MST Assignments/A-School

Hey everyone, I’m leaving for MST A-School very soon, and I had a question about how the assignment list works for recent grads.

I’ve heard different things from MKs at my unit. One coworker who just graduated MK A-School said he had to rank the districts 1–9, while another MK who graduated a few years ago said he was given a list of around 12 available billets and had to rank those instead.

I’m trying to figure out what the current process is for MSTs specifically.

For anyone who recently graduated MST A-School:

1. Were you ranking districts or actual available billets/units?

2. About how many choices were you given?

3. Did class rank have a big impact on what you got?

4. Were there a good variety of locations, or was it pretty limited?

Just trying to get a realistic idea of what to expect. Thanks in advance.