Declined HPSP: Am I still eligible to join later?

[treeoflife45]

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I was selected recently for the HPSP scholarship with the Air Force. I was ready to sign but then had someone suggest I pause and do research. I did and am not leaning towards declining the offer. I spoke with my recruiter today and he said that if I decline, I will have to get a special waiver from the Pentagon if I ever want to apply to join the military again. He said that I have been labelled a "select" and that if I "decline commissioning" it will be on my record and if I apply for the 3-yr, FAP or even as a licensed physician, then I will probably be turned down unless I get this waiver.

Is this true? Has anyone out there declined the HPSP scholarship and joined through FAP or as a physician?

 

[Gastrapathy]

Lol. Of course not. The list isn't at the pentagon, it's kept next to the launch codes in the football.


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[deleted480308]

I was selected recently for the HPSP scholarship with the Air Force. I was ready to sign but then had someone suggest I pause and do research. I did and am not leaning towards declining the offer. I spoke with my recruiter today and he said that if I decline, I will have to get a special waiver from the Pentagon if I ever want to apply to join the military again. He said that I have been labelled a "select" and that if I "decline commissioning" it will be on my record and if I apply for the 3-yr, FAP or even as a licensed physician, then I will probably be turned down unless I get this waiver.

Is this true? Has anyone out there declined the HPSP scholarship and joined through FAP or as a physician?

they are sooooo desperate for doctors that they will pay for your entire medical school to lock you in......if you show up with a license and a pen, they will give you commissioning papers

 

[Cooperd0g]

I know people who have been kicked out of or quit a service academy and still ended up becoming an officer through ROTC or OCS. There is no way that just declining HPSP will prevent you from joining at a later date.