http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/recruiters.15819/
Great thread that could help answer some of your questions about recruiters.
Great thread that could help answer some of your questions about recruiters.
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OCS, chances and decisions
- Thread starter Fire17
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A bit tired from the whole process, so any help, advice would be great and much appreciated.
Info:
I graduated a few months ago from a top tier school with a 3.35 GPA in Economics and International Relations.
Have volunteered in community since High School. Some of which include; teaching ESL to immigrant parents, building homes for people who are homeless, fundraising money for orphans in China and rape victims in Congo.
When it comes to leadership, I have managed a business since I was 14 which lead to great success. I have also opened up my own business in college where most of the proceeds went to charity to help rape victims in Congo. I have also countless internships in investment management and marketing (abroad and locally).
I have about 8 LORs. One from a colleague, manager from past internship, mentor of 5 years (president of a international company), friend from college, executive director from non profit organization, 1 professor, 1 former Director of NATO and one from a Navy 3 star Admiral.
I know my LORs are pretty solid, my leadership skills and volunteer experience are pretty strong but......the ASTB....
So here is the bummer. I am not good at taking tests. I took the first test, had a week to prep in between 2 volunteer jobs and scored a 39 (form 5). I retook it and got a 44 (form 3). During the second test, I did not manage my time wisely with the MATH which kicked my bum and then my computer froze which took up more time. Anyways, I am not a dummy considering I got into a good school and graduated with a good GPA. But I do recommend studying real hard. I'm happy for all who did so well on their ASTB but I definitely will stick with the 44 for now and hope they look at the full package and see my potential to serve. If not I will be retaking it again. But for those who did not do well on their ASTB, honestly, you are not the only one out there. Keep trying!!! But anyways, I'm not going for Pilot so definitely not an Air Warrior, I'm more looking for Intel, Information Warfare, Logistics.
What do you guys think of my chances of making it? But no worries, I will update. Best of luck to all. I'm just happy to get this mess of my chest.
Info:
I graduated a few months ago from a top tier school with a 3.35 GPA in Economics and International Relations.
Have volunteered in community since High School. Some of which include; teaching ESL to immigrant parents, building homes for people who are homeless, fundraising money for orphans in China and rape victims in Congo.
When it comes to leadership, I have managed a business since I was 14 which lead to great success. I have also opened up my own business in college where most of the proceeds went to charity to help rape victims in Congo. I have also countless internships in investment management and marketing (abroad and locally).
I have about 8 LORs. One from a colleague, manager from past internship, mentor of 5 years (president of a international company), friend from college, executive director from non profit organization, 1 professor, 1 former Director of NATO and one from a Navy 3 star Admiral.
I know my LORs are pretty solid, my leadership skills and volunteer experience are pretty strong but......the ASTB....
So here is the bummer. I am not good at taking tests. I took the first test, had a week to prep in between 2 volunteer jobs and scored a 39 (form 5). I retook it and got a 44 (form 3). During the second test, I did not manage my time wisely with the MATH which kicked my bum and then my computer froze which took up more time. Anyways, I am not a dummy considering I got into a good school and graduated with a good GPA. But I do recommend studying real hard. I'm happy for all who did so well on their ASTB but I definitely will stick with the 44 for now and hope they look at the full package and see my potential to serve. If not I will be retaking it again. But for those who did not do well on their ASTB, honestly, you are not the only one out there. Keep trying!!! But anyways, I'm not going for Pilot so definitely not an Air Warrior, I'm more looking for Intel, Information Warfare, Logistics.
What do you guys think of my chances of making it? But no worries, I will update. Best of luck to all. I'm just happy to get this mess of my chest.
I'm reminded of a great Tosh quote:
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
Anyways, good luck!
Thanks, I need all the luck I can get.
What board are you applying for?
The reason I ask, if you aren't applying for the July board you have plenty of time to retake the ASTB for a third time. Soon they will be releasing a new version and it will 'reset' your test limit.
Sorry, new with this forum thing. Plus, I guess I've been a bit stressed out.
Well I am going for the July board. I am not the pickiest but I am trying to go for Intel. But from the sound of things from this forum, Intel seems pretty darn competitive. But cant quit before you try, right? If things dont work out, I will retest, mark my words.
Looks like you will have plenty of opportunities to prepare and retake in the future if Intel is your goal. Hopefully (and by your post it sounds like you aren't) you don't have to worry about the age limit. If you are however, I suggest looking into something other than Intel.
Thank you for the advice. I really appreciate it. Well since my major/ work experience also focused on finance/ business, I do have other options I'm looking into such as Information Warfare (also heard to be very competitive), Business Management, Finance Accounting and Computer Science. Hopefully the options will help but we will see. I will update. Thanks again.
exNavyOffRec
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IW is a technical field, they specifically look for CS, EE, etc.... the board feedback is no calc or calc based physics is a significant negative factor, and they have a goal of zero for FY13.
exNavyOffRec
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Supply was going to be in July, but that isn't happening now.
Intel/IW/IP was going to be August, but they are pro x'ing people as they are closed