Yeah I'm pumped about the more or less free $$$.
By the way, how long after final select does it take for the paychecks to start rolling?
By the way, how long after final select does it take for the paychecks to start rolling?
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GatorBoy44
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Some say a couple of months....but I got final select on or around March 20 or so and got my first check on April 15. If it does take a couple of pay cycles before you get the first one (you get final select on Oct. 25 ie, and you were to get your first check on Nov. 15), it would reflect all the pay you have acrued since you signed the contract. So that first check will blow you away! Remember, free money is good money!
If you get BDCP why not just NOT take out student loans, instead of saving the money to pay them off when you graduate?
Well...don't feel bad. Ramen is the best bang-for-your-buck food out there.
It tastes great, and it's only what? like 15 cents a pack or something like that?
It tastes great, and it's only what? like 15 cents a pack or something like that?
Currently E-5 (got the good grades & referral bumps) making about $2500/month after taxes. Pays for rent, gas, food, etc. Most of it goes to help pay debt incurred by school prior to being selected, while the rest goes to savings to build a cushion for that first year out of college (damn loans).
Seemed too good to be true when I heard about the program. I mean, come on....you're going to offer me a pilot slot and pay me while I'm in school? Couldn't be happier with the decision to go for it....
CaptainRon said:
Money should not be the motivating factor when deciding on a career in the military. It isn't free, either. You are putting in a big time commitment based on the pipeline you enter. That being said, if you're already hellbent on being a Naval Officer, there isn't a better program out there for current college students.
Oh don't get me wrong...I didn't even know about BDCP until I was well into my app process.
Anyway, BDCP still sounds like one of the sweetest gigs around.
Anyway, BDCP still sounds like one of the sweetest gigs around.
And has the advantage of being completely devoid of any meaningful nutrients. If I weren't already certain you were guzzling down copious amounts of Mountain Dew (Nectar of the Tards), I would have thought you'd have developed scurvy by now.
Brett
...maybe he supplements with multivitamins and protein powder bought in bulk.
Ugh...I'm pretty sure I'd feel sick after just one day of that.
Thisguy
Pain-in-the-dick
Hold on. Sodium isn't a nutrient?
On that note, do nutrients have to be organic compounds?
Certainly not. Minerals are nutrients and many contain neither carbon, nor hydrogen.
Brett
nevermind that it has no nutritional value. You know that guy who did the mcdonalds for thirty days? He should do a ramen month....
I heard about a guy who ate nothing but Top Ramen at every meal for, if not all of, then a significant portion of his life. Like most people, he later died. Apparantly during the autopsy, they found a huge ball of wax in his stomache.
If it was his entire life, he must've lived for about 2 weeks.
Most I've ever done was 2 days straight...and I wanted to puke as I was shoveling it down near the end.
And if you try that with the spicy Korean versions, your bowels will hate you.
Picture this: :icon_rage <-- out your *******