Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
In order (at least when I selected):
1) Needs of the Marine Corps.
2) Your grades.
3) Your 'wish list' (choice)
Everything in flight school is competitive.
Much of it is like life in general.
Do your best and you'll end up with options. Do poorly, or make bad choices, and your options will most likely be limited.
BUT - - in the end - - you can be number one in your class and if the Marine Corps needs pilots in a certain community - then that is where you will go as an example.
Thanks for the advice. All this military talk, and I'm realizing that I might not be able to make it. I am in my last year in high school and definitely don't have the best of grades. I messed up by taking WAY too many AP (Advanced Placement) and Advanced classes, and thus, did poorly in some of them, which lowered my GPA substantially. I do not know my exact GPA to date, however, I definitely know its low 2s. Will my poor choices not allow me to get accepted into PLC? Or are my grades based mostly on college grades? Because, I will do outstanding next semester in college. I can't change my past, but only the future. I have over 144 hours of community service too. And, I am trying to get promoted to "Team Leader" at my local Chick-fil-A. Do you think I even stand a chance? Thanks.
Also, when do you think I should speak to an OSO? After I show that I have brought up my grades in college, or now? Thanks again.