odd situation

[bigadam5]

So I am interested in getting into the nuke program. I am 22 with a clean bill of health, no criminal record other than 2 minor traffic violations, no drug use, etc. But the thing is when I was in high school I was a general slacker(I finished top 1/3 of class but I was mainly business), and I started out in community college which I maintained a 3.5 and was a joke pretty much. After words I transfered to PSU for engineering and took a year. At this time I was young and still slacking off and I failed trig. Then the next semester some personal issues happened and I failed calc 1 and physics(got out of a looooooooooooooong relationship and my best friend my whole life passed away). Then the summer came and I was still upset about what happened in the fall and failed physics again and passed calc with a D and withdrew from chem. Then took a year off and came back, did better but failed calc 2 in the fall, and withdrew the next semester(did this because a close family member passed away and I had 2 close friends pass away in that year also). So because of my academics at PSU looking like a bad medical record I was worried. My recruiter tells me don't worry we can  get waivers. But I called the local district office and talked to a navy nuke recruiting officer and he said if I did well on my tests I have a 50/50 shot. Anyone have any advice or ever hear of a similar situation? Thanks any help or advice is encouraged.

[NukeLDO]

Your situation is no different than many of us who enlisted.  What is different today is the recruiting quota, which I can't speak to.  However, my BAC was higher than my GPA during my first attempts at college  , and I made it through the nuke pipeline and well beyond.  You won't know if you don't try.

[tingler25]

College transcripts are no longer required for enlisted nuke. They only look at high school transcripts, but if your math/science is messed up (D or worse) than you can use college transcripts to show positive progression.

[stephpatton]

College transcripts are no longer required for enlisted nuke. They only look at high school transcripts, but if your math/science is messed up (D or worse) than you can use college transcripts to show positive progression.

Are you positive about that?  I just went through a long process of waiting for every transcript of post-secondary education to get mailed into the recruiter's office.