moving forward with my application. I eventually decided against Nuke and my recruiter was nice enough to help me find a different officer program, and introduced me to another recruiter who works with non-nuclear programs. I definitely feel like SUPPO aligns with my interests and personal work experience, so I selected Supply as my new program.
I took my OAR two weeks ago and was disheartened when I got a 48. I really thought I was doing decent throughout the three sections but I think the mechanics section caught me by surprise, which was the section I tried to study the most for. Granted, I only studied for maybe two weeks before I took the exam so I definitely could have prepared more. Well, I just have to say thank you to everyone on here that posted their experience and study material as it definitely helped me in those two weeks. Most of the material I found on here was either on the exam or similar.
Math: I had mostly basic order of operations, d=rt, Pythagorean theorem, and conversion problems. I saw an arc length question using what I thought was s=r*theta. The conversion problems were mainly something like: a plane travels at 9000 mph, how many ft/s did it travel? Looking back at my scratch paper I can't tell what type of specific questions I was asked because my writing was all over the place lol. I think the biggest issue was being able to multiply and divide by hand quickly. I also had a circumference/area equation, was given the circumference and needed to find the area of a circle.
Reading: Not much to say here...very straight forward. I honestly did not think this was nearly as boring or difficult as most people say, but it is definitely easy to get distracted. I did take the advice of someone on here to write down A-D and cross off answers I eliminated to stay focused. Personally, I did not read the answers first before reading the passage. I tried it on a few passages but it only confused me more.
Mechanics: Like most people have said, this section went by pretty quickly for me. Relatively simple questions with very little math. In fact, I did not write anything on my scratch paper during this section other than a tension problem. Most of my questions were about levers and tension, specifically what forces were required to balance lever arms. Surprisingly I did not see any pulley questions, and maybe one simple electrical question.
I walked out of the testing room and went to my previous recruiter's office. When I told him my score he was understandably on the fence about it. However, as I was talking to him, my new recruiter yelled out "Congratulations! You qualify for Supply!" I told him I was upset about my score and that I could probably do better if I retook it, but he expressed he was happy with my score and that it was not worth the risk of retaking it since the most recent score is used. He then showed me the minimum score for Supply was a 40 to qualify and the average score of selected applicants was a 50.
I'm definitely worried about my package but we're aiming to submit for boards in May. Getting selected would be a surprise, honestly, and the thought of going to OCS gets my adrenaline pumping! I'm nervous but ready to turn that energy into giving my all at OCS and beyond.
Thanks to everyone who contributed on here and good luck to all!
I took my OAR two weeks ago and was disheartened when I got a 48. I really thought I was doing decent throughout the three sections but I think the mechanics section caught me by surprise, which was the section I tried to study the most for. Granted, I only studied for maybe two weeks before I took the exam so I definitely could have prepared more. Well, I just have to say thank you to everyone on here that posted their experience and study material as it definitely helped me in those two weeks. Most of the material I found on here was either on the exam or similar.
Math: I had mostly basic order of operations, d=rt, Pythagorean theorem, and conversion problems. I saw an arc length question using what I thought was s=r*theta. The conversion problems were mainly something like: a plane travels at 9000 mph, how many ft/s did it travel? Looking back at my scratch paper I can't tell what type of specific questions I was asked because my writing was all over the place lol. I think the biggest issue was being able to multiply and divide by hand quickly. I also had a circumference/area equation, was given the circumference and needed to find the area of a circle.
Reading: Not much to say here...very straight forward. I honestly did not think this was nearly as boring or difficult as most people say, but it is definitely easy to get distracted. I did take the advice of someone on here to write down A-D and cross off answers I eliminated to stay focused. Personally, I did not read the answers first before reading the passage. I tried it on a few passages but it only confused me more.
Mechanics: Like most people have said, this section went by pretty quickly for me. Relatively simple questions with very little math. In fact, I did not write anything on my scratch paper during this section other than a tension problem. Most of my questions were about levers and tension, specifically what forces were required to balance lever arms. Surprisingly I did not see any pulley questions, and maybe one simple electrical question.
I walked out of the testing room and went to my previous recruiter's office. When I told him my score he was understandably on the fence about it. However, as I was talking to him, my new recruiter yelled out "Congratulations! You qualify for Supply!" I told him I was upset about my score and that I could probably do better if I retook it, but he expressed he was happy with my score and that it was not worth the risk of retaking it since the most recent score is used. He then showed me the minimum score for Supply was a 40 to qualify and the average score of selected applicants was a 50.
I'm definitely worried about my package but we're aiming to submit for boards in May. Getting selected would be a surprise, honestly, and the thought of going to OCS gets my adrenaline pumping! I'm nervous but ready to turn that energy into giving my all at OCS and beyond.
Thanks to everyone who contributed on here and good luck to all!
