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15 SEP2025 SNA/SNFO BOARD

Bito B said:
Well that’s discouraging. I talked to

Well that’s discouraging. I talked to a NA Captain that works in the office of the CNP. He told me that the board looks at LORs because it’s not just about making Pilots, it’s also about making sure we have good Naval Officers.
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Tbh, I think that's where you're motivational statements come in, to guage whether you're officer quality or not. Then your ASTB or OAR scores determing how successful you'll be in your specified designator.
 
DBM said:
Tbh, I think that's where you're motivational statements come in, to guage whether you're officer quality or not. Then your ASTB or OAR scores determing how successful you'll be in your specified designator.
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Never have I seen a person mess up your with you’re. Only the other way around.
 
DBM said:
Tbh, I think that's where you're motivational statements come in, to guage whether you're officer quality or not. Then your ASTB or OAR scores determing how successful you'll be in your specified designator.
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They don't bother with those either, experienced ORs will have you write a quick paragraph to have something on the page.

There is a reason why they take 30-60 seconds per application.
 
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I’m gonna have to agree with exNavyOffRec here. There’s no way those board members are spending tens of minutes on each application picking them apart to the T.

The shear amount of applications they get is enough to infer that they take a glance at the most concrete metrics and decide using those for about 99% of applicants.
 
fighter-cat22 said:
I’m gonna have to agree with exNavyOffRec here. There’s no way those board members are spending tens of minutes on each application picking them apart to the T.

The shear amount of applications they get is enough to infer that they take a glance at the most concrete metrics and decide using those for about 99% of applicants.
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I am receptive to his information, I’m just disappointed with the process. And wow, 30-60 seconds per applicant. No wonder we wait a month and a half 😐
 
fighter-cat22 said:
It is ironic how we spend months practicing, studying, and perfecting our packets just for the eyes of the board to only spend a few seconds glancing over them. Ultimately, deciding our fate in less time than it takes me to reheat leftovers.
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Talking with my buddy who finished primary a few weeks ago, apparently this is also how quickly they decide who gets sent to which pipeline/community lol
 
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Bito B said:
I am receptive to his information, I’m just disappointed with the process. And wow, 30-60 seconds per applicant. No wonder we wait a month and a half 😐
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fighter-cat22 said:
It is ironic how we spend months practicing, studying, and perfecting our packets just for the eyes of the board to only spend a few seconds glancing over them. Ultimately, deciding our fate in less time than it takes me to reheat leftovers.
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There is a reason they have the ISEL that just looks at scores and GPA as long as you don't have waivers, those things matter the most. I would venture that they looked the scores and GPA of those being selected and used that to come up with ISEL criteria.

If you think 30-60 seconds per application is fast, on the civilian side it can be even faster. When I look at a resume I will know within 15 seconds if it is a no, if it is a yes for the next round about the same, if I am unsure I will spend about a minute on the resume, then most of the time I know which direction, if still unsure I come back to it later. I have know recruiter friends who don't even look at each application, they are in tech and getting sometimes 1000 applications for each position, can't say that all are qualified but there is no way they can look at all of them, so luck is involved for those who get to the interview part.
 
exNavyOffRec said:
There is a reason they have the ISEL that just looks at scores and GPA as long as you don't have waivers, those things matter the most. I would venture that they looked the scores and GPA of those being selected and used that to come up with ISEL criteria.

If you think 30-60 seconds per application is fast, on the civilian side it can be even faster. When I look at a resume I will know within 15 seconds if it is a no, if it is a yes for the next round about the same, if I am unsure I will spend about a minute on the resume, then most of the time I know which direction, if still unsure I come back to it later. I have know recruiter friends who don't even look at each application, they are in tech and getting sometimes 1000 applications for each position, can't say that all are qualified but there is no way they can look at all of them, so luck is involved for those who get to the interview part.
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Do you think this rings true for STA-21 applicants as well? The instruction covering the packages seem very specific "No paper clips, page facing this way, package in this format and order etc". 30-60 seconds seems pretty quick to verify if all of that is done correctly.

Also, before I get cooked, I am aware this is not a STA-21 thread (there hasn't been one updated in years) I am just curious if the package review process has any similarities.
 
foolishjuan said:
Do you think this rings true for STA-21 applicants as well? The instruction covering the packages seem very specific "No paper clips, page facing this way, package in this format and order etc". 30-60 seconds seems pretty quick to verify if all of that is done correctly.

Also, before I get cooked, I am aware this is not a STA-21 thread (there hasn't been one updated in years) I am just curious if the package review process has any similarities.
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STA-21 is a different animal. It should be called Nuke-21 if you look over years what designator gets most of the selections.

Just keep working on college courses during that process.
 
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