Hey guys sorry for the misinformation. I talked to my recruiter about it and I think I misunderstood him. So there are people from the May 12th board that got put on the list, but it certainly wasn't everyone who applied. So far he told me 16 people got taken off of it and 15 people are on it at the moment.
Wow your story gave me extreme deja vu because that's EXACTLY what I went through. "Asthma" before age 13. Hadn't been to the doctor for anything aside from annual checkups since. Got a PFT, gathered docs from 10 years ago, had to call 3 pharmacies from my childhood home to figure out where I filled my prescriptions. Ugh. Still got rejected by the SG, until I submitted ANOTHER PFT along with THREE doctor's notes (current PCP, pulmonologist, pediatrician).
Hi, I'm so sorry that you had this experience. I just want to let you know that MEPS isn't the only option to get physically qualified (at least for the Army). You can get a 2 part evaluation done in order to fill out your 2808 and as long as you can get a doctor's note stating that your prior asthma doesn't impact your current health. I had heart surgery when I was 11mo which would put me on a long waitlist for MEPS, so my recruiter told me about this alternative instead. All I needed out of the ordinary was to do was an ECG, stress test and holter monitor tests to see if I would be disqualified; pretty much any and all tests that the military requires you to do can be done in their facilities free of charge. The only benefit of MEPS is that you do all of the medical tests in 1 day.
It might not be the most ideal option but you can always commission as an attending. It's been a while since I've looked at it but a few years they were giving upwards of a 400k signing bonus with the idea you use that to pay of student debt. They may have changed the numbers based on specialty though.
This is via an administrator for the HPSP Facebook page:
This is via an administrator for the HPSP Facebook page:
Updated for Academic Year 2020-21
FYI regarding the stipend, for budget planning purposes each year:
Per Section 2121, Title 10, USC, the stipend increases each year on 1 July by the same percentage that base pay increased for the current calendar year over the previous calendar year; for AY20-21, then, the stipend will be $2465.73.
Regarding taxes, you can determine your monthly federal withholding based on your allowances claimed using the 2020 withholding tables (consult your state for a similar resource). Per Chapter 41, Volume 7A, DoD Financial Management Regulation, the stipend is subject to federal and state withholding but not FICA; base pay, but not BAH or BAS, earned during ADT is subject to federal and state withholding and to FICA (6.2% for Social Security, 1.45% for Medicare).
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2020 Federal Income Tax Withholding Tables
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Yep! That's the one. Lots of very experienced people on there who know what they're talking about, including those who actually help run the HPSP programs. Don't want to put their names on here due to privacy reasons, but you'll find them on that page 🙂
I don't think I got my commissioning certificate until mid september. The Navy's kinda all over the place right now from an admin perspective (at least from what I've seen).
Rip... thank you for the response. Could I DM you?
Of course
Congrats on getting selected! Yes, the next step is to get signed off by Congress (aka "scroll-approved). That can take anywhere from 2 weeks to a few months. Your recruiter will inform you once that has occurred. And yes, it's a good idea to pull out a loan to cover your first few months of school. Scroll approval can take forever, and you can't commission until you are scroll-approved. And even after you commission, the payment takes a while to be set up, so you might not get your stipend/bonus/tuition payments until a few months after commissioning. I know it's a frustrating process, but as you probably well know already, it's "hurry up and wait" in the military!
I was accepted off the early June board about a month ago. However I am still waiting for scroll approval and expect that to take a while.
I got the 4-year scholarship in Oct of my first year of med school. However, I started my app in Spring, before the end of the fiscal year. I was never on the OML, just board-accepted late since they still had scholarships available. If you were to apply fresh, it's prob too late, unless you get off the OML. But check with a recruiter just in case. Otherwise, you can still go for 3-year
I would ask your recruiter this - only they can give you a straight answer
