Michael3025

Seriously.. Well I'm sorry if you misinterpreted my post. Like I said, the recruiter I spoke to on the phone was very vague when she mentioned the NCP and got my hopes up. (Still waiting on a call from my local recruiter by the way) Yea my dream is to be a nurse, no, enlisting wouldn't make me unhappy. (Repeating myself here) Not everyone gets to live out their dreams, and that's fine. I already said I'd be perfectly content making a career out of the Navy. People have mentioned that I could even get experience and go back to school later. That's cool too. As of how I can't afford to waste 2-3 more years of my life at community college to get the right transferable classes to transfer to UCI. I'm not as fortunate as others, and I'm my only support system. I'd rather work in the Navy, get some good life experience, and then possibly go back to school with my available resources. I'd appreciate it if you stopped questioning my decision to enlist as if I were taking such an opportunity for granted. This thread was made to get more information about the NCP, and I learned everything I needed to know. Thanks for all the responses everyone. /thread

Woah woah everybody calm down please. I would not even consider enlisting if I truly didn't want to do it. I had all but given up on becoming a Nurse and was prepared to enlist and make a career out of being in the Navy. I have always wanted to serve my country, but my desire to become a nurse was even greater. Eh things with my loan didn't work out, and I was ready to enlist. Then a recruiter told me about the NCP, and I wanted to learn more about it. I asked about it on here hoping to get more information. I was correct and learned that I'd most likely be wasting time if I tried applying for it. Excuse me for getting a little excited at the prospect of possibly becoming a nurse. Enlisting won't be a burden and it will be an honor, so please lay off with the attitudes as of you knew everything about me. I appreciate all the responses and will reply to more later.

What is direct commissioning? I'll ask, but I'll be looking it up tomorrow. I know that ill have to go to school either ways, but maybe ill be able to take some classes while on active duty to strengthen my gpa. I have much research to do, and I'm still waiting for a call from my recruiter. I know that the UC system is pretty competitive, but if I work hard I may be fine.most of the classes I have taken are for transferring into the cal state system, so I'd just have to fill some holes. Eh like I said a lot if research needs to be done. I'm guessing that enlisting is best for me now. Thanks for your response.

Ah ok I see. So basically it seems like I'll have to throw away my dreams and enlist I see that UC Irvine is an option for me, but since I wasn't planning on going there I not seem to have the right transfer credits for a few sections. I can't just dedicate another year to community college like that. Well maybe in the future ill be able to pursue this. As of now it looks like my next stop is boot camp :/ Thank you for your response

I actually tried Google. That's how I got to this website, and a lot of the information seems vague to me. All I read is that DURING the program you must maintain the 3.0 GPA, I couldn't find anything in regards to prerequisites to join it. Vague response but thanks I guess.

Hello all, I am a 20 year old living in Southern California. I was hoping to go to nursing school, began the transfer process from my community college to WCU, but everything went to crap when the financial talks began. I was unable to take out a loan with a low interest rate, and I was not about to ruin my life by taking out a loan which would have resulted in me paying almost as much interest as the loan itself. I turned to the Navy, and was prepared to enlist. I talked to a recruiter online, and she informed me that I may have some options, and she mentioned the NCP. She told me that the schools I would go to were hand picked by the Navy (something like that). I have a few questions regarding this program. I am currently waiting on a call from my local recruiter, but I'd like to be a little more informed as the wait is killing me. Which schools would I be able to attend to get my degree? $34,000 is a lot of money, don't get me wrong, but is that enough to cover my tuition? I can't seem to find any sort of academic qualifications. Just simple stuff like no criminal backgrounds, medical history, etc. How competitive is this program? I am but an average joe, and I believe I have a W on my transcript, and a GPA of about 2.7 or so. This is all on my community college transcript, not anything having to do with nursing. If that would keep me from being accepted into the program I'd much rather enlist at the bottom of the Navy food chain. As you can see I am but a lost soul with no purpose, and I just want to start this next step in my life as soon as possible. I want to serve my country, but this lack of information is killing me. Sorry if I sound stupid, but if anyone can answer my questions I'd really appreciate it.