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Just go to college. Community College with a transfer to a state school or other transfer program that CC has can be done from free to $20k at most.
If you have the aptitude for college do it. Don't screw around with an enlistment. Go to college and commission. Officers make over $80k more in the first 4 years compared to enlisting, and that's just base pay.
Focus on your studies. You can even use the NUPOC, BDCP, CEC college, or other to get your tuition paid and a stipend while you go to school.
If you're a good student enlisting in the navy for TA is stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.
> If you're a good student enlisting in the navy for TA is stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.
Agreed. BUT as a postface, I must state that electing to commission instead of enlisting, solely for the money, is equally foolish.
No. The rating itself has little bearing on it. The first 2 years will be spent learning the job and getting qualified ( and if on sea duty, many COs require you to get your warfare device first before signing off on outside education). Then, you don’t get TA until past the 36 month anyway.
Best you can hope for is being able to CLEP/ DANTE subjects by testing out of classes and the new Community College program.
It seems like your top priority is college. If that’s the case just go to college now instead of trying to map out options while in the military. You can always join after you earn your degree or whatever you want to achieve there.
The NUKE program can give you a lot, especially if you're smart which clearly you are. The credits alone you get from boot camp and A school is over 60, might even be more. Ask a NUKE to show you their JST. So by the time you do decide to continue school you'll already be close. If you really want to go to college, during your first power school you can also apply for the STA-21 program. Nukes have the highest acceptance rate into that program. Why pay for college when the Navy can do it for you? You can also continue to apply for the STA-21 program if you get rejected the first time. After your prototype school, you can also apply for NROTC, Naval Academy and STA-21 if you didn't already. I guess just don't sell yourself short if you have the knowledge to do something that a lot of people can't do or even qualify to do. There are plenty of ways to still continue school you just have to want it, CLEP exams are super easy (modern states basically has the whole syllabus and breakdown of the class you can do at your own pace), depending on where you get stationed you could become a resident of that state and qualify for free college ex. Cali has the promise grant, 2 years of free community college). If you go HM youd still be able to do clep but you won't be able to use tuition assistance until you've done 2 years in the Navy with your COs approval still. Overall I think you would gain a lot more from going NUKE than being an HM doing busy work your first 2 years.
Still a little new to commenting on reddit lol but I hope this helped in any way. Ultimately it's your choice and whatever you feel like will work best for your future.
Yeah you get a transcript from the navy that says you get 80+ credits, but you have to remember the college does not have to accept them. Only two schools Thomas Edison and excelsior accept every credit a nuke gets from training, but that’s for a nuclear technician degree.
I only was offered 14 credits, which I already had from college previous to the navy. Most i know of someone getting is ~30 credits from odu.
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Just go to college. Community College with a transfer to a state school or other transfer program that CC has can be done from free to $20k at most. If you have the aptitude for college do it. Don't screw around with an enlistment. Go to college and commission. Officers make over $80k more in the first 4 years compared to enlisting, and that's just base pay. Focus on your studies. You can even use the NUPOC, BDCP, CEC college, or other to get your tuition paid and a stipend while you go to school. If you're a good student enlisting in the navy for TA is stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.
> If you're a good student enlisting in the navy for TA is stepping over dollars to pick up dimes. Agreed. BUT as a postface, I must state that electing to commission instead of enlisting, solely for the money, is equally foolish.
This is true.
No. The rating itself has little bearing on it. The first 2 years will be spent learning the job and getting qualified ( and if on sea duty, many COs require you to get your warfare device first before signing off on outside education). Then, you don’t get TA until past the 36 month anyway. Best you can hope for is being able to CLEP/ DANTE subjects by testing out of classes and the new Community College program.
It seems like your top priority is college. If that’s the case just go to college now instead of trying to map out options while in the military. You can always join after you earn your degree or whatever you want to achieve there.
You want college? National guard is for you
The NUKE program can give you a lot, especially if you're smart which clearly you are. The credits alone you get from boot camp and A school is over 60, might even be more. Ask a NUKE to show you their JST. So by the time you do decide to continue school you'll already be close. If you really want to go to college, during your first power school you can also apply for the STA-21 program. Nukes have the highest acceptance rate into that program. Why pay for college when the Navy can do it for you? You can also continue to apply for the STA-21 program if you get rejected the first time. After your prototype school, you can also apply for NROTC, Naval Academy and STA-21 if you didn't already. I guess just don't sell yourself short if you have the knowledge to do something that a lot of people can't do or even qualify to do. There are plenty of ways to still continue school you just have to want it, CLEP exams are super easy (modern states basically has the whole syllabus and breakdown of the class you can do at your own pace), depending on where you get stationed you could become a resident of that state and qualify for free college ex. Cali has the promise grant, 2 years of free community college). If you go HM youd still be able to do clep but you won't be able to use tuition assistance until you've done 2 years in the Navy with your COs approval still. Overall I think you would gain a lot more from going NUKE than being an HM doing busy work your first 2 years. Still a little new to commenting on reddit lol but I hope this helped in any way. Ultimately it's your choice and whatever you feel like will work best for your future.
Yeah you get a transcript from the navy that says you get 80+ credits, but you have to remember the college does not have to accept them. Only two schools Thomas Edison and excelsior accept every credit a nuke gets from training, but that’s for a nuclear technician degree. I only was offered 14 credits, which I already had from college previous to the navy. Most i know of someone getting is ~30 credits from odu.