I am 29 Years old and a Petty Officer First Class in the Navy highly determined to applying for Naval Officer Candidate School and compete for a Naval Aviator. I am also in my senior year majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and minoring in Drone and Aerospace. I am worried that with my GPA might be too low and I will finish with a 2.91 and wont qualify for immediate selection. I did take my ASTB for the second time and scored a OAR: 41, AQR: 4, PFAR: 5, FOFAR: 4 and LPSS: 54, from what my recruiter told me I qualify for Naval Aviator (First Choice), but not Naval Flight Officer. I also have my Private Pilot License working on finishing my Instrument Rating and I volunteer as a Docent (guided tour) at a Military Aviation Museum. I was hoping that I could get any feedback from Naval Aviator and/or candidates that went through the Naval OCS route who could help me in sharing what I can or should do in order to help me in becoming competitive and reaching my dream of flying for the Navy. Would you recommend that I retake my ASTB for a higher score as well as retake and/or add additional classes to boost my undergraduate degree? What can I do in order to help my chances?
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Assistance with applying for Naval Officer Candidate School and Naval Aviator Contract
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FormerRecruitingGuru
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Welcome to the forum. Please take the time to browse the forums, particularly Pilot/NFO board threads to see where you stack.
The “new guy” / life story posts (no offense to yours) are discouraged since (1) at least 20-30 of these would pop daily and (2) most if not all your questions can be found here.
Also suggest you read and double check the program authorization, along with finding an officer mentor or two in your command to help you out.
Good luck!
Hey man, I’m also a PO1 active duty and 27. My advice, leverage all the resources you can and get that ASTB score up. Because I haven’t been in school since I was 21, I had to study for a a month and a half or so leading up to the test. I got two different study books and scored a 52 6/6/6 which was enough. This was before I knew this website existed. Now I know there are apps, games you can play to help out with the UAV part, there are even entire YouTube playlists dedicated to the ASTB test. If you take a month or so and use all of these resources, I’m sure you’ll get a better score.
NKMess
SNA Select, AD HM1
I'm also a PO1, age 28. My biggest takeaway was the ASTB score is the most important part of your application. Broadly speaking, I studied for about eight weeks using Barron's and the ASTB app, and I felt like both were more than adequate to prepare for the test (I used a couple other supplemental materials to refine some concepts, though).
Are you a reservist btw? Just curious since you're working with a recruiter. Also, FYI, I the required scores for SNFO are slightly less than SNA - I'd recommend keeping up with the program authorizations (PA-106, mostly) so you're up to date with the requirements.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
Are you a reservist btw? Just curious since you're working with a recruiter. Also, FYI, I the required scores for SNFO are slightly less than SNA - I'd recommend keeping up with the program authorizations (PA-106, mostly) so you're up to date with the requirements.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.