Marine Corps Officer Candidate School

Asking advice on this matter from the OT should disqualify you from any officer candidate school forever.

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I’m attempting to go to Marine OCS in January.

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This is not the place to come for real advice. Talk to a Marine Corps recruiter.

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I’m attempting to go to Marine OCS in January. Created this account to hopefully some advice on going.

Any information that can be provided on this subject is appreciated. I’m also 30 and will be one of the oldest candidates there, so any encouragement via personal testimony or had older classmates is appreciated also.

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I don't think you're a good candidate as you are already showing your self doubt by coming here. You are 8 years older, prior service, and competing against a bunch of 22 year old kids straight out of college to show your worth.

As an E-7 if that doesn't reassure you that you are going to be just fine, then you don't seem like the type of person I want leading me, as you don't even trust yourself.

What branch, rank, and MOS were you prior?

I'm Navy and already hate you.

You’ll get to do fun things such as:

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I may have been dumb enough to deal with the military bullshite in .y late teens, but not way I would be part of that shite in my late 20s. I was way too much of my own thinker at that point.