mc.mcpherson91
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Hi All,
I'm looking for a little guidance. I'm 26 years old (6-5-91) and I have 6 years prior service as a fire support specialist in the Army National Guard. I deployed in 2012 with an infantry battalion. I just finished my undergraduate degree from UofSC in Finance and I'm 2 classes short of a second degree in Economics. My cumulative GPA is a 2.65. I know its low, but thats because I was in college for a year before joining the guard and bombed it. After returning to school a few years later I did better, but my bad grades from freshman year are pulling me down. After my deployment I played soccer at Francis Marion University (NCAA Div 2) for a short stint before transferring to UofSC. I've been out the guard for a little over a year and was an E5 at ETS. I can't remember what my actual ASVAB score was when I took it 6 years ago, but I remember my GT being 130 and I scored in the 90th percentile or something close to that. I have 5 consecutive years of community service with some other little projects here and there. I was initially spending my time after graduation with a financial advising firm, but I've decided that the military career is my calling. My desire is to fly fix wing but being selected for anything would be a blessing. I've been doing most of my research on the AF and I believe that is the branch I would like to go for. However, I've been seeing different post saying that most slots go to AFA grads or ROTC. Assuming I score well on AFOQT then what are my chances of actually being competitive? Also, I have 0 flight hours on civilian side. Been skydiving 3 times though! Highly recommend haha. Thanks for the help guys/gals! PS: Meeting with recruiter on 8-1-17
I'm looking for a little guidance. I'm 26 years old (6-5-91) and I have 6 years prior service as a fire support specialist in the Army National Guard. I deployed in 2012 with an infantry battalion. I just finished my undergraduate degree from UofSC in Finance and I'm 2 classes short of a second degree in Economics. My cumulative GPA is a 2.65. I know its low, but thats because I was in college for a year before joining the guard and bombed it. After returning to school a few years later I did better, but my bad grades from freshman year are pulling me down. After my deployment I played soccer at Francis Marion University (NCAA Div 2) for a short stint before transferring to UofSC. I've been out the guard for a little over a year and was an E5 at ETS. I can't remember what my actual ASVAB score was when I took it 6 years ago, but I remember my GT being 130 and I scored in the 90th percentile or something close to that. I have 5 consecutive years of community service with some other little projects here and there. I was initially spending my time after graduation with a financial advising firm, but I've decided that the military career is my calling. My desire is to fly fix wing but being selected for anything would be a blessing. I've been doing most of my research on the AF and I believe that is the branch I would like to go for. However, I've been seeing different post saying that most slots go to AFA grads or ROTC. Assuming I score well on AFOQT then what are my chances of actually being competitive? Also, I have 0 flight hours on civilian side. Been skydiving 3 times though! Highly recommend haha. Thanks for the help guys/gals! PS: Meeting with recruiter on 8-1-17