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I am a 5 year member of the national guard getting all of my paper work together to apply for active duty OCS. I have two MOS’s and Army Airborne school. I graduate from Purdue in May with a around a 2.8 gpa. My GT is over 110 and my pt is a 300. I am just wondering in today’s climate what the odds were.
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From my experience with OCS, it all came down to the board, bar none. Go to the board with a solid plan: what you want to branch, career goals, and most importantly, why you want to lead and become an officer. Think of a positive way to portray your low GPA (experience gained from jobs, projects, internships, etc.) and demonstrate how college + prior service will make you a great officer. Good luck
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The odds for what? For getting into OCS? Branching something in particular? GRADSO/ACS Program’s?
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Getting in to OCS should not be an issue. For prior service, the board mainly looks at your record up till then, and makes sure you have good PT and HW stats so you can get past week one. For E4 and below prior service, they don’t have NCOERs to look at so there will be some greater emphasis on how you present at the board and any letters of recommendation you have. About branching something you know? Don’t count on it. Though QM is always open on branching day so you might get that but FA tends to be in great demand.
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I'm going through right now, my credentials are very similar to yours. Once your packet is approved, PT was the factor that differentiated who got in ("classed up") and started the course. Get good LORs and interview well and you'll do fine.
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Assuming the your EER's are clean and decent, I would say fair to good. Have you done BLC or whatever they call it these days? Hitting your command up for some Letters of Recommendation saying how wonderful you are doesn't hurt.
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With a 2.8 GPA you will have to interview well at your board. Aside from that your PT is solid. It will truly come down to how strong your board recommendations are, the selection rate that year, and the need for OCS officers (based on ROTC + USMA numbers). With the Army downsizing 4 years ago, ROTC numbers shrunk some. With it growing now, and those classes graduating there may actually be a little more wiggle room than normal. Good luck!
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Your past experience would be an asset to the Officer Corps. However, when you start OCS your are learning a new role as a leader. Your old rank goes away and as a Officer Candidate, you won’t even wear your tabs. I went through with some fellow prior service soldiers and even some prior NCO marines, and at the end of the day it wasn’t who had more experience and credentials, but who could rise as a leader.
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