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OCS 11AUG25 IWC BOARD // Nerd Thunderdome 2025

exNavyOffRec said:
Your background is good and if you look around is as good or better than those who have been selected in the past several years, that includes your OAR, your degrees and GPA's which are great.

There are some things that make me question what he told you, first he is an Intel officer, Intel officers do not sit boards to select Supply/SWO or any other designators other that IWC. He may have made that comment if people were going for SWO-IP/Oceano at the IWC board. If you were to look at the signed selection results and were to look up those names you would see what I am talking about.

I never say or would have said in the past a person has a great shot at Supply/IWC as those are small designators that can have a lot of applicants, in some cases selection rate has been as low as 10% however in your case if you weren't to be selected I would believe it was whatever this person put on the evaluation sheet that sunk you.
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He is a SWO Officer.
 
Andrew_franny said:
Howdy fellas,

I'm on this board, but not too hopeful. Stats below:
  • Age: 26
  • Education: BA in Business Administration, 3.7 (one calc class)
  • OAR/ASTBE: 61/8/8/7
  • Prior Service: None
  • Waivers: none (unless there's one for color blindness)
  • Designators: CWO only
Nerd Thunderdome is definitely the best board forum name yet.
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Dang dude, did you think about flying Navy? Your PFAR’s better than mine was
 
williamalmas2001 said:
He is a SWO Officer.
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OK, I thought you were referring to the RADM of ONI. However most of what I said is still accurate, a SWO will not sit Supply boards or IWC boards, and SWO boards go fast as except for a few year period as long as you are alive you have a very excellent chance to get picked up SWO.
 
Haven't posted on a forum since year of our lord 2009, but I must throw my hat in the ring for the nerd thunderdome
  • Age: 24
  • Degree: BS Economics from University of Washington (Entire Calc series covered)
  • GPA: 3.43
  • OAR: 71
  • Letters of Recc: 3
  • Waivers: 1 For Kiwi Allergy
  • Designators: Intel Officer, CWO
My recruiter just told me that the Aug 11 board just got 86'd, by the way. Has anyone else heard the same thing? Any chance I could get ISEL'd, infochuds?
 
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Gaburieru said:
Haven't posted on a forum since year of our lord 2009, but I must throw my hat in the ring for the nerd thunderdome
  • Age: 24
  • Degree: BS Economics from University of Washington (Entire Calc series covered)
  • GPA: 3.43
  • OAR: 71
  • Letters of Recc: 3
  • Waivers: 1 For Kiwi Allergy
  • Designators: Intel Officer, CWO
My recruiter just told me that the Aug 11 board just got 86'd, by the way. Has anyone else heard the same thing? Any chance I could get ISEL'd, infochuds?
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My OR is on leave and it's the first time I'm hearing this.

Not gonna lie, this forum helped me a lot with the OAR.
But at the same time, various "conflicting" information has also been adding more confusion.

Some personal examples would be,
1. My OR told me I should be in the June Board for IWC but according to this site it turns out that the June Board IWC for the designators I applied to were for fleet and BDCP applicants.
2. My OR told me Supply is hard-closed until Oct-Dec this year and did not tell me to bother considering it. Now there's a Supply board thread for Aug were people are saying the at-board list is out.
3. Now with my OR on leave, I'm hearing from another candidate that the August 11th IWC board is canceled.

I think for any applicant, the best he/she can do is to get good / better GPA, OAR scores to their best ability, apply early and hope for the best.
The whole process sort of reminds me of undergrad / grad school applications TBH.
 
Gaburieru said:
Haven't posted on a forum since year of our lord 2009, but I must throw my hat in the ring for the nerd thunderdome
  • Age: 24
  • Degree: BS Economics from University of Washington (Entire Calc series covered)
  • GPA: 3.43
  • OAR: 71
  • Letters of Recc: 3
  • Waivers: 1 For Kiwi Allergy
  • Designators: Intel Officer, CWO
My recruiter just told me that the Aug 11 board just got 86'd, by the way. Has anyone else heard the same thing? Any chance I could get ISEL'd, infochuds?
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Gaburieru said:
Haven't posted on a forum since year of our lord 2009, but I must throw my hat in the ring for the nerd thunderdome
  • Age: 24
  • Degree: BS Economics from University of Washington (Entire Calc series covered)
  • GPA: 3.43
  • OAR: 71
  • Letters of Recc: 3
  • Waivers: 1 For Kiwi Allergy
  • Designators: Intel Officer, CWO
My recruiter just told me that the Aug 11 board just got 86'd, by the way. Has anyone else heard the same thing? Any chance I could get ISEL'd, infochuds?
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Wait what does 86’d mean?
 
Gaburieru said:
Haven't posted on a forum since year of our lord 2009, but I must throw my hat in the ring for the nerd thunderdome
  • Age: 24
  • Degree: BS Economics from University of Washington (Entire Calc series covered)
  • GPA: 3.43
  • OAR: 71
  • Letters of Recc: 3
  • Waivers: 1 For Kiwi Allergy
  • Designators: Intel Officer, CWO
My recruiter just told me that the Aug 11 board just got 86'd, by the way. Has anyone else heard the same thing? Any chance I could get ISEL'd, infochuds?
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Kiwi allergy? That seems like an odd one! You are talking about the fruit and not that you have an allergy to New Zealanders right lol
 
exNavyOffRec said:
Kiwi allergy? That seems like an odd one! You are talking about the fruit and not that you have an allergy to New Zealanders right lol
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Nah nah nah man it's just the fruit lol. It's mild but I was told the navy is touchy with food allergies. This one I think we'll be alright because kiwis are rarely used in full meals and are thus easily avoided. I'd also like to add that my OR said that boards can be cancelled for a number of reasons, including staffing shortcomings for the board itself, as in there aren't enough qualified people to make selections on the board. Other things like scheduling conflicts, making sure there is a steady flow and even mix of officer types to OCS is also important. That said, he also mentioned the next board being in September, if that helps anybody.
 
Gaburieru said:
That said, he also mentioned the next board being in September, if that helps anybody.
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Did he happen to say around when in September by any chance? Either way my MEPS medical is expiring this Oct so I guess I’ll have to go to MEPS and go thru the waiver process again.

Thanks for sharing bubba!
 
Gaburieru said:
Nah nah nah man it's just the fruit lol. It's mild but I was told the navy is touchy with food allergies. This one I think we'll be alright because kiwis are rarely used in full meals and are thus easily avoided. I'd also like to add that my OR said that boards can be cancelled for a number of reasons, including staffing shortcomings for the board itself, as in there aren't enough qualified people to make selections on the board. Other things like scheduling conflicts, making sure there is a steady flow and even mix of officer types to OCS is also important. That said, he also mentioned the next board being in September, if that helps anybody.
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Accurate except for staffing shortages they won't cancel for that, they will just shift the date a few days or a week. It is not unusual for people to have schedules change so they just adjust the board, that is something that you won't know about as they won't change the board schedule if someone is coming back from say leave on a Wednesday.

If you contact NRC they also won't say anything as they are only able to disclose what is on the posted board schedule. There have been a few times when the board did shift and people were still being told the board had started. One of the good ones was when the senior board member who was stationed at NRC was visiting my district. I asked him if they did the board early and he said they hadn't they were just going to do it next week when he returned as it would only take a few hours. At the same time people on this very site were posting how their recruiters were telling them the board has convened, and a few USN AD were told by Paul that the board was starting on time, mind you Paul and the senior board member worked in the same office but he is only able to give the info posted. This is important to remember when those on AD ask Paul questions, he will often give an answer that you can find yourself publicly.
 
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