Navy NCP FY2015 Applicants

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Hello all! I have been avidly following previous topics about the NCP program and I wanted to start one for those of us who have recently submitted a kit for the NCP program for FY2015. I'm in the Chicago area and my kit is currently being combed over by a processor then will be shipped out for the boards- which aren't convening until Novemeber (according to my recruiter), since they wanted to have more applicants. Hopefully this will be an area to calm nerves and answer questions. Good luck to all who apply, or are thinking of applying!

I spoke with my recruiter this morning and he said I have been "professionally recommended" but that doesn't necessarily mean I've been selected. He said the board wasn't going to release final results until nursing quotas were decided. Anyone else hear the same thing? It sounds promising but I don't want to get my hopes up!

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I heard that also. So, we're not yet officially in, but hopefully this all leads to final selection!

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Everyone who was accepted was professionally recommended. Anyone that was professionally recommended but can have that revoked is if something in their paperwork doesn't go through- like if you were waiting on your background check to go through, or something like that, and it ended up NOT being acceptable. Otherwise my recruiter says that if all your paperwork has gone through and been accepted (according to my recruiter and processor mine has) then the only way you won't be a candidate anymore is if the whole program shuts down. That's how it was explained to me.

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Man, I REALLY hope this is not a false alarm.. Thats would be sickening! haha

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I've had so many "false alarms."

I was finally told that I was "pre-selected" (whatever that means) back in March 2013. They said I just had to wait for the new slots from the October boards and then I'll be given my contract.

This anxiety is MURDER!! I've been annoying my recruiter several times a week since October :no:

I won't feel that my position is secure until I actually get my ODS orders...

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I got news I was in!!! Better not be false because I am pumped!

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My recruiter told me I was professionally-selected but never mentioned that I was still being considered. She said I will receive paper work and will finalize everything in next few weeks.

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**wasnt

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Hello everyone. First off, congrats to everyone who was accepted! Great job! I have been staking this thread since mid-October, and finally decided to register and participate. I graduate in May 2015, and also applied to the NCP in November. I just found out yesterday that I was not accepted into the program. I haven't spoken to my recruiter yet, I just called the office and asked. I don't officially know why I wasn't accepted, but I'm sure it has to do with my GPA. My overall GPA is a 3.27, I am a strong B+ student (B+ is rated at a 3.25 in my school). When I applied, I was told that all I had to have a 3.0. I put my entire packet together in a month. I was literally at MEPS a week after I walked into my recruiters office. I received great reviews on both of my interviews with Navy Nurses, and had excellent remarks and scores on my five character references. I also have a year of experience as a CNA in a skilled nursing facility, and graduated from high school with my IB diploma , a 4.1 GPA, and was pre-admitted into my nursing school at a state university.

My main question for all of you now is how influential do you think your GPAs were in your selection process? I thought the other aspects of my packet would be enough, but apparently not. I want this, I want to be a Navy Nurse more than anything.

I plan on reapplying whenever the next boards are being held, and then again to DA if I still can't get in. I've calculated that I can raise my GPA to a 3.4 with 6 classes in the next two semesters. I received my grades from my first semester of nursing school, and have an A, B+, two Bs and passed my clinical lab for this semester first try.

Do think I'll have a better chance the next go around? My GPA still won't be very high, but at least I'll have a good semester of nursing school on my transcripts. Is this the second time applying for any of you?

Again, congrats to everyone who is in! Hopefully I'll meet you at ODS if I can get in! Maybe they will eventually accept me based on persistence alone!

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I have moved my post to its own thread. It's here:

https://allnurses.com/government-military-nursing/navy-nurse-corps-893083.html#post7656074

I didn't mean to hijack your thread! Congrats again to everyone!

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Well, got a hold of my recruiter. I'm still on "pre-selected" status. Again, no clue what that means but recruiter assures me that my position is secure. I haven't received a contract or stipend yet, no rank either. Nothing has changed since March. If anyone else is on the same boat, please let me know what your recruiter is telling you.

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Shag I will be posting this on this thread and the one it was moved to. My stepdaughter started the Navy process almost two years ago (she is graduating Dec 2014 so this Jan she starts her senior semester). She was also "pre-selected" in March, but told again in August and October that she would be swearing in soon. No paperwork came through. She received a call yesterday that the paperwork is going through and she could swear in next week by Tuesday, if she accepts. We live in Ohio- I wonder if you are from the same area since I haven't heard anyone else say they have been "pre selected". My guess is a few people said no to the acceptances last week and they are going through picking the next batch. They told her if she does not want to accept to let them know ASAP so they could pick the next person in line (they said there was another government shutdown that will hold things up again in Jan). Given that my stepdaughter is in her last year I think she is more valuable to them now than she was as a sophomore (since they know she will make it through the program, and is serious about finishing her education).

For those worried about GPA- again she didn't make it through the first boards with acceptance, but she did now (pending the acceptance letter which she said she wanted proof of and is suppose to be here today- they were working drafting it yesterday) with a 3.15 and no military background or a current nursing position for work. She does have a clean background check and her references and such were stellar. She does have a history of exercise induced asthma, but nothing debilitating. So for those worried about GPA it is possible to go through without that 3.5 and prior military experience. Her GPA was higher when she started the process, but less year was a tough year and she ended up below the 3.0 line each semester, decreasing her GPA. This year she ends with a Cum of 3.18 so she is moving up!

Lastly, she is considering and didn't just say YES because number #1 she wants to see the actual paperwork in her hand and #2 has anyone watched the documentary, "The Invisible War"?? It was being shown at her University this school year- you can watch it on Netflix- as we did together yesterday. It is about the fact that women are raped/sexually assaulted in the military- in all branches of the military and how it is often covered up. It is investigated within the military and this men are not charged outside the military. Often they are leaders and supervisors within the military. It is a must see if you are considering to go into a branch of the military. I think it is important to see all aspects of what could be.

Just wanted to respond- I wish you all the best of luck!

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