Hi all
I was talking to my army recruiter for HPSP yesterday and I wondered if I could do Air force as well as army. He strongly advised against it, saying he didn't want to do all the work for an applicant that wasn't 100% committed, because the scholarship was very competitive and there were other applicants who wanted it. He said if I received the scholarship and turned it down, that slot (money) for the scholarship wouldn't be available for other applicants, and I might have taken a chance at an applicant that really needed/wanted to join. Is that true?
Also he stated all the branches were applying to the same scholarship. So i'm thinking, would my application appear twice to the committee?
So can I apply to multiple branches or is that just bad in an ethical sense?
I'm leaning towards army because I think I have better chances of getting it (they have more slots). However my brother who is an officer in the air force, and my parents who work for the army, are all telling me to go towards the air force.
Thanks
I was talking to my army recruiter for HPSP yesterday and I wondered if I could do Air force as well as army. He strongly advised against it, saying he didn't want to do all the work for an applicant that wasn't 100% committed, because the scholarship was very competitive and there were other applicants who wanted it. He said if I received the scholarship and turned it down, that slot (money) for the scholarship wouldn't be available for other applicants, and I might have taken a chance at an applicant that really needed/wanted to join. Is that true?
Also he stated all the branches were applying to the same scholarship. So i'm thinking, would my application appear twice to the committee?
So can I apply to multiple branches or is that just bad in an ethical sense?
I'm leaning towards army because I think I have better chances of getting it (they have more slots). However my brother who is an officer in the air force, and my parents who work for the army, are all telling me to go towards the air force.
Thanks