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1001 questions (and answers) concerning BDCP
- Thread starter redsox06
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You usually have to have at least 1 year left of college. Some people catch it when they have 2. You apply for BDCP when there is any regular board for the designator that you want, it's just basically an add on that you're applying for along with the actual designator.
Ok thank you, my recruiter is trying to get me into the program. It sounded too good to be true, so I’m not gonna get my hopes up just yet.
I'm not in it yet, applying this board, but yah it sounds too good to be true at first. From my experience so far though, it doesn't sound like there is much of a catch, you just really have to be 100% positive that this is what you want to do with your life if you end up going for it.
Ok I appreciate the words of assurance. Good luck with applying!
Ex BDCP guy, this is true. It was a great deal. Counts towards time served, etc. I never heard of it happening, but the catch when I went through was that if you DOR’d you’d supposedly get sent to Great Lakes to enlist for 3 years undesignated. Imagine that’s still the case?
That would be something. What were some of the responsibilities in the program?
Again, not in the program yet, but from what I have heard there are really no military responsibilities until you graduate and go to OCS. They are paying you to finish school, and in return you give them 8 years of your time. The official doc for the program right now says it comes with an 8 year commitment (at least 4 active duty). For me that wasn’t really a factor because the pilot commitment is 8 years from wings anyway, but that’s definitely a big thing to consider.
exNavyOffRec
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Yep, personally saw that happen.
exNavyOffRec
Well-Known Member
8 years is a standard commitment for any military service, the 8 years is the military service obligation that can be broken up into a variety of active and inactive time such as 4 x 4, 6 x 2, 5 x 3, or in some cases 8 x 0.
The only real commitments is PRT, and urinalysis from what I remember, well also checking in.
Yep. PRT every 6 months, urinalysis popped once (and they worked with me going to the enlisted recruiter in town instead of driving an hour away to pee in a cup), and had to send two emails a month that I was alive and send the grades when they posted.
CoMa
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Hello everyone in this forum! I am currently in my 3rd year in college and recently spoke to my recruiter about the BDCP program for SNA. I have already taken my ASTB and scored a 53 6/8/7 and my current gpa is a 3.2 but I plan on getting it to a 3.5 or above before I graduate. I am trying to max out my credits for every semester so I can hopefully graduate by the fall semester of 2025. I am in great physical shape, I train six days out of the week involving both strength and cardio training. I was just curious on how competitive the current selection is for BDCP because it does seem like a great opportunity (receiving money and benefits, secured designation, secured OCS, and more) it almost sounds too good to be true. I would appreciate it if some people could respond with some insight on whether BDCP or just the standard OCS route is better!
FormerRecruitingGuru
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As you’ve hinted, yes it’s a bit more competitive than normal OCS spots.
CoMa
Member
Yes, I recently spoke to my recruiter about it this past Friday and she said that it is now open to college’s that have NROTC.