Posted on Jul 10, 2019
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I’m taking college online courses and are pretty intense engineering courses while I will be doing BLC ( just planning to go BLC ). I was Wondering if i will have personal time ( about 4-5 hours ) everyday to attend my online college courses and projects in the evenings. Will I be going to the woods for days in BLC to conduct training ?
Thans for the pointers in advance.
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As for me, our average day at BLC would end at 1800. However, we had homework everyday and would finish around 2100 at the latest. I had first formation at 0430 the next morning. So that should give you an idea. (This is with the BLC implementation. I went to BLC in September 2018)
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WO1(P) Jonathan P.
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Just finished the BLC few months ago. The best thing I can tell you is as follow. Sunday’s are off days. If you leave prepared with everything you need uniforms dress blue etc. You should be fine and won’t have to spend that extra time getting squared away. It’s your course your time you run it how you seem fit as a collective. It’s also more college based now with essays and assignments as well. 0600-1700 is your day of class and you do get some time to your self after class but believe most likely will spend it doing work for the blc course.

I made the time I also do online school and working on my masters. Just get focused and put the work in from day one and you will do just fine and it won’t interfere with your school. Time management !
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SFC Cheri Kelley Miller
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That is very true. Time management is very effective however the time you have off and the amount of time you have off also depends on where you go. Every school house is different. Great answer! Just do research first! And be prepared. Understand that not every school house is the same
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Not unless you plan on being up until 0300
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At BLC, do you get personal time to do College assignments ?
SSG Carlos Madden
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I assume you're going to a Reserve Component BLC course which will be shorter and more intense than the AD course. I wouldn't plan on much free time.
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SGT Adam Jones
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I believe they have ways to extend the time your assignments are due in college due to military commitments. I had a couple people in college when I went but they had their stuff postponed until they got back. I would recommend to see if they can extend your time due. It's pretty hard to remember and perform what you learn in BLC on top of whatever your academic courses demand.
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CPL Julie Haas
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It depends on which one you go to as there are multiple. Hawaii has a schedule of 08 to 1900. California Is 07 to 1700. Thus is just class time time and not accounting for PT
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SSG Dale London
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Not the way I remember it. Your plate is going to be pretty full. You're going to have daily room inspections, daily locker inspections, classes with homework, extra duties, GI parties, police call, CQ, Fire watch and all that other grand stuff.
Also, I remember they had a merit/demerit system when I went through. If you got 39 or more demerits (and having your shoes misaligned under your bunk was an automatic 5) you didn't pass.
If I were you I would take the hit on the college courses for the 28 days you'll be in BLC (if it still is 28 days).
Besides, if you have enough energy and brain power for 4-5 hours of study when you are doing BLC then either your NCO academy is doing something wrong or the army's standards have really dropped since I left.
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CSM Carl Cunningham
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I don't have to even know which NCOA you are attending to know that you will NOT have appropriate time to attend college classes at BLC. If you do, I'd love to know about it.

Your focus in BLC should be honing your leadership skills and preparing to be the best in all aspects of your class. Soon there will be a class ranking for all leaders attending a course. And you want to be near the top, believe that.
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No. There was only one day in the field for us. Normally out of class by 1700, but there is homework. Not everyday, but fairly often. Additionally, Sunday's are off days and M-Sat are work days. 0550 normally for PT until 0650-7. If you manage your time well and don't procrastinate, you should be fine.
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I just graduated BLC at Fort Leonard Wood late last month.
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SGT Charles Belford
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I’m sure every BLC differs slightly, but my BLC in Korea we were off by 1700, and had till whenever you decide to sleep for whatever you want to do. However, during our off time we usually wrote our essays that were due or we practiced prep drills or D and C.
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