My first 8 hours in the Army recruiting center
It all went well, I'm kind of down a bit, but trying to keep a positive attitude. It could have been worse, a lot worse.
I took the big aptitude test, and psych test. I scored top in the class. My recruiter said that I was well into Officer range. I was happy about that, very happy. The only down side (for me) is that Psychology isn't offered as one of the classes to take there. So then I'm told that I can go to the RMC (Royal Military College) to become an Intelligence Corps Officer. From there I can also take a Psychology course and it'll be paid for. The other route I can take is enlisting as a Psych Evaluator since I'm already qualified to do that. I'd be able to take a Psych course just as I would be as an officer, but it'd take way longer to do, and there aren't any guarantees of me becoming an officer later on. The good side of that is I can get in right away where as I'd have to wait till May to get into the RMC to become an officer.
Back to the 'it could have been worse' part though. I made friends with two guys who were enlisting. One of them was becoming a driver. (About the slowest job in the military that isn't pushing paper) He was a good kid, really stressing over it, and couldn't keep his legs from bouncing he was so nervous. He told me that his parents as well as most of his family told him that he couldn't do it, and he wouldn't amount to anything. He ended up only answering 53/100 questions on the test in the 40 minutes we were allowed. They said he answered most of them right, but didn't answer enough, so he'd have to come back again in six months. We all felt pretty bad for him.
The other guy was cool, he was trying out for the Special Forces. He had the right attitude and build for it too, he could have gone far. That was about the only thing he put in for. Turns out you've got to be 25 to enter in the Special Forces division, so he didn't get in. He got 82/100 questions in the 40 minutes.
I got 97/100 in the 40 minutes, some of the questions were thinkers too haha... For the first time in a long time people referred to me as the brain, and looked up to me for my intellect rather than my TaeKwon-Do. It was a nice change.
I'm going back on the 21st to get all of the other tests done. It'll be exciting. I lost $400 though :(
The only slot they had open for the final exams were on a Monday which is one of my 24 hour shifts, and I had to give it up. Oh well, it'll all work out for the better in the end.
~Vic-Man
I took the big aptitude test, and psych test. I scored top in the class. My recruiter said that I was well into Officer range. I was happy about that, very happy. The only down side (for me) is that Psychology isn't offered as one of the classes to take there. So then I'm told that I can go to the RMC (Royal Military College) to become an Intelligence Corps Officer. From there I can also take a Psychology course and it'll be paid for. The other route I can take is enlisting as a Psych Evaluator since I'm already qualified to do that. I'd be able to take a Psych course just as I would be as an officer, but it'd take way longer to do, and there aren't any guarantees of me becoming an officer later on. The good side of that is I can get in right away where as I'd have to wait till May to get into the RMC to become an officer.
Back to the 'it could have been worse' part though. I made friends with two guys who were enlisting. One of them was becoming a driver. (About the slowest job in the military that isn't pushing paper) He was a good kid, really stressing over it, and couldn't keep his legs from bouncing he was so nervous. He told me that his parents as well as most of his family told him that he couldn't do it, and he wouldn't amount to anything. He ended up only answering 53/100 questions on the test in the 40 minutes we were allowed. They said he answered most of them right, but didn't answer enough, so he'd have to come back again in six months. We all felt pretty bad for him.
The other guy was cool, he was trying out for the Special Forces. He had the right attitude and build for it too, he could have gone far. That was about the only thing he put in for. Turns out you've got to be 25 to enter in the Special Forces division, so he didn't get in. He got 82/100 questions in the 40 minutes.
I got 97/100 in the 40 minutes, some of the questions were thinkers too haha... For the first time in a long time people referred to me as the brain, and looked up to me for my intellect rather than my TaeKwon-Do. It was a nice change.
I'm going back on the 21st to get all of the other tests done. It'll be exciting. I lost $400 though :(
The only slot they had open for the final exams were on a Monday which is one of my 24 hour shifts, and I had to give it up. Oh well, it'll all work out for the better in the end.
~Vic-Man