I’d like any and ALL info I can get my hands on regarding OCS as I was dually rejected from USNA and that door has since closed
Feel free to DM specific questions. A few pieces of general advice:
- Regardless of what community you want to apply for, be it surface warfare, aviation, or supply corps, the best GPA in the most rigorous degree combined with a strong ASTB score are essential
- All the things you did to be eligible for USNA are not a waste. From fitness to good moral character, you must keep those habits in place. Don't fall temptation to the vices of "normal" college which flirt with the potential of disqualifying you
- If you're interested in nuclear power, NUPOC is the best financial deal I'm aware of
- At least in 2013-2015, most OCS selections were made earlier in the fiscal year, so all things equal I would work with your recruiter to time you package for that timeframe
- The recruiter....sadly not all recruiters are made equally. With a few exceptions (NUPOC or CEC) you won't be able to do much with a recruiter until you're within one year of finishing your undergrad. As you're finishing your junior year of college I would find the local recruiting station and explicitly ask for an officer recruiter. Convey, without being rude, that you're savvy to the intricacies and don't want to get railroaded into enlisting. Of course, this is provided that you are a competitive officer applicant. Anecdotal but I would occasionally see naive but competitive college graduates get guided toward enlisting because the enlisted recruiters needed numbers. The inverse was the clown with a 2.1 GPA in interdisciplinary studies remaining adamant he'd be an officer despite my insistence that enlisting was the only viable path into the Navy for him
