<p>I need opinions and advice for Naval Nupoc/Nukes acceptance and work. What would my chances be of getting accepted into either of those 2 programs?<br>
I plan on attending Texas A&M, major in Nuclear Engineering, and being apart of the Naval Corp of Cadets.<br>
And guessing my gpa was atleast a low "B" average in college...?
I can apply early as a sophomore in college and receive 2k+ a month(while in college) for a 8 year commitment contract. This is definitely what I want to do career wise. And eventualy work my way up to a head tier job in the navy nuke program in D.C. or at the D.o.D.
Any thoughts or opinions appreciated!!</p>
<p>anyone??? this does pertain to academics… not just the navy…</p>
<p>Greg,</p>
<p>I don’t really know much about the program but I do know TAMU has a damn good nuclear engineering program and that Navy Nukes have strong career placement in the commercial industry. </p>
<p>It sounds like you have a solid career plan BUT if you are trying to go just into Nuclear Engineering, there are a other options as well–I know the NRC has a few full-ride scholarships for anyone interested in nuclear engineering.</p>
<p>The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) also has scholarships for engineering degrees and nukes. I was Navy Nuke Officer way back in the early 80’s (went in via ROTC with an EE degree) during the 600 Ship Navy drive. It was an excellent training program for work in the commercial nuclear industry (which I do now) and also for a career in the Navy. The majority of the enlisted personnel in my division had college degrees or a few years of college. Most were already second class petty officers before even coming to the boat. I run into many of them in my job now and most went back to school with one man now having a doctorate in electrical engineering. They were all volunteers and we had almost no discipline problems allowing us to work on improving our combat readiness. If someone messed up bad enough they got surfaced and sent off the boat for good. You will never get the responsibility that the Navy gives you (or any military branch for that matter) in such a short time and at a young age unless you are the bosses son or daughter. Having said that, the hours we worked were very long compared to my NROTC surface ship classmates. Most of the surface warfare officers I knew were in a 1 in eight rotation (one duty day for every six days) when the ship was in port while the best I ever had was 1 in three. They also had many more port calls then we did since the main mission of of a submarine is stealth. The training pipeline is also tough with six months of training in classroom followed by six months in prototype followed by your warfare specialty school. The living conditions can be described as “going to jail with the opportunity to drown.” In fact prisoners in jail are required to have more living space then we got on the boat. Of course I also got a nice bonus every year that they did not get, excellent civilian employment opportunities when I decided to leave the service, and the chance to work with excellent people. I also knew what we were doing (read Blind Mans Bluff if you want the details) was important to our national defense and worth the effort we put into getting it done. Good luck on whatever you decide on!</p>
<p>Greg, if you do the corps of cadets, you cannot do NUPOC. While you can do corps of cadets and do the navy nuclear pipeline, you will not get the E6 salary.
Also, you are going to need higher than a low B average. You will need at least a 3.3 GPA to be competitive. I am a NUPOC myself, so if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>Nuclear engineering sounds so cool but if I were to study it I’d probably get some raised eyebrows due to my heritage 
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<p>So would it still be wise for me to do ROTC at A&M? Also, if I get my B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, will it prepare me greatly for Navy Nuke program? I guess any extra advice or opinions would be great too.
thanks.</p>
<p>The only requirements for the nuke program are two semesters of calc and two semesters of calc-based physics. Once you are accepted into the program and are commissioned (either via NROTC or OCS), you will go to Nuke Power School and they will teach you all you need to know. Everyone starts out from square one, so a nuclear engineering degree doesn’t necessarily put you strides ahead of everyone else. While it may make you an extremely extremely competitive job candidate where employers are crawling over you when your commitment is done, it doesn’t necessarily have any advantage for NUPOC itself.
Also, I see you are interested in doing SWO(N), be advised that there are 10 times less carriers than subs and the Navy puts you where they need it. So I would not hold my breath on wanting to do Navy Nuke in order to do carriers. They have had to pull in non-volunteers from the Naval Academy for the nuke program because not enough of them elected to do submarine warfare. In all likelihood, as a male, you will be doing subs and not SWO(N).</p>
Can someone tell what navy NUPOC requirements consists of?
You should start a new thread since this one has been dead for over 6 years.