Gpa

[m26]

Wow. What else is there? I'm considering my app...Interviews, Recs, activities/employment.

That's very surprising from the USAF. I thought they were supposed to have a brains > brawn mindset. Seems hard to achieve if you don't look at GPA

 

[Dig]

Wow. What else is there? I'm considering my app...Interviews, Recs, activities/employment.

That's very surprising from the USAF. I thought they were supposed to have a brains > brawn mindset. Seems hard to achieve if you don't look at GPA

I know a lot of idiots who have a 3.9GPA at my college and I know a few brilliant people who are in the high 2's. The applicant's PCSM score will be relied upon more heavily now I believe.

If this is bad gouge, someone please correct me.

 

[Gnar]

I think they take into consideration what your major is with your GPA. For instance, I got a 3.8 in Biological Psychology which is super easy like most social science majors. I am sure they are aware that hard science majors do not have inflated grades. Meh just my 2 cents .

 

[Dig]

I think they take into consideration what your major is with your GPA. For instance, I got a 3.8 in Biological Psychology which is super easy like most social science majors. I am sure they are aware that hard science majors do not have inflated grades. Meh just my 2 cents .

I'm banking on this. My major is mathematics and my GPA is going to suck when I graduate. The math stuff is not hard at all for me, but I have a lot of F's and Drop Fails (DF) on my record that will eternally bring my GPA down a lot.

 

[batesdl]

You will be alright, just keep your heads in the books and keep pluggin.

Dan

 

[biograd06]

I actually spoke with an AF OR about the same time I started talking with my Navy OR. She asked me the standard questions, do you have a degree, what is it in, and then...what was your GPA. When I told her it was a 2.3 in Biological Sciences (concentration in Micro) she said I wasn't qualified. So I brought up the whole thing about AF not considering GPA anymore. She said she hadn't heard of that, and insisted that I wasn't qualified. To which I quickly replied "Okay, thanks" and hung up.

 

[Dig]

I actually spoke with an AF OR about the same time I started talking with my Navy OR. She asked me the standard questions, do you have a degree, what is it in, and then...what was your GPA. When I told her it was a 2.3 in Biological Sciences (concentration in Micro) she said I wasn't qualified. So I brought up the whole thing about AF not considering GPA anymore. She said she hadn't heard of that, and insisted that I wasn't qualified. To which I quickly replied "Okay, thanks" and hung up.

My AF OR friend tells me otherwise. I can't find the official DOC right now, but you can find mention of it in a lot of threads on airforceots.com. Apparently it went into effect 0109.

 

[cgoetz]

Bottom line I know my GPA isn't the best but by talking with you guys it doesn't mean I still will not achieve my goal of becoming a naval aviator. I'm going to a good school, I'm a member of several clubs (one of which I am a treasurer), I have a PPL, and this summer I'm doing an internship for a major airline so that is a plus. Bottom line I'm not giving up, not every pilot is the greatest student but that dosen't stop from being the best at what they, and I don't care what anyone else says otherwise.

 

[RabidMoose]

Wow, thats really inspirational guys. Rabidmosse and OUSOONER, are you guys both in the Navy or Marines. Only reason I ask is guys with GPAs like that seem to always going to the Marines, not that I'm trying to insult the Corps or anything.

We are both Navy, I think also both of our stats are posted on the January 09 boards thread if you want to see the whole package.

 

[Gnar]

Hey man, did not mean to jab at you personally . I think you are absolutely right in that they look at the whole picture. I am not ever sure what the predictive validity of GPA is... It seems so multi dimensional (e.g., what school, what major etc) Can not say I have ever seen any gouge on it.

 

[cgoetz]

Yeah only reason I bring it up because in the beginning when you first start this process you are bombarded constantly with the stereotype that you have to exceptional grades to get accepted to be a pilot/NFO. I was hoping by starting this thread I could talk to people who didn't have the greatest GPAs but still got in and are doing what they want to do. Its just to help me others gain some reassurance. Besides like I have said before right now GPA shouldn't be my main concern, its my whole waiver process with MEPS thats my top priority. There a lot of people out there who are very damn successful at what they do and have had pretty bad GPAs all through school, but the only thing that mattered was they were good at what they did .

 

[cgoetz]

FUCK! I wish I was out of school already.

 

[anghockey]

Hey, its porbably a little early to be thinking about this since I haven't finished with MEPs yet, but I have an issue with my GPA. I right now have a 3.1 with a B.S. in aeronautics at Embry Riddle. Right now it my last semester so I am hoping to bump it up a little bit. I'm wondering how this will effect me when applying for SNA/SNFO. My recruiter says that right now the Navy is getting a lot of applications now and that there mostly taking kids around 3.7, 3.8, and so fourth don't no how true this is. Either way I know there is nothing much I can do about it, but I'm trying to get an idea about what my chances are out of the gate. I figure if they say no I will just keep applying, I'm not giving up.

I'm hopping on answering your question a bit late here, but thought I'd just throw in my two cents. You go to a far superior school than a lot of people applying for SNA/NFO, so that's going to also factor into your GPA consideration. 3.1 is totally respectable, and if you have an overall strong package it's definitely not going to hold you back.

 

[FMRAM]

Yeah only reason I bring it up because in the beginning when you first start this process you are bombarded constantly with the stereotype that you have to exceptional grades to get accepted to be a pilot/NFO. I was hoping by starting this thread I could talk to people who didn't have the greatest GPAs but still got in and are doing what they want to do. Its just to help me others gain some reassurance. Besides like I have said before right now GPA shouldn't be my main concern, its my whole waiver process with MEPS thats my top priority. There a lot of people out there who are very damn successful at what they do and have had pretty bad GPAs all through school, but the only thing that mattered was they were good at what they did .

Ever consider padding your GPA with some easy 4.0's?

 

[cgoetz]

What do you mean FMRAM?