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If so, how did it play out?
Anyone here ever gone through the ROTC to pay for college?
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Dont join the military to pay for college. Join the military because you want to be a soldier that wants an education. All the dudes who joined just for college are shocked when they have to get deployed into a shithole we are fighting in. Then they bitch and moan about "I didnt sign up for this, Im a student blah blah". They did sign up for it, its the military duh.
Dont forget we are already fighting two wars and a third could break out at any time (iran, north korea).
PICK3
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What branch are you considering?
For friends I have who have done this, it worked out great. (This is assuming, of course, you are fully cognizant of the fact you have JOINED THE MILITARY TO TAKE ORDERS, FIGHT, AND DIE FOR THIS COUNTRY. That's a big one.) Probably not the best way to get into Yale Law, or Wharton b-school, or achieve some halls-of-ivy dream of academia, but it's great if you're just looking to get a mediocre degree at a mediocre school in order to live a normal, middle class life while minimizing debt.
canadianhitman
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There's some great advice in this thread. Don't do it unless there is no other way for you to get a college education...think of it as an absolute last resort to be explored only after you've exhausted every other possibility.
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lartinos
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SD hit it on the head
No way. It's absolutely credited for people that want -- or wouldn't mind -- serving their country or spending a few years in the military for whatever reason (see the world, not sit in a cubicle for 12 hours a day, etc). Not everyone's anti-military. It's a great choice and opportunity for many people.
And these people will re-enter civilian life with an education, *real* job skills, leadership experience, proof of ability to follow orders (big plus for the corporate world), in shape, and laughing at idiots taking on fixed 8.5% interest gradPLUS loans for a MA in english lit.
but an officer usually does serious time ina cubicle... ^^^
the new gi bill is a better deal financially speaking...we actually worked on promoting it heavily for our respective colleges (to vets that didn't know about it but were eligible)
and being enlisted you're only on the hook for 8 years....commisioned is a whole nother bag of cats when it comes to being called back to serve
the new gi bill is a better deal financially speaking...we actually worked on promoting it heavily for our respective colleges (to vets that didn't know about it but were eligible)
and being enlisted you're only on the hook for 8 years....commisioned is a whole nother bag of cats when it comes to being called back to serve
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