Advancement Question

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Originally Posted by shannoneliz

I went to boot camp in may of 2012. I'm now an AC2 and all the HMs that were in my division are still E-3s except one who is an HM3. The quotas (percentage of test takers advanced) for last exam were HM3 11.53%, HM2 10.3% HM1 7.14%. Just to compare, AC3 was 76%, AC2 66.15%, AC1 20.77%.

^this like.. even if youre a damn genius and score in like the 99% your first time testing, you're likely to get a P or MAYBE an MP eval if you're a fresh boot (due to the volume of people you get compared to), and your competition goes into it with college credts (which you can't take till after a year), awards (which take time to get nominated for), and PNA points from just taking the test like 5 times before you even get to try.

Youre basically screwed if youre a corpsman, youre about 50 points behind the curve before you even get a chance and likely wont pick up