<p>I was looking at old posts on here and all the info I looked at is from two and three years ago so I just wanted to gauge what admissions is like now. </p>
<p>I joined the Army National Guard when I was 17 and still in High School and MOSq'd after I graduated as a 13B (Cannon Crewmember). I was deployed a couple months later when I turned 18. While deployed I was mainly Gunner/Assistant Gunner which are second and third in command of a gun section. I received a lot awards and medals for my service showing leadership even though I was an 18/19 year old specialist. After the deployment I became the Number 2 Cannoneer of the gun section they put me in back at my home unit. </p>
<p>After I got back from the deployment I applied to my state flagship school (which is a top 40 school in the rankings). During my first year I joined a Fraternity and became one of the officers plus I became a chair for a couple other important positions in my Fraternity. During Spring Break I attended a leadership conference sponsored by my Fraternity where alumni who were presidents or CEOs of a lot of different companies taught us what made them successful leaders. The leadership conference pretty much motivated me to do all that I can to achieve my goal which is to work on Wall Street in S&T at Goldman Sachs (since they recruit heavily at my school). After wards I finished my first year with a 3.2 and I will either be majoring in either Economics or Finance. </p>
<p>On the Army side I have a little over four years of work experience already but I heard that MBA admissions looks favorably on military officers but I haven't heard anything about NCOs. I wanted to be an NCO because NCOs work and lead the soldiers themselves while the Officers do paperwork. I guess what I'm going to do in the near future is to start the process to become an officer. I have 40 credits right now so I need another 20 credits to do State Officer Candidate School which is an 18 month long course that I can do while I'm still attending college or I can wait to get 90 credits so I can do Accelerated Officer Candidate School which is 8 weeks in the summer. I don't respect Rotc officers so Rotc is out of the question. </p>
<p>What my questions are:</p>
<p>I originally joined the Enlisted route so I can become an NCO not an officer for the Army. Will this hurt my chances at all?</p>
<p>I have some leadership experience from my deployment and also being a Veteran how does this look for MBA admissions at a top 10 school?</p>
<p>I have four years of military experience at the moment and still got more to go so I can pretty much apply for MBA schools right away?</p>
<p>thanks in advance for all your responses.</p>