Patella_96
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- Sep 14, 2016
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Hello all,
It looks like I'm back to square one. I took a PICAT test for the ASVAB and then had to take a confirmation exam at MEPs. However, I was informed prior to MEPs by my recruiter that the exam would only take 30 minutes. He did not inform me that the exam had the potential of being 2 hours and 30 minutes long. I learned this only after speaking to the proctor of the exam. Truthfully, I was late to meet my recruiter by 50 minutes (I recognize that I was deeply wrong in this regard) however, even if I had been on time, I would have still missed my quiz at my university by an egregious amount of time. I would have missed the class in its entirety. I repeatedly informed my recruiter that I MUST be at my class by a specific time to which his response was that "it would only be 30 minutes." I do not believe he had ill intent however it was clear that we both were ignorant of the duration of this exam. He then informed me after dropping me back off at school that I would no longer be working with that recruitment station. I then went to the Recruitment station following this incident to retrieve my papers from the Master Sergeant, only to be told that I would be able to go to another recruitment station, but that he would actually inform them of "what I did" and how I wasted their time. I regretfully argued with him on this point as I felt that such an action was unfounded and immoral given the ignorance of both my recruiter and I. I did not hurl insults nor expletives however I regrettably did raise my voice and became emotional. I apologized for my unprofessional behavior shortly after through text. Have I ruined my chances of becoming a Marine?
It looks like I'm back to square one. I took a PICAT test for the ASVAB and then had to take a confirmation exam at MEPs. However, I was informed prior to MEPs by my recruiter that the exam would only take 30 minutes. He did not inform me that the exam had the potential of being 2 hours and 30 minutes long. I learned this only after speaking to the proctor of the exam. Truthfully, I was late to meet my recruiter by 50 minutes (I recognize that I was deeply wrong in this regard) however, even if I had been on time, I would have still missed my quiz at my university by an egregious amount of time. I would have missed the class in its entirety. I repeatedly informed my recruiter that I MUST be at my class by a specific time to which his response was that "it would only be 30 minutes." I do not believe he had ill intent however it was clear that we both were ignorant of the duration of this exam. He then informed me after dropping me back off at school that I would no longer be working with that recruitment station. I then went to the Recruitment station following this incident to retrieve my papers from the Master Sergeant, only to be told that I would be able to go to another recruitment station, but that he would actually inform them of "what I did" and how I wasted their time. I regretfully argued with him on this point as I felt that such an action was unfounded and immoral given the ignorance of both my recruiter and I. I did not hurl insults nor expletives however I regrettably did raise my voice and became emotional. I apologized for my unprofessional behavior shortly after through text. Have I ruined my chances of becoming a Marine?
