Naval Nuclear Power School

Hope you learned something about NNPTC it was a heck of a ride for both of us and one of the hardest things we have ever done... If you have any questions please let us know!!

Nuclear Power School:

Schedule - hours/weekends - You have to be there from 07-1530 everyday and if you get additional hours assigned due to your performance on exams you may be required to do more on top of that which have to be completed outside of normal hours regardless of if you have classes or not during the normal school day. The large majority of students also come in for at least one day on the weekends as well.

What to bring and what not to bring - Anything technological... you can have a basic TI-36X pro calculator and that is about it...no phones and there is an approved device list for what watches/other limited smart devices you're allowed to have

Traffic - Typically not too bad unless it is a graduation day... then it can add upwards of an hour so be carful! Most of the time we got there pretty early to study so it didn't affect us too much. If you're living further away in areas such as Summerville we've heard of people running into some fairly bad daily traffic there too so just watch out.

Where to live - We recommend as close as possible, because the last thing you want to do after a long 12+ hour day is have a long commute... totally up to you though, some people said they liked living downtown, but we could get to and from work in less than 10 minutes when it could take them over 40

Final exam comp - 4hrs based on everything you've done so far, they can literally ask you anything from the past 6 months, you'll learn as time goes what is more important and what they are more likely to ask though but it can still be a lot...

What if you fail - You get to try again the next week, but you lose your graduation... it really sucks if you had family coming into town, but if you fail the 2nd one then you get one last chance for an oral board where you do your best to show what you know to staff at nuke school (in the end nearly everyone, if not everyone passes).

Graduation - It's a great time for your family members to come and see where you have been for the past 6 months. They obviously don't get to go inside but you're on base and they get to see where you've been working/spending 12 or more hours a day for the past half year... yay

Prototype - Get to put your knowledge to use finally! We'll do a video on it at some point with updates so stay tuned!!