Confusion about degree completion

[eddie]

I am a college freshman this fall looking into officer programs, and I am in a kind of odd and unexpected place. I may be asking a monumentally stupid question, so just bear with me.

AP's were good to me; I came into college with many more credits than I would have expected. My courseload, present, and projected, also happens to be unusually credit-dense.

By the end of junior year I will have easily surpassed my graduation credit-hour requirement. I cannot, however, concieve of cramming all of my major requirement classes into just three years (although technically it is possible...).

If, like most people, I am on track to graduate in four years by virtue of major requirements, for BDCP degree completion, does it matter how many credit-hours I have at any given point?

Would it matter for PLC or OCC (I know, wrong forum, but still...)?

Thanks,

Eddie

 

[DocT]

If, like most people, I am on track to graduate in four years by virtue of major requirements, for BDCP degree completion, does it matter how many credit-hours I have at any given point?

I guess I don't know what you're asking. For PLC the only requirement is that you are a fulltime student with a 2.0 at an accredited school to stay in the program. If you're asking if you must a have a certain number of credits at a given time, the answer is no. People do grad date changes in PLC all the time due to a change in major, need more classes, etc. As long as you stay under the age limits for commissioning you're good.

The long and short of it is that the program is degree based. It doesn't matter how many credits you have earned in the completion of said degree.

Hope that helps, Doc

 

[Zilch]

I think that "full time" is considered at least nine credit hours. As long as you maintain that and your 2.0 GPA, which it sounds like you should have no problem doing, you should be OK. Then again, I'm an OCC guy so I could be 100% or 0% correct about your PLC stuff.

/me points to the "Ask your OSO" button.

 

[nugget81]

If, like most people, I am on track to graduate in four years by virtue of major requirements, for BDCP degree completion, does it matter how many credit-hours I have at any given point?

No. You determine what classes you will take, when you will take them, and when you will graduate on the ADCP. You then submit the ADCP to the board, who will determine if it is satisfactory, as determined by receiving a pro-rec and ultimately a final select. If you can't get a class for a particular semester, it's no big deal. Just update the ADCP and submit it to your recruiter. It doesn't really matter what classes you take and when you take them, so long as you graduate on time.

 

[Tom]

With the same major.

 

[eddie]

Thanks folks.

 

[wink]

For Navy BDCP you turn in a degree completion plan with your app. All that matters is that you complete the degree requirements for you major as a full time student by the date you originally estimate. If you have 30 more credits then your degree requires by virtue of AP classes or a heavy summer school load of racquetball, pottery, human sexuality and welding, good on ya.

 

[Brett327]

For Navy BDCP you turn in a degree completion plan with your app. All that matters is that you complete the degree requirements for you major as a full time student by the date you originally estimate. If you have 30 more credits then your degree requires by virtue of AP classes or a heavy summer school load of racquetball, pottery, human sexuality and welding, good on ya.

How come they don't offer any of those cool classes at my school? I'm sure I could find some things around the house which require welding of some kind.

Brett