Is it hard to get picked up for 153A? The board convenes may 24th and I am starting to get nervous.

Some boards take everyone, some boards give a middle finger to many, some end up not convening, most are somewhere in between. Best I can tell you is don't sweat it. Put NOTHING that advances your enlisted career on hold. I mean that very literally. I got picked up mid-way through Green Platoon. The worst they can say is no, and if you're qualified non-select, you get looked at in the next board. IF you don't get picked up on that one, you have another year of advancing your enlisted career to have more to add to your resume for the next board, and the next. Buddy of mine who had nothing to do with aviation got picked up on his FOURTH look. Think about that for a second...FOURTH. HE didn't call it quits, he kept pushing through and making his resume better. The most consistent advice I ever hear is that they like to see persistence. You have to consider, some guys get picked up "Street to seat" with no military OR aviation background. Again, keep being enlisted until that SELECT shows on that MILPER message. It's still your career whether you're warrant or enlisted. Best of luck to you brother. Keep making connections too!

Make the best packet you can and submit it. I'm street to seat, and there were many applicants that had packets much more impressive than mine (in my eyes anyway). But, here I am, flying 60's. Submit your best packet is all you can do. Being nervous is normal, it's a big deal. What are you going to do after selection is what you might want to focus on. Goodluck.

It is one of the hardest selection boards in the Army. There are a ton of different discriminators that you don't know about. Just do the best you can. The year I got selected, the only took 80 active Army applicants. There were a ton of what we called High School to Flight School and there were several inter-service selections. Almost everyone there was Soldier/NCO of the Year, Distinguished graduate from several schools. You can't affect the board by stressing yourself out. When it is released, if you don't make it, find a CW4 or CW5 and see if they can find out what the trends in the board were and submit again. Hopefully, you'll make it. Good luck!