WLC before the Q course

[Karl]

Unfortunately, until you are here, and they tell you "you're going here next" you won't know for sure. The requirements change on a seemingly hourly basis. When I went through, we had SSGs who had completed WLC and BNCOC phase 1, but because they didn't have a 1059 for BNCOC (logically, as they hadn't completed phase 2), they did the entirety of CLT. A few classes later, I heard that those with WLC skipped it entirely. A couple classes after that, those with WLC only went to the final 3 days of CLT (most recent that I've heard).

It's pointless to try to predict it, just show up in good shape, regardless of where you're going. And be prepared to spend at least a couple weeks in "hold" waiting for a class slot before every phase. If they say you need to do it, you'll get a couple weeks of not having to cook, heat your house, or buy food while your paycheck continues to get deposited in your bank. It seems like a big deal when you're coming up to it, and you want to get started with the real stuff as soon as possible, and get to the good training, and, and, and... but when you look back at it a year later, you'll laugh that you even spared it a second thought. The course is a marathon, especially if you want to be a 18D. Don't bother jockeying around at the beginning.