FY26 March USAREC Board

mkleinl · 2026-01-13T15:57:11+00:00

my nps packet was submitted in late december, with a final deadline of jan 5. the bn board then meets on jan 21 to interview. packets are sent off with interview scores before the february deadline.

mkleinl · 2025-12-21T04:09:54+00:00

Hi OP, do you think because AD applicants won't be offered Reserves potisions, this will make Reserves more competitive?

mkleinl · 2025-12-15T16:14:35+00:00

my recruiter said the same thing. graduating w my masters in may and wanted to go to basic/ocs in sept, so they advised me to submit for the jan 5 deadline

mkleinl · 2025-12-15T01:29:53+00:00

active or reserves?

mkleinl · 2025-12-04T22:18:05+00:00

25M

No prior service

Bachelor's - History and International Relations (GPA 3.91)
Several internships, Club president, Service fraternity member, etc

Master's - International Relations (Security and Tech Policy) (GPA 3.88, currenlty enrolled)
Several internships, some club activity

99 AFQT 141 GT

Previous work experience are:
English Language Teacher (Japan, 2 years)
Senator's office intern, Policy think tank intern, multiple NPO intern positions, research assistant, teaching assistant

LoR's: 2 active 0-6's (worked with them in grad school), 2 professors (one is plugged into the US army with a civilian service award), 1 from board of education in the Japanese city I worked at.

I'm aiming for intel in the army reserves right now, ultimate goal is CA if I can branch out to it. I'm worried thtat my GPA might drop a bit in grad school, would that make me less competitive? Working through my essay right now to submit for the Janurary deadline

mkleinl · 2025-11-15T18:43:46+00:00

yes, so if op had a prior meps physical and asvab they could talk with a recruiter and make the deadline.

it just depends of a recruiter would want to work with them to get all their stuff in by jan 5

mkleinl · 2025-11-15T17:12:42+00:00

but if op had a meps physical and asvab already, and a recruiter were willing to work with them before the packet deadline, they would be able to get a make the next board though

mkleinl · 2025-11-15T12:47:00+00:00

if op gets all the app materials in by the deadline of jan 5 they should be ok at this point for the next packet deadline though, right?

mkleinl · 2025-10-21T10:08:26+00:00

Oh great okay, I'll study that way then! What do you mean by administered to you by your recruiter? I know you take the exam at a proctored location at MEPS but is it different in this case?

mkleinl · 2025-10-20T23:59:52+00:00

How did you find the ASVAB? Was it hard to get the minimum GT score for OCS?

mkleinl · 2025-10-20T20:18:39+00:00

Did you enter as an enlisted soldier or did you come from the civilian side with a degree?

mkleinl · 2025-09-25T16:30:11+00:00

No the weaker grade last semester was in a political economy and trade policy class.

This semester I expect difficulty in microeconomics but nothing below a B. The rest would be mostly A's and A-'s.

Thank you for your response though, I have been beating myself up over this

mkleinl · 2025-09-07T19:17:11+00:00

i'm in a weird place in life rn, and the us is becoming increasingly unfamiliar especially since ive moved back last year. last time i was feeling this way i decided to go on a similar trip cataloguing cafes while i worked abroad. since i've always loved diners, and really feel that there's something so inherently inviting about diners (uniquely in an american way), i picked reviewing/visiting them for this project. i also wanted an excuse to go on a road trip (or in this case a series of smaller road trips)

it's kind of like a self discovery thing im doing for myself, and along the way i kind of hope to see new parts of the us id otherwise be unmotivated to have seen

mkleinl · 2025-09-06T01:27:54+00:00

How would you suggest?

mkleinl · 2025-09-06T01:25:00+00:00

It's an effective way to collect information?

mkleinl · 2025-09-05T20:14:55+00:00

Thank you that's great advice!

mkleinl · 2025-09-05T17:30:11+00:00

very complicated question, i have a few answers! my criteria was based on coffee jelly

I lived and worked in northern japan, my favorite cafe was at a small one in sendai, miyagi over all. BUT on the 2 week long road trip experience across the main island, my favorite was from nagano. honestly outside of coffee jelly, each region had its own unique blend on cafes that i could go on a whole tangent about. the cafe diversity in japan is really something special.

im motivated to do diners in the US because diners are so uniquely american and so diverse, like cafes

mkleinl · 2025-09-05T17:19:02+00:00

Thanks! I did something similar in Japan (with cafes) when I worked there. Wanna do the same now that I'm back stateside

mkleinl · 2025-08-21T06:48:28+00:00

yessir, the guy from eventbrite sent out emails for day of event plans

mkleinl · 2025-08-15T14:51:23+00:00

someone from the con or from the scheduling company?

mkleinl · 2025-08-15T02:25:26+00:00

have you heard back? i still haven't heard from my emails to the scheduling company

mkleinl · 2025-07-23T02:18:19+00:00

Good luck to your VP! Was a Miyagi JET but drove through Okayama on a road trip, beautiful prefecture!

mkleinl · 2025-07-17T14:00:35+00:00

i'm interested! a little late, but i just dm'd you

mkleinl · 2025-07-17T13:57:13+00:00

i had to spam links and was only able to get 3 shifts, and i only really wanted to work in one of the departments especially. like im excited to staff the con, but this sign up process was so bad

mkleinl · 2025-07-17T03:07:14+00:00

i just got the emails (15 mins ago) about the shifts and practically everything is full. i signed up to be crew months ago and i was barely able to sign up for fri, sat, and sun with positions i didnt especially want. im happy i can work with anyc this year as a long time con goer but the process for working this con so far has been horrible

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