does it matter which PLC i apply for?

[michaels601]

my OSO asked me if i wanted to apply for the first shot this summer or the later one. i don't have any plans in cement for the summer, so i'm not married to getting into one or the other, but i'm wondering if i should be trying to get into either the earlier or later one.

he actually seemed kind of surprised when i told him that, looks like he expected me to say 'definitely the first one.' ...so he marked me for the second. any reason more people apply for the earlier one?

 

[Ave8tor]

I went to Juniors, second incrument in 2001 and it seemed fine to me. The heat was bad, but then again, I'm from Souther California. Of course, the heat in that area is probably bad all summer long. We had a lot of black flag days (days where it's considered to hot to do physical trainning), but other than that, it wasn't to bad.

 

[Taxman2A]

he actually seemed kind of surprised when i told him that, looks like he expected me to say 'definitely the first one.' ...so he marked me for the second. any reason more people apply for the earlier one?

Sure... if you go to the first increment you get out of school, go to OCS, and you are done by July 4th... The rest of the summer is yours to drink, tell stories, and relax. If you go to the second increment you get out of school, spend half the summer worrying about going to OCS, and then just as July 4th rolls around you ship off to Quantico, by the time you get out of Quantico you roll right back into school again. Either work, but the above reason is why first increment is the generally more desirable way to go.

I had friends who went second increment and preferred though, if it doesn't matter to you don't sweat it, either way it will suck!

 

[michaels601]

now that you mention it, that makes sense...

it's going to suck staying in shape while i'm on break, too. shouldn't be as bad as the thanksgiving/christmas break slump.