Going to school in a few weeks to reclass to a 42A. Would you all have any advice?

It is all about referencing. Know where to find the answer in the applicable regulation, and you will be fine. This goes for school AND life as a 42A.
Control F is your friend.
Keep out of trouble, no matter how bored you get. Fort Jackson is full of eyes ever on the lookout to pin a student to the wall.
Good luck!

Congratulations on the 42A reclass. (1) Keep an open mind and take what you learn there as a reference point. If you do not have strong soft skills like Word, Power Point, Excel or other Office related programs you will get better at it. Need typing skills? There are plenty of computer programs to help you. Start strengthening these skills. It will save a lot of time dealing with dead lines with quick fingers. :D. 90% of HRC is mental and thinking outside the box with daily solutions, so if you had Combat Arm skills you can use this to your advantage. I went through my reclass in 2009 from Combat Engineer and I had to go through a huge learning curve, but once learned what was needed I excelled. Most important pay attention to details, when you reference and cross reference and keep an open mind to learn. Always save your work and recheck your work and if you have time have a battle double check your work, once you hit your first duty station. You will be the SME regarding ERB updates, Leave's, SGLI's, NCOER's and other S-1 Matter's. Much is expected from you from those who come to your with their S-1 issue's. So be the SME these folks will appreciate and have a higher regard and respect for you in the end. If you have any questions. Use your resource's available on the net. There is plenty of information is out there to glean from, you just have to ask and retain. Also, sign up with the S-1 Net. I Hope this advise has helped. Good luck and May God Bless you with wisdom and knowledge to complete this school and enhance your next career step and life after the military.

Don't use liquid eraser on the monitors....

Sorry, I couldn't help it with that joke.

But for actual advice....while I am no HRC guy, I would say try and beef up on your regs and forms (DD and DA). Also, remember that you will be a reclass NCO. To this, I have KEY pieces of advice with you heading back into TRADOC world. And unless these have changed recently....

1) No alcohol.....regardless of rank and age....is authorized for any Soldier on Student status.
2) Even though you are an NCO, you will be on Student status and you CANNOT attempt (in fact don't even fancy the thought) of correcting an IET that has done wrong. You are not authorized to interact in any way other than classroom training. If you see an IET do anything they shouldn't be doing, you are to only engage them (and if you do BE DAMN SURE YOU HAVE A BATTLE BUDDY WITH YOU) to find out who their AIT Platoon Sergeant is.....then report it to said AIT Platoon Sergeant.

Those are pretty much the 2 main and biggest items I can share. And these two items were told to me when I was in ALC Phases 2 and 3 earlier this year.

My best advice would be to RUN!!!
I knew of guys that were reclassed into admin in my s1 and they were always slammed with work because of that fact. Your shop mates are lazy and ignorant and always looking for ways to get out of work. So good luck with that and good riddance to your soul because your gonna be so busy that you ain't gonna have a life outside of the office.

what was your Job before and is this Job Over strength are you Going to be sitting on the Promotion List waiting to Get promoted. I knew someone that wanted to reclass to another Job in which He did but promotion never happened so he decide to got a Combat arms mos and got Promoted. so Good Luck let me know how things are Going.

No advice needed. Learn how to control F all AR and you will sail through.

Just take what you can from the class and then get OJT from others. 42A is such a huge array of taskings you can learn at that school. Once in the position keep regs on your desktop and live for trackers!

Work on a well-rounded profile. In the 42 series you compete against the brightest minds in the Army, all vying for promotion and position. If you take a look at my profile here, you will see some opportunities I was honored to enjoy. My work at a corps HQ was very challenging and stressful, but so very rewarding. To this day, that is the position I filled with the most personal satisfaction. Do your best at whatever you do, and in your own way, you will always go far. I wish you the best.

How was the school?