Yeah.... i should caveat this a bit. My first submission was pretty crap. It was nearly 5 years ago. No MBA, no flag letters, mediocre evals, previous rate was non-IW, etc......
The 2nd submission never got to board. Again, previous rate was non-IW. I was applying for Crypto and was not aware that CW was not accepting any priors over 6 years. I had just passed my 6 year mark, and would have needed a waiver or an exception to policy. Anyway, I missed the board and by the time i was to apply for a new board, i had been accepted to cross rate to IS and was coming up on orders, so i elected not to continue with that process and would try again once i arrived at my new command and rate.
This time, I think I've gotten myself in about as good of a spot as I can get.