Posted on Jan 10, 2019
How can I determine if I am a competitive Army OCS Applicant?
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I am currently trying to apply for OCS with the Army. I have a 3.47 GPA in Political Science, National Security Studies from Virginia Tech (I was not in the Corps of Cadets or ROTC). I talked to a recruiter, and he is saying i'm not a competitive applicant. This recruiter's suggestion is that I go enlisted, and then do Green-to-Gold. I took the ASVAB and got a 122 GT, then they really pushed the enlisted route. My GPA could have been higher and I have a Liberal Arts Degree, I get that. Am I really that uncompetitive? What can I do to get competitive? Should I try a different branch? I want to serve as an officer, as sacrilegious as it may sound the branch is secondary to that objective.
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Furthermore I don't even think you can do green to gold when you already have a degree? I'm not sure on that one you may be able to do it for an advanced degree but definitely something to consider
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LCDR (Join to see)
Pretty sure green-to-gold is similar to our STA-21. So yeah, OCS is the only option and the recruiter is a turd.
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Thomas O'Hear
He said I could do "green-to-gold" for my masters, but I haven't fact-checked that at all.
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Andra Constandache
Thomas O'Hear you can do that yes, I've been doing a lot of research on it. But it is very competitive as well!
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