2011 Air Force Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program (NECP) Applicants

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Hi All~

There was a thread for last year's NECP applicants but I thought I would start one for 2011. Anyone out there applying to the Air Force's AY 2011 Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program? We have a page on Facebook as well, but I wanted to see if there was anyone else on here as well....

I was a 2010 NECP select but didn't get in to either nursing school that I applied to. That was the worst thing in the world (having to decline my NECP seat). One school had me calculated at a 3.66 GPA (they didn't accept a lot of my classes) and the other had me at a 3.70. In both cases, it wasn't a high enough GPA (the cutoffs were 3.74 and 3.77). I have taken more classes since and have brought my GPA to a 3.74 currently (still have two classes to finish up, but they aren't NECP prereq's); if I get an A in both (which I think I will), it will only bring me to a 3.76 (I have 86 credits currently so each A only brings up my GPA 1/100 of a point but a B can drop me 1/10 of a point). I have been accepted to Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis already and have applied to five other schools: Univ of South Florida, Univ of Central Florida, Univ of FL, Florida State U, and Univ of Maryland. I don't want to end up in the same boat that I was in last year with an NECP seat and no school so I decided to apply to a few schools.

Anyhoo, hopefully there are some more 2011 NECP hopefuls here. Last year it was really nice to have others to talk to who were in the same boat. :)

Hello everyone-I am totally new to this site and looking for some pretty specific info. First a little about me, I am active duty SSgt and so is my husband. We are about to PCS to AZ in two months and I would love love love to be able to do the NECP, but I don't want to be away from my family (I want to have my cake and eat it too!) I know this is being very picky but if I have to be away from my daughter for 2 years it's just not worth it. So I have been looking at the colleges in AZ that have ROTC and BSN programs. The pickings are pretty slim, but I did find one school that just may work for me....University of Phoenix. I know that they aren't the most reputable of schools but they meet all the requirements. They have a LPN to BSN program (I plan on completing the LPN at the local community college through their evening program) but I worry that for some reason this college wouldn't be acceptable for this program. Has anyone applied to or looked into this college for NECP? I requested to join the group on FB, still waiting on reply. If anyone has any info or could refer me to someone (I keep reading about a Mr. Baker? I don't know who this is) I would really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

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Hi! Here is the website for the schools you can attend: http://www.afrotc.com/college-life/college-locator-html/

No, I don't have a Mac (I/m a Windows girl), but I am thinking I may try one for my next laptop. :)

I have heard of Yuba City, but I have never been any further north than Los Angeles. :I

The NECP FB site is here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/133768093306112?ap=1

If that doesn't work, look for USAF NECP.

As for below the zone, you have to have firewall 5 EPRs (performance reports); if you don't they won't consider you. To get those, learn your job fast and well (complete your CDCs ahead of schedule and do well on your EOC exam...this will all make sense once you join), stay out of trouble, and volunteer for a lot of stuff. Have a good attitude and don't make people higher ranking than you mad! :) In my wing, if you fail your fitness test once you aren't even eligible for BTZ, so work out and do well on that. Just make yourself stand out (in a good way) from your peers (the other airmen you work with). Depending on when you join, BTZ may not even make a difference on when you can apply. You have to be an E-4 by the board date or in the board month, so it all depends on when you join (example: you are eligible in July but don't get it, so you pin on in January instead. Either way you are an E-4 by board date). Hope that helps some and I didn't confuse you!

The people I have seen get BTZ do the above things and usually start going to school as soon as they can. Some have also gotten it for deployments, doing very well on their EOC exam, etc. Hope that helps some. Definitely check out the FB site too; there are new selects to NECP as well as previous years' selects and those applying in the future. :)

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Hello everyone-I am totally new to this site and looking for some pretty specific info. First a little about me, I am active duty SSgt and so is my husband. We are about to PCS to AZ in two months and I would love love love to be able to do the NECP, but I don't want to be away from my family (I want to have my cake and eat it too!) I know this is being very picky but if I have to be away from my daughter for 2 years it's just not worth it. So I have been looking at the colleges in AZ that have ROTC and BSN programs. The pickings are pretty slim, but I did find one school that just may work for me....University of Phoenix. I know that they aren't the most reputable of schools but they meet all the requirements. They have a LPN to BSN program (I plan on completing the LPN at the local community college through their evening program) but I worry that for some reason this college wouldn't be acceptable for this program. Has anyone applied to or looked into this college for NECP? I requested to join the group on FB, still waiting on reply. If anyone has any info or could refer me to someone (I keep reading about a Mr. Baker? I don't know who this is) I would really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

Hi! I was told that the military won't accept University of Phoenix's degrees for commissioning, so I would email Mr. B and ask on that one. Try Grand Canyon University too. You will have to check on their tuition, though. I was accepted this year and am also mil-to-mil. We are having a hard time with hubby's DEROS curtailment, and if you have less than a year of school left, your spouse isn't allowed to join you under the join spouse program (FYI). We are fighting this battle right now: he has a DEROS of Oct 2012 and I start school in August. If they make him stay here until then, he can't join me in MD since I will have less than a year of school left, so they will send him to a base by himself to serve an unaccompanied tour, which is 15 months minimum (24 accompanied) before he can leave and re-join me. That will put us apart for 2.5 years since I will graduate and he will have to stay at his new base until he reaches the TOS requirement. That is with an overseas DEROS, though. I would definitely stay in AZ to avoid all of this. The other thing we have been told is that since it is a training program, they don't have to honor join spouse because if you fail out your spouse will have to remain where you were and you will go to another base. And the last thing we have been told is that I chose to apply to this program, so if we are separate, it was by choice. We'll see what happens, but if you can avoid PCSing I would definitely do so. Even though we are meeting our share of resistance, it is still worth it and we are both excited for me to start school. Good luck! :)

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Hi! I was told that the military won't accept University of Phoenix's degrees for commissioning, so I would email Mr. B and ask on that one. Try Grand Canyon University too. You will have to check on their tuition, though. I was accepted this year and am also mil-to-mil. We are having a hard time with hubby's DEROS curtailment, and if you have less than a year of school left, your spouse isn't allowed to join you under the join spouse program (FYI). We are fighting this battle right now: he has a DEROS of Oct 2012 and I start school in August. If they make him stay here until then, he can't join me in MD since I will have less than a year of school left, so they will send him to a base by himself to serve an unaccompanied tour, which is 15 months minimum (24 accompanied) before he can leave and re-join me. That will put us apart for 2.5 years since I will graduate and he will have to stay at his new base until he reaches the TOS requirement. That is with an overseas DEROS, though. I would definitely stay in AZ to avoid all of this. The other thing we have been told is that since it is a training program, they don't have to honor join spouse because if you fail out your spouse will have to remain where you were and you will go to another base. And the last thing we have been told is that I chose to apply to this program, so if we are separate, it was by choice. We'll see what happens, but if you can avoid PCSing I would definitely do so. Even though we are meeting our share of resistance, it is still worth it and we are both excited for me to start school. Good luck! :)

What is Mr. Baker's email? And I'm not worried about my husband PCSing from AZ, we are going on a 4- year controlled tour to LUKE AFB

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Last question! :D For clarification!

This program is only for people who went the enlisted route, right?

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Last question! :D For clarification!

This program is only for people who went the enlisted route, right?

Yep! NECP is Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program. Officers can't apply. You are an officer once you graduate and pass the NCLEX, of course. :)

You will see once you join that us military people LOVE acronyms too. :)

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What is Mr. Baker's email? And I'm not worried about my husband PCSing from AZ, we are going on a 4- year controlled tour to LUKE AFB

I sent it to your inbox. :)

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I've been doing a lot of research on NECP and I was wondering are you only able to apply to community colleges. A lot of universities only offer 3-4 year programs. I'm not really sure how it works. Should I ask them directly if they will make accommodations or should it be listed on their website. Thanks.

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Hi thenameismac! Usually community colleges don't offer Bachelors degrees. If the school says that nursing is a four-year program, that usually means that you complete the first two years of general ed classes then start the nursing program, hence the four years (since it takes 120 credits or so to get a Bachelor's degree). Usually you transfer in as a junior with only the nursing-prefix courses left to complete. With that said, a lot of programs are more than two years, so just be sure to find one for NECP that is two years or less. And if it isn't full-time (including summers), you can always work at the ROTC detachment over the summer or take leave. Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask if you have any more questions. I was accepted to NECP twice so I know a lot about the process. :)

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Thank you for responding. Some universitites spread out their nursing classes for 3 years. Do you think they would let me take them in 2 instead of 3? Or should I just look for schools that just have their nursing classes in the last 3 years? Also if you are in the detachment school how are you getting to the host school and clinicals? Should you own a car? What about housing? Are you staying on campus? These are just some of the questions I have. Thank you.

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Thank you for responding. Some universitites spread out their nursing classes for 3 years. Do you think they would let me take them in 2 instead of 3? Or should I just look for schools that just have their nursing classes in the last 3 years? Also if you are in the detachment school how are you getting to the host school and clinicals? Should you own a car? What about housing? Are you staying on campus? These are just some of the questions I have. Thank you.

Hi! If a school's program is three years, then that is pretty much set in stone, so no, I don't think you can ask them if you can take three at a time. I tried to ask a few schools last year if I could double up a semester or take them during the summer and it was a no every time. Schools are pretty structured that way. NECP's guidelines say that the school has to be completable in two years or less, so you will have to look for schools that have their nursing classes in the last two years, three won't work. You are assigned to a ROTC detachment while in school; if the school has a cross-town agreement with another school, then you will report to that school (if it is different than the one you are attending) when you aren't in school (Spring Break, Christmas break, etc.) or to do computer trainings or for PT tests and such. I haven't started school yet, but this is what I have been told from other NECPers who have. You have to drive yourself to clinicals and such (I hope I understood your question correctly). Depending on where you go to school, you will be commuting a lot from school to clinicals and such. You keep your BAH or you can live on the nearest base if you have dependents, so that takes care of housing. I guess you could stay on campus, but in most situations that usually costs more than renting a place (at least it does at the colleges I applied to). Plus if you have a houseful of stuff, I don't think you would want to live on campus in the dorms. Hope I answered it all.... :)

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Hi,

Just curious about the NECP. Does that program work like the ROTC or National Guard where you need to show up to drill one weekend a month?

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