Amedd and the Army Reserves

[Bane of Avarice]

Hey everyone, I'm new here and just thought I would say a little about my situation, in an attempt to get advice for my future.

I am currently a senior in high school, and I have joined the Army Reserves. My reason for joining is to pay for my college - up to my bachelor's degree. I plan on going to junior college for atleast a year and a half, then finishing up my last couple years, to get my bachelors, at a public university. After I obtain my bachelor's (possibly in Biology) I hope to go to med school, paid for by the Army (Amedd). Of course I know it's not a given scholarship (HPSP) and I will have to really work for it. I do need help figuring out if contracting with ROTC will help me get into med school or not.

Any advice would be much appreciated,
Thanks!

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[Eiot]

http://www.wlox.com/story/21577854/no-tuition-payments-for-army-soldiers-due-to-federal-budget-cuts

As a veteran I would warn you against joining the military at this point in time.

 

[nysegop]

Don't join the military. Go to school. Get an MD. Do residency. If you still want to join up, do it once your education is done. That way your service commitment will only be four years at a time. If you go to USUHS and/or do a military residency, you'll theirs for a long time.

 

[Eiot]

Don't join the military. Go to school. Get an MD. Do residency. If you still want to join up, do it once your education is done. That way your service commitment will only be four years at a time. If you go to USUHS and/or do a military residency, you'll theirs for a long time.

Any military service commitment is eight years regardless of what type of contract you sign. Most enlisted personnel sign a four year active duty contract; what most civilians don't know is that in doing so, they are also signing another four years of IRR (Individual Ready Reserve). IRR, in essence, means that once the four years of active duty are up, the individual is able to return home and go about their life as they see fit, without the prior active duty restrictions. However, they are also on a roster for the next four years that allows them to be called back for any reason, should the military so choose. Some also are required to complete an annual physical for those four years. IRR also works with reserve contracts, whereas the individual signs a six year reserve contract, as well as two years of IRR.

Make no mistake that this applies to HPSP physicians as well. However, as far as active duty would entail, HPSP physicians are only required to pay back one year for every year of sponsorship they receive. So, if the individual has a four year residency, then they are obligated for a four year "active" term.

 

[Bane of Avarice]

I have already joined the Army Reserves for 6 years active reserves, 2 years inactive. I am not very worried about the decision to cut TA, because Congress is trying to block that move by Obama. Disregard the fact that tuition assistance has been cut at this moment, my question is: will ROTC help my chances of getting into med school?

 

[nysegop]

I have already joined the Army Reserves for 6 years active reserves, 2 years inactive. I am not very worried about the decision to cut TA, because Congress is trying to block that move by Obama. Disregard the fact that tuition assistance has been cut at this moment, my question is: will ROTC help my chances of getting into med school?

ROTC will show that you do productive things with your time, but not much else. Unless of course you are applying to USUHS (the military medical school).

 

[Eiot]

I am not very worried about the decision to cut TA, because Congress is trying to block that move by Obama.

I'd like to know how you came to that conclusion. Military TA has been cut because Obama and the GOP could not reach an agreement concerning the fiscal cliff. This has been a long time coming and a fast search will result in articles from 2011 to now of Congress's willingness to sack tuition assistance for military personnel.

I have already joined the Army Reserves for 6 years active reserves, 2 years inactive. Disregard the fact that tuition assistance has been cut at this moment, my question is: will ROTC help my chances of getting into med school?

No, ROTC will not help your chances. Military service in general will be what helps your chances.

 

[Bane of Avarice]

Okay thanks for your advice man! And I read something about it earlier this morning but the more I read about sequestration the more I realize that what I said earlier wasn't accurate. I don't mean to start an argument on here lol, already read through enough of those.

 

[Eiot]

Okay thanks for your advice man! And I read something about it earlier this morning but the more I read about sequestration the more I realize that what I said earlier wasn't accurate. I don't mean to start an argument on here lol, already read through enough of those.

It's all good. I just didn't want you making a life changing decision based on a false assumption.