Applying to Jan board 2013

[JH88]

Some good gouge coming out of NRD Houston if anyone is interested in some stats for the most recent board.

http://recruitingcommand.com/texasnavy/2012/12/14/swopilotnfo-results/

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Some good gouge coming out of NRD Houston if anyone is interested in some stats for the most recent board.

http://recruitingcommand.com/texasnavy/2012/12/14/swopilotnfo-results/

That is actually some good info, that is what I used to put out.

Funny though, it looks like NRC is realizing that the thought of a few large boards a year isn't going to work and they are going to go back to the way it was, and that worked out great, much better than anything we have done since.

 

[zianac]

I'm curious about the results from JH88's post:
"3) For Pilot, the board considered 199 applications with 101 being professionally recommended, resulting in a 51% selection rate. For NFO, the board considered 195 applications with 188 being professionally recommended, resulting in a 96% selection rate. For SWO, the board considered 352 applications with 209 being professionally recommended, resulting in a 59% selection rate."

Is it normal for NFO to have such a high selection rate?
This is purely speculation, but I would assume that of 188 people being pro rec'd for NFO, 101 of them were most likely SNA applicants. which would boil down to only 87 people moving forward (assuming those 101 people decided to be SNA's instead)

 

[exNavyOffRec]

I'm curious about the results from JH88's post:
"3) For Pilot, the board considered 199 applications with 101 being professionally recommended, resulting in a 51% selection rate. For NFO, the board considered 195 applications with 188 being professionally recommended, resulting in a 96% selection rate. For SWO, the board considered 352 applications with 209 being professionally recommended, resulting in a 59% selection rate."

Is it normal for NFO to have such a high selection rate?
This is purely speculation, but I would assume that of 188 people being pro rec'd for NFO, 101 of them were most likely SNA applicants. which would boil down to only 87 people moving forward (assuming those 101 people decided to be SNA's instead)

You are on the right track, often people that are qualified for SNA will also put NFO and SWO, of course those that are picked for all often pick SNA, those that are only picked for NFO or SWO often pick NFO, so many of those picked for NFO or SWO will actually not take those spots.

no, that isn't normal, but the billets went up quite a bit, so between what I said above and making sure they have what they need would account for the high selection rate.

That would not feel good to be part of the 4%

 

[sethmanwilli]

Hello all,

I have been an avid reader of these threads for quite some time, and this is my first post. I apologize in adavance that it doesn't pertain to the Jan 2013 board. I am in the process of submitting my application for the Supply Corps (all of I have left is MEPS, which should go well), and here are my stats:

23/M/Non-prior
B.S. Resource Economics and Management, Cum. GPA: 3.14, Major GPA: 3.5
University of Arizona
OAR: 56
LOR's: College professor (department head), Internship manager, HS athletic director

I am a bit concerned about my LOR's because I do not have any from officers (do not know many people in military). I was told to retrieve one more from someone who has known me since I was a child. I have one person in mind who has known me since I was 4, but it is not a very credible person (more of a family friend). What are your guys' thoughts? Should I get one more LOR, or do they seem strong as is?

 

[John wright]

Hello all,

I have been an avid reader of these threads for quite some time, and this is my first post. I apologize in adavance that it doesn't pertain to the Jan 2013 board. I am in the process of submitting my application for the Supply Corps (all of I have left is MEPS, which should go well), and here are my stats:

23/M/Non-prior
B.S. Resource Economics and Management, Cum. GPA: 3.14, Major GPA: 3.5
University of Arizona
OAR: 56
LOR's: College professor (department head), Internship manager, HS athletic director

I am a bit concerned about my LOR's because I do not have any from officers (do not know many people in military). I was told to retrieve one more from someone who has known me since I was a child. I have one person in mind who has known me since I was 4, but it is not a very credible person (more of a family friend). What are your guys' thoughts? Should I get one more LOR, or do they seem strong as is?

Use the family friend. It won't hurt you... I used my neighboor who has known me since I was 2 and it didn't seem to affect my outcome. Good luck either way.

 

[zianac]

Don't worry Seth. I was a prior, and I didn't have any military LOR's. Just make sure they showcase your leadership and work ethic.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Hello all,

I have been an avid reader of these threads for quite some time, and this is my first post. I apologize in adavance that it doesn't pertain to the Jan 2013 board. I am in the process of submitting my application for the Supply Corps (all of I have left is MEPS, which should go well), and here are my stats:

23/M/Non-prior
B.S. Resource Economics and Management, Cum. GPA: 3.14, Major GPA: 3.5
University of Arizona
OAR: 56
LOR's: College professor (department head), Internship manager, HS athletic director

I am a bit concerned about my LOR's because I do not have any from officers (do not know many people in military). I was told to retrieve one more from someone who has known me since I was a child. I have one person in mind who has known me since I was 4, but it is not a very credible person (more of a family friend). What are your guys' thoughts? Should I get one more LOR, or do they seem strong as is?

99% of the people I had selected had no officer interviews, but with supply things have changed.

According to the memo the director sent out at least one Supply officer interview is required for it to be considered by the board.

You should try for SWO as well since Supply has very few spots each board, you have a better shot at SWO, so you could apply for Supply and SWO.

 

[Lincoln Lucas]

I've got a couple quick questions. I'd really appreciate any input you can offer. I'm apply to the Jan board, but my recruiter is on vacation until Jan 3. My stats are a 3.4 from Yale, 9/8/9 66, Private Pilot w/ 74 hours.

I went to MEPS when I was considering the Air Force this summer. They are transferring the results to the Navy but I'm told it may take 3-4 weeks. Will this make it into my application in time? When do they actually make decisions?

For recommendations, I have 3 great recommendations from a Navy Lieutenant, college professor and leader of a volunteering trip to Africa. All are really good. I also have one from my flying instructor, which is not as good due to poor writing skills. That rec is yet to be signed or submitted and will remain that way unless I remind her. Is it better to have more than 3 recs? Should I ask a different instructor (I had more than one)? Should I get a rec from a distant family friend who went to the Naval Academy? Would these help my application?

And finally, I failed the depth perception at MEPS, but recently passed the stereo test at the optometrists. What guidelines should I use when asking for a letter to go along with my app? Are there any examples on the internet?

I'd really appreciate your help. I want more than anything to be a Navy pilot. Thanks in advance.

 

[sethmanwilli]

99% of the people I had selected had no officer interviews, but with supply things have changed.

According to the memo the director sent out at least one Supply officer interview is required for it to be considered by the board.

You should try for SWO as well since Supply has very few spots each board, you have a better shot at SWO, so you could apply for Supply and SWO.

Thank you everyone for the advice.

Unfortunately, in one of my LOR's it states that I am applying for the Supply Corps. Also, I only have 1 semester of calculus which I earned an A in, but I have read that I need 2 semesters of calculus. Do you think either of these will hamper my application for SWO?

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Thank you everyone for the advice.

Unfortunately, in one of my LOR's it states that I am applying for the Supply Corps. Also, I only have 1 semester of calculus which I earned an A in, but I have read that I need 2 semesters of calculus. Do you think either of these will hamper my application for SWO?

for SWO calculus doesn't matter it is only required for SWO nuke

 

[ssmit255]

I'm sitting in the same boat as everyone. . . I am permanent employee and don't want to get shafted if dates get changed. . . The Processing Lead for the district called me and said that in the "system" I am slotted for 27 Jan, and that he is 95% sure I will be going then. He even offered to give me a letter saying this. He reminded me that occasionally things change, but he isn't expecting that to be the case. . . My goal was to put in my 2 weeks next Friday, that way I have 2 weeks to see family/friends and make my voyage to OCS. . . Hopefully the holiday slow down doesn't throw a wrench in the planning!

Same boat, won't beat a dead horse, just wanted to know if you had prior contact with the PL for your district or if you had received that phone call out of the blue? Just wondering b/c if possible I'd REALLY like to see which class i'm tentatively slotted for and if the letter has been generated. Thanks in advance for any info! I'm hoping for 27 Jan as well!

 

[BDfan88]

I guess the rumors about January OCS dates are true. My Final Select came already. 27 Jan for me.

 

[zianac]

I guess the rumors about January OCS dates are true. My Final Select came already. 27 Jan for me.

Haha... Damn you....

Congrats! I can hardly wait for mine.

Has anyone else heard anything in the form of a FS letter?

 

[LFCFan]

Alrighty folks, we're still waiting on two people but I haven't heard anything from them, so I am going to go ahead and post the stats. I removed names, so please don't take anything personally when people try to pick apart the data or talk about stuff like "quality" etc.

Keep in mind that this sample is incomplete, and nonrandom as it was all volunteered by AW members. Also, boards can emphasize different things, and the posting from NRD Houston said that the board wasn't overall impressed with the quality of many applicants. I don't know if that means that those selected would have had harder times at other boards, or if they were just talking about the non-selects.

For SNA: It would appear that a 7 was necessary but not sufficient on the PFAR. NavyOffRec said he might have seen some 6s in PMs. GPA was apparently not as big a deal, and the ASTB in all areas was quite higher in selects than non-selects, as expected. However, it does appear that selects with less than a 3.0 GPA had damn good ASTBs.

*Applicant was unable to recall ASTB scores as they were pretty old, but thinks he may have a 5 in there somewhere.

It rather unfortunately seems that we have some of the 4% here. Given that the selection rate was so high, it is really hard to say much with only two non-selects. One of them pointed out in a previous post that he had a few things going against him from when he was younger. Perhaps they just grabbed the people that weren't "zero-defect" or lowest few ASTB scores. We can only speculate.

As far as SNA vs. SNFO goes, the aviation side of the ASTBs dropped a bit, AQR wasn't much different and neither was GPA.