Does the Army still have the Nurse Candidate Program?

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I have heard they are canceling it due to their new requirement of 1 year experience before joining. Anybody know? I plan to apply to both the Army and the Navy NCP(Army being first choice). Does anyone know how many people they are accepting for the 2014 FY? I plan to start my application in the spring but turn it in around August for the 2015 FY. And what is the most important thing besides GPA to get accepted?

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I have heard the same rumor, though it is still listed as an option on GoArmy.com. As an ANCP-er myself, this was a great program, but highly competitive.

I had to take the ASVAB, meet for interviews and pass MEPs in order to get in. My GPA was highly competitive. I attended LTC at Fort Knox in an attempt to do the ROTC option. I had been granted 2 full ROTC scholarships but was unable to take them due to collaboration issues between ROTC and my college. The recruiting captain basically pushed my stuff through the ANCP because he knew I was dying to get in.

All I can tell you is that volunteer work, GPA and your medical records will be scrutinized on the way in. The window for commissioning off ANCP is even more narrow now than it was when I came in. The number of new grads the military is taking in is minimal (I don't have any numbers for ya, sorry).

There's nothing lost in the pursuit, though. Talk to a nurse recruiter. They should be able to give you more specific details.

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I have heard the same rumor, though it is still listed as an option on GoArmy.com. As an ANCP-er myself, this was a great program, but highly competitive.

I had to take the ASVAB, meet for interviews and pass MEPs in order to get in. My GPA was highly competitive. I attended LTC at Fort Knox in an attempt to do the ROTC option. I had been granted 2 full ROTC scholarships but was unable to take them due to collaboration issues between ROTC and my college. The recruiting captain basically pushed my stuff through the ANCP because he knew I was dying to get in.

All I can tell you is that volunteer work, GPA and your medical records will be scrutinized on the way in. The window for commissioning off ANCP is even more narrow now than it was when I came in. The number of new grads the military is taking in is minimal (I don't have any numbers for ya, sorry).

There's nothing lost in the pursuit, though. Talk to a nurse recruiter. They should be able to give you more specific details.

For what it's worth I wouldn't trust goarmy.com , they are slow to update and change things.

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For what it's worth I wouldn't trust goarmy.com , they are slow to update and change things.

True.... and OP, if you want to join, get used to "slow to update and change".

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Hi KingstonB,

I have also heard that the Army NCP has been cancelled, although I do not know 100% for sure. When I first started nursing school, I visited an Army Healthcare recruiter with the intent of applying to the Army NCP. I was ineligible for the Army NCP because my university has an Army ROTC program. (My Army recruiter told me that in order to apply for the Army NCP, you either had to attend a school where Army ROTC is unavailable or you had to be ineligible for Army ROTC scholarships. Following my conversation with the recruiter, I was in Army ROTC for a semester and a half, but it wasn't a great fit for me.) It was back in summer 2011 that I spoke with the Army recruiter about the Army NCP, and I'm pretty sure it has been cut since then. I ended up applying for (and being accepted into!!!) the Navy NCP. Good luck with your application. If you have any questions about Army ROTC or the Navy NCP, feel free to ask.

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Thanks to everyone for the info and advice. Just for comparison, could you tell me what your GPA was and what your "resume" so to speak was like(volunteer, references?) I just want to know what to aim for to have a good shot. My GPA is 3.7 and I volunteer but I want to do everything possible to get in.

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I had a 3.8 GPA. I volunteered with BBBS and worked at nursery in church. I used to take up the college of nursing when they had student nurse volunteer opportunities, so I did some flu shot campaigns and some homeless shelter work.

I successfully completed LTC at Fort Knox in 2008, which definitely gave me a competitive edge. The prior exposure and interest in the military was what got me in eventually.

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