06-02-2007, 12:45 AM
Just to play the Devil's Advocate here, your nephew is scoring near the top of the ASVAB and he's already earned over 48 college credits at the age of 18. If they won't let him into the nuclear field because he is color blind, I'd say screw the whole idea.
Mind you, I'm in the Navy and I love it most days but I won't pretend that its cut out for everybody. If your nephew is this far ahead of the curve I feel the need to interject. He almost has his Associate degree. Already being enrolled in Charter Oak, just have him keep earning credits to a B.S. Take somm FEMA courses to cover some of the credit gap and apply it to Charter Oak. (http://www.instantcertonline.com/forums/...es-11.html)
They even take GRE Subject Exams and require a 40% for a pass netting him 18 or 24 credits depending on the subject exam. My honest advice is to go Officer. Hold off joining the military for a year and earn a whole lot more than being enlisted.
My two cents on the issue. For what it matters I am enlisted in the Navy and proud of the fact. But if I had over 40 credits at 18 I'd hope someone would tell me the same thing.
Mind you, I'm in the Navy and I love it most days but I won't pretend that its cut out for everybody. If your nephew is this far ahead of the curve I feel the need to interject. He almost has his Associate degree. Already being enrolled in Charter Oak, just have him keep earning credits to a B.S. Take somm FEMA courses to cover some of the credit gap and apply it to Charter Oak. (http://www.instantcertonline.com/forums/...es-11.html)
They even take GRE Subject Exams and require a 40% for a pass netting him 18 or 24 credits depending on the subject exam. My honest advice is to go Officer. Hold off joining the military for a year and earn a whole lot more than being enlisted.
My two cents on the issue. For what it matters I am enlisted in the Navy and proud of the fact. But if I had over 40 credits at 18 I'd hope someone would tell me the same thing.
[SIZE="1"]CLEP exams passed:
Management, Accounting, Marketing, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
DSST exams passed:
Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, Statistics, Management Information Systems
Earned:
B.A. in Business Administration: Technology Management from Saint Leo University
M.S. in Leadership: Business Ethics from Duquesne University [/SIZE]
Management, Accounting, Marketing, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
DSST exams passed:
Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, Statistics, Management Information Systems
Earned:
B.A. in Business Administration: Technology Management from Saint Leo University
M.S. in Leadership: Business Ethics from Duquesne University [/SIZE]
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