hello everybody, just wanted to introduct myself in this section because if all goes well (which unfortunately it rarely does) i will get accepted into the marine ocs this summer. my name is Will, im about to be 19,i live in piscataway NJ and im attending the rutgers school of engineering as a freshman. i actually got interested in the ocs by a mass email that was sent out by the OSO in new brunswick to all RU students at the beginning of the year. i was pondering ocs for about a month when i decided that it was something i wanted to do and went to see my oso last week. after talking to her, i think im more interested, and yet more scared than i was a few months ago.
thing is, ive never been an athlete, im naturally pretty think and weak, but for once i think ive found something that will give me the drive to get in better shape over the next few months. the cpt. told me that the first summer block (which i REALLY wan to attend) is pretty competitive, and that while the deadline for that block to submit the app is march, the earlier the better.
so what does that mean? high goals! my goal is to be able to score 100s on both the pull ups (i can do 10 now) and crunches portions of the PFT. my only fear is running, and while from what ive read it seems that i should be in the 21-22 range, ill have to run my ass off just to make 24. i might be able to pull off 30 as of now
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ive been browsin around on this site for about a week now and just signed up this morning, and though i dont think ill have much to post about (unless you want a plethora of questions that have been asked many times before) i definitely want to stick around and learn as much as possible about, well not just ocs but marine aviation in general.
one thing im a little afraid of is being misled by my oso...the military has a history of fibbing to increase recruitment and i just want to make sure im not going to get short changed. for instance, the cpt. was very fuzzy on the maximum heigh to fly jets in the marines (im 6'2" and might gain another 1/2" or so). she said that i was fine, and from what ive read through searching on here the max is 6'6"....but i obviously just want to be certain before i go signing any papers.
well, thanks for sitting through all that, hope to post back here soon!
-Will
thing is, ive never been an athlete, im naturally pretty think and weak, but for once i think ive found something that will give me the drive to get in better shape over the next few months. the cpt. told me that the first summer block (which i REALLY wan to attend) is pretty competitive, and that while the deadline for that block to submit the app is march, the earlier the better.
so what does that mean? high goals! my goal is to be able to score 100s on both the pull ups (i can do 10 now) and crunches portions of the PFT. my only fear is running, and while from what ive read it seems that i should be in the 21-22 range, ill have to run my ass off just to make 24. i might be able to pull off 30 as of now
.ive been browsin around on this site for about a week now and just signed up this morning, and though i dont think ill have much to post about (unless you want a plethora of questions that have been asked many times before) i definitely want to stick around and learn as much as possible about, well not just ocs but marine aviation in general.
one thing im a little afraid of is being misled by my oso...the military has a history of fibbing to increase recruitment and i just want to make sure im not going to get short changed. for instance, the cpt. was very fuzzy on the maximum heigh to fly jets in the marines (im 6'2" and might gain another 1/2" or so). she said that i was fine, and from what ive read through searching on here the max is 6'6"....but i obviously just want to be certain before i go signing any papers.
well, thanks for sitting through all that, hope to post back here soon!
-Will
