Great video! It was really informative as well as the sites/videos linked in the description. I've been thinking about going into the Navy as an officer after going through the OCS, so this video really told me what I have to work on to be able to do that (Mainly running, since I'm not that good with running.). Again, thank you for the great video! It really helped. =)
Hey! I am graduating June 2016, and am very seriously looking into OCS. (: I've subscribed and look forward to more videos! Thanks for the information. (:
Hey I just graduated in June 2016 and now am applying to the Navy. Are you still applying? My recruiter mentioned October 1st as some kind of deadline.
So here's my story. I am a College Freshman majoring in Crop Science Genetics, I have ADHD, I do take meds, but I feel I could shake them as long as I stay physically active(I used to take 4 pills every morning, but June of this year I stopped taking 2 and I dumped 36 pounds in 2-3 months, I weighed 196 in June and I weighed 160 even on August 24.). I have been active in Boy Scouts since the First Grade and I got my Eagle Scout in September of last year, I am also extremely active in the Order of the Arrow, of which I am a Brotherhood member. Last fall I was the Vice Chief of Ceremonies for the Soaring Eagle Chapter, meaning I had to organize and train ceremony teams, I covered the entire Soaring Eagle District(not sure of the exact area). My reasons for joining the Navy: I feel like it's something I need to do, I like to challenge myself, I have a little brother who is a year behind me in school and I plan on going for a Masters/Phd, I will not see everything my parents have worked for be liquidated by college tuition, pride(obviously), and I want to help make the world a better place. I apologize for the excessive text, but I just wanted to cover all of my bases. Thank you for your time and knowledge, I hope your dream comes true.
You can join NROTC at the beginning of your sophomore year or your junior year in a 5 year degree program at the latest. I know b/c that's when I joined AND I got a scholarship... Depends on your school of course so definitely check with that battalion. They have 3 year and 2 year scholarships. Minimum gpa is a 2.5 and if you drop below that you get put on probation until you get it up.
Congratulations on joining and thank you for your information from your personal experience. The school I wanted to go to wasn't having that though, sad face. Keep us up to date with your journey.
Sip Poetry Thanks! I actually DOR after 2 years in NROTC due to temporary condition that wouldn't allow me to continue at that time. Actually went to a recruiter recently. At least where I am (east of the Mississippi) they are looking for ENGINEERING and architecture students for the CEC collegiate program. Min gpa is a 2.7. So if you're a sophomore, junior, or senior year, go talk to an OFFICER recruiter. You'll get E-3 pay for up to 24 months and a spot at OCS after you graduate. They also have a similar program called NUPOC. I've seen business students get accepted into it so count yourself out of that b/c you're not engineering.
They did change the test. I took it in October 2013 and scored a 56, then took it again in January 2014 and scored a 45. However my aviation scored went up from 4,5,5 to 5,6,6. My recruiter said my scores the second test are much better than my scores on the first test.
Thank you so much Jake!! I told people about your comment in my new video; so if you people message you about the test that's why. Also, could you talk about what the test was like at all? Not giving test questions but describing the experience and how you studied for it.
Hey, sorry it took me so long to respond. I have never opened google+, let alone know that I have a google+ account. I am willing to post a little about the test, however I found a really good bit written by someone else after I took the test the second time and I wouldnt be able to describe it any better. I will post what he wrote and the link. The website is airwarriors.com to date its the best website I have found for OCS. Have you submitted your packet yet? or what is your story? Forgive me if you mentioned it in one of your videos, its been a while.
OAR Portion The OAR portion is all adaptive, and I'm not sure if it has a set number of questions. You have to answer the question you are on before going on to the next one. No going back, no skipping. This is a bit unnerving, and you can easily spend more time on questions than you mean to. Math Skills Test The Math Skills Test was a bit of a surprise for me. It got pretty difficult very quickly. Some rates, times, averages. A big departure from previous study guides was an emphasis on probability and logarithms. I had 3 or 4 logarithm questions. If you can't do logarithms in your head, or at least know how to write it in exponential form, you may suffer. Also, quite a few questions dealt with fractional exponents. Be familiar with those. Another weird one said something like, "A perfect number is one in which all its factors except for that number add up to be that number. One example is 6. Which of the following is a perfect number?" I didn't know how to solve that, and just guessed. Just know that 6, 28, 496, and 8128 are perfect numbers. Reading Comprehension Test The Reading Comprehension portion was essentially unchanged. A look at any practice test will get you prepared for this. Best strategy that I have is eliminating the wrong answers. It gets pretty obvious once you start knocking out the ones you know aren't correct. Mechanical Comprehension Test Nothing new here really. Some emphasis on electricity. Existing study guides should suffice for this. As long as you've got a good grasp on physics and how things work, you'll do fine. Aviation and Nautical information Test Know your Naval designations of aircraft, including before the tri-service designation system. There were two aircraft in that category that it asked questions about. Other than that, know parts of a ship, especially aircraft carriers. There was quite a bit of aviation knowledge. For this, I would study the AIM section of the FAR/AIM. There is a lot of good info in there that you'll be hard pressed to find all in once place elsewhere. Another good one is the FAA Pilot Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. It wouldn't hurt to brush up on aviation charts as well. Take a look at a VFR chart and figure out the scale and what all the symbols mean. Naval Aviation Trait Facet Inventory This part is as advertised. There is no preparation you can do for this. Just make your way through it and try and pick the best option. Performance Based Measures First part was pretty simple. They show you a North up map, and a symbol of which way you are facing. Then there is a picture of a building and four parking lots and they ask you which one is in which cardinal direction. You need to be fast and accurate for this. They change around the direction you're facing and it can get a bit disorienting. Make some flash cards and practice. Then you're given a joystick, a throttle, and a headset. First, they start you off by telling you which ear to listen in. Then, you click a button on the stick if you hear an odd number in that ear, and press a button on the throttle if you hear an even number in that ear. Random strings of letters and numbers are fed into both ears. You do that for a bit, then they tell you to use the throttle to track an airplane. The screen is divided into a narrow track on the left with an aircraft symbol in it. It moves up and down and you push the throttle forward to move your pipper up and down to chase it. Not really any good prep for this part. Then you do the same thing with the stick on the rest of the screen, but the plane moves all around. The joystick setup is annoying, and the axes don't make sense. I felt like I was doing it backwards at first. It's not intuitive at all, even for a guy who had all his joysticks set up inverted. Then you get to do both at the same time. You're probably not going to be close to either much of the time, but manage the throttle and the stick the best that you can. Then they bring back the numbers and you get to do those at the same time. It's not pretty, but just do your best, it's supposed to be difficult. Lastly, you get to track both and do "emergency procedures". They were pretty stupid, and I'm not 100% certain they even work if you do the right thing. Biographical Inventory with Response Verification Just be honest and answer the questions. Easiest portion of the test. I'm pretty sure it doesn't affect your score at all.
Also (sorry for the double comments) I noticed that the link you posted for the jobs opened to Clinical Psych. Is that something you are interested in, or are you looking primarily at Intelligence? I'm only asking because Clinical Psych is my preference but I don't know what opportunities there are for officers to do that, so my second choice would be Intelligence.
Commenting more than once is fine. I don't know too much about that job but please post it here when you find out more information. Yes, my interest is intel
Any way I could get in contact with you? I just left from Navy active duty (enlisted) August of 2013 to finish up school, get my degree and head to OCS afterwards and I should be graduating from college in May of 2016. It would be cool if we went to OCS together!
Great video! It was really informative as well as the sites/videos linked in the description. I've been thinking about going into the Navy as an officer after going through the OCS, so this video really told me what I have to work on to be able to do that (Mainly running, since I'm not that good with running.). Again, thank you for the great video! It really helped. =)
Hey! I am graduating June 2016, and am very seriously looking into OCS. (: I've subscribed and look forward to more videos! Thanks for the information. (:
Cool, thanks! Looking forward to the next one. (:
Hey I just graduated in June 2016 and now am applying to the Navy. Are you still applying? My recruiter mentioned October 1st as some kind of deadline.
So here's my story. I am a College Freshman majoring in Crop Science Genetics, I have ADHD, I do take meds, but I feel I could shake them as long as I stay physically active(I used to take 4 pills every morning, but June of this year I stopped taking 2 and I dumped 36 pounds in 2-3 months, I weighed 196 in June and I weighed 160 even on August 24.). I have been active in Boy Scouts since the First Grade and I got my Eagle Scout in September of last year, I am also extremely active in the Order of the Arrow, of which I am a Brotherhood member. Last fall I was the Vice Chief of Ceremonies for the Soaring Eagle Chapter, meaning I had to organize and train ceremony teams, I covered the entire Soaring Eagle District(not sure of the exact area). My reasons for joining the Navy: I feel like it's something I need to do, I like to challenge myself, I have a little brother who is a year behind me in school and I plan on going for a Masters/Phd, I will not see everything my parents have worked for be liquidated by college tuition, pride(obviously), and I want to help make the world a better place. I apologize for the excessive text, but I just wanted to cover all of my bases. Thank you for your time and knowledge, I hope your dream comes true.
ADHD is an automatic Disqual, even for enlisted. Sorry but no chance.
You can join NROTC at the beginning of your sophomore year or your junior year in a 5 year degree program at the latest. I know b/c that's when I joined AND I got a scholarship... Depends on your school of course so definitely check with that battalion. They have 3 year and 2 year scholarships. Minimum gpa is a 2.5 and if you drop below that you get put on probation until you get it up.
Congratulations on joining and thank you for your information from your personal experience. The school I wanted to go to wasn't having that though, sad face. Keep us up to date with your journey.
Sip Poetry Thanks! I actually DOR after 2 years in NROTC due to temporary condition that wouldn't allow me to continue at that time. Actually went to a recruiter recently. At least where I am (east of the Mississippi) they are looking for ENGINEERING and architecture students for the CEC collegiate program. Min gpa is a 2.7. So if you're a sophomore, junior, or senior year, go talk to an OFFICER recruiter. You'll get E-3 pay for up to 24 months and a spot at OCS after you graduate. They also have a similar program called NUPOC. I've seen business students get accepted into it so count yourself out of that b/c you're not engineering.
They did change the test. I took it in October 2013 and scored a 56, then took it again in January 2014 and scored a 45. However my aviation scored went up from 4,5,5 to 5,6,6. My recruiter said my scores the second test are much better than my scores on the first test.
Thank you so much Jake!! I told people about your comment in my new video; so if you people message you about the test that's why. Also, could you talk about what the test was like at all? Not giving test questions but describing the experience and how you studied for it.
Hey, sorry it took me so long to respond. I have never opened google+, let alone know that I have a google+ account. I am willing to post a little about the test, however I found a really good bit written by someone else after I took the test the second time and I wouldnt be able to describe it any better. I will post what he wrote and the link. The website is airwarriors.com to date its the best website I have found for OCS. Have you submitted your packet yet? or what is your story? Forgive me if you mentioned it in one of your videos, its been a while.
OAR Portion
The OAR portion is all adaptive, and I'm not sure if it has a set number of questions. You have to answer the question you are on before going on to the next one. No going back, no skipping. This is a bit unnerving, and you can easily spend more time on questions than you mean to.
Math Skills Test
The Math Skills Test was a bit of a surprise for me. It got pretty difficult very quickly. Some rates, times, averages. A big departure from previous study guides was an emphasis on probability and logarithms. I had 3 or 4 logarithm questions. If you can't do logarithms in your head, or at least know how to write it in exponential form, you may suffer. Also, quite a few questions dealt with fractional exponents. Be familiar with those. Another weird one said something like, "A perfect number is one in which all its factors except for that number add up to be that number. One example is 6. Which of the following is a perfect number?" I didn't know how to solve that, and just guessed. Just know that 6, 28, 496, and 8128 are perfect numbers.
Reading Comprehension Test
The Reading Comprehension portion was essentially unchanged. A look at any practice test will get you prepared for this. Best strategy that I have is eliminating the wrong answers. It gets pretty obvious once you start knocking out the ones you know aren't correct.
Mechanical Comprehension Test
Nothing new here really. Some emphasis on electricity. Existing study guides should suffice for this. As long as you've got a good grasp on physics and how things work, you'll do fine.
Aviation and Nautical information Test
Know your Naval designations of aircraft, including before the tri-service designation system. There were two aircraft in that category that it asked questions about. Other than that, know parts of a ship, especially aircraft carriers. There was quite a bit of aviation knowledge. For this, I would study the AIM section of the FAR/AIM. There is a lot of good info in there that you'll be hard pressed to find all in once place elsewhere. Another good one is the FAA Pilot Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. It wouldn't hurt to brush up on aviation charts as well. Take a look at a VFR chart and figure out the scale and what all the symbols mean.
Naval Aviation Trait Facet Inventory
This part is as advertised. There is no preparation you can do for this. Just make your way through it and try and pick the best option.
Performance Based Measures
First part was pretty simple. They show you a North up map, and a symbol of which way you are facing. Then there is a picture of a building and four parking lots and they ask you which one is in which cardinal direction. You need to be fast and accurate for this. They change around the direction you're facing and it can get a bit disorienting. Make some flash cards and practice.
Then you're given a joystick, a throttle, and a headset. First, they start you off by telling you which ear to listen in. Then, you click a button on the stick if you hear an odd number in that ear, and press a button on the throttle if you hear an even number in that ear. Random strings of letters and numbers are fed into both ears. You do that for a bit, then they tell you to use the throttle to track an airplane. The screen is divided into a narrow track on the left with an aircraft symbol in it. It moves up and down and you push the throttle forward to move your pipper up and down to chase it. Not really any good prep for this part. Then you do the same thing with the stick on the rest of the screen, but the plane moves all around. The joystick setup is annoying, and the axes don't make sense. I felt like I was doing it backwards at first. It's not intuitive at all, even for a guy who had all his joysticks set up inverted. Then you get to do both at the same time. You're probably not going to be close to either much of the time, but manage the throttle and the stick the best that you can. Then they bring back the numbers and you get to do those at the same time. It's not pretty, but just do your best, it's supposed to be difficult. Lastly, you get to track both and do "emergency procedures". They were pretty stupid, and I'm not 100% certain they even work if you do the right thing.
Biographical Inventory with Response Verification
Just be honest and answer the questions. Easiest portion of the test. I'm pretty sure it doesn't affect your score at all.
www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/astb-e-apex-4-experience-dec-2013.41357/
please be sure to cite the origional author and not me because I do not want anyone confusing me with him. He deserves the credit
Also (sorry for the double comments) I noticed that the link you posted for the jobs opened to Clinical Psych. Is that something you are interested in, or are you looking primarily at Intelligence? I'm only asking because Clinical Psych is my preference but I don't know what opportunities there are for officers to do that, so my second choice would be Intelligence.
Commenting more than once is fine. I don't know too much about that job but please post it here when you find out more information. Yes, my interest is intel
thanks for the info
If you've already graduated , what can you do to boost your gpa ?
Any way I could get in contact with you? I just left from Navy active duty (enlisted) August of 2013 to finish up school, get my degree and head to OCS afterwards and I should be graduating from college in May of 2016. It would be cool if we went to OCS together!
Damn, I'm prior service army, I have a 3.06 right how. That sucks.