Just finished 4 years of NROTC AMA

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dash132

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This forum was very helpful for me when I was a senior in high school, now that I'm newly commissioned wanted to pay it forward. Background: Went to a prestigious college on the East Coast, and came in with a four-year scholarship and a tier 3 major. High School stats: 33 ACT, 4.48 GPA, two sports, and a job.

Would love to answer any questions and give insight into the program for upcoming freshmen scholarship and non-scholarship.
 
Justin HELPmomStocksPosts said:
What job are you commissioning into/ is it the one you wanted?
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I am going SWO out of San Diego! I originally wanted to go to flight school but was disqualified after too many concussions.

One major thing for the SWO draft is PT scores, I got a 300 and it ended up being a huge bump for my ranking and was what allowed me to pick my #1 ship.
 
Thanks for sharing your perspectives/ guidance. What general trends did you see on 1st/2nd/3rd choices in your commissioning class as to who ended up where (SWO, Nuc, SNA, JAG, etc) in their first Ensign assignments?
 
Is the Submarine draft real? I've heard that every unit needs a certain number of sub-selects each year.
 
tango_hotel said:
Is the Submarine draft real? I've heard that every unit needs a certain number of sub-selects each year.
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I'm not the OP who you asked this q to, but I think I can help with this one and the OP of this thread can provide that guidance they offered, when they can.

Yes, being sub-drafted can happen / did reportedly happen this past cycle's selection process. The numbers needed for each role vary / depends on the specific needs of the navy and how many people are interested. At one school a cadre leader / 10 year submariner is so effective at recruiting for subs and regaling his adventures around the globe, great food, and high pay that many of the young people under his leadership/ mentorship are eager/hoping to go sub. I've seen other programs where former SWO leaders hype the adventure and SWO's re-up bonus and exotic ports / specific roles and have people eager for that pursuit. Bottom line- it depends per year.

A newly minted Ensign requested SNA and yet was drafted subs (high gpa, strong evals, strong in math, physics, elite athlete). He then failed the sub interview, (I suspect he tanked it on purpose) and was voluntold / moved over to SWO. But that move happened AFTER the SWO ship selection draft. He's excited about SWO, but he's pretty salty that he got the table scrap of assignments / fell to the back of the OML because of the timing of the process. I'll omit the actual port name he's going to, but he says the port ex. "Norfolk" like it's a Shawshank sentence.
 
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