Well it's my fourth semester of NROTC and after going a week with only twenty five hours of sleep, I have decided that I do not want to go by this commissioning route. I was able to tolerate the work of ROTC under the assumption that I could handle my schooling at the same time, but now that I have to prepare for the MCAT in addition to 16 hours of school on top of my ROTC collateral duties, it has become physically impossible. I won't burden you anymore with my anger against the student officers, but suffice to say is that I am unhappy.
Now, I am in a different circumstance than most people who would like to exit their contracts as mine has a specific clause for leaving it. Unlike HPSP, I am not as tightly bound to my ROTC contract. I have to repay my tuition and book stipend should I choose to leave BUT there is a slim possibility that I may be ordered to active enlisted duty immediately or upon graduation. I was wondering if anyone had any experiences in their ROTC units for people exiting their contracts after incurring obligation and what happened to them.
Is it possible that I could eliminate the possibility of active enlisted service by giving a written intention of commissioning eventually? What I want to do is to drop the ROTC scholarship and go to medical school on the FAP program so I can enter the Navy after residency as opposed to doing a GMO tour. This way, I will have a 4 year obligation after residency (or more depending on my specialty) as opposed to 8+ years.
I want to emphasize that I am not trying to duck out of my obligation, but rather wish to go by a different path before it is too late. ROTC is for unrestricted line officers and has little benefit for people intending to join a restricted line community.
Lastly, ROTC has monopolized my time for the past year and a half so I have little to no extracurricular outside of ROTC. If I were to drop ROTC, would medical schools still acknowledge how much time I did put into ROTC so as to justify my lack of other activities? Also, how would medical schools view my choice? I'm 100% sure I can justify it, but I do not want to eliminate my chances of an interview to a medical school before I have a chance to explain. I am pretty sure I can still get one of the officers to write me a letter of recommendation even if I do quit.
Thanks in advance for any constructive replies.
Now, I am in a different circumstance than most people who would like to exit their contracts as mine has a specific clause for leaving it. Unlike HPSP, I am not as tightly bound to my ROTC contract. I have to repay my tuition and book stipend should I choose to leave BUT there is a slim possibility that I may be ordered to active enlisted duty immediately or upon graduation. I was wondering if anyone had any experiences in their ROTC units for people exiting their contracts after incurring obligation and what happened to them.
Is it possible that I could eliminate the possibility of active enlisted service by giving a written intention of commissioning eventually? What I want to do is to drop the ROTC scholarship and go to medical school on the FAP program so I can enter the Navy after residency as opposed to doing a GMO tour. This way, I will have a 4 year obligation after residency (or more depending on my specialty) as opposed to 8+ years.
I want to emphasize that I am not trying to duck out of my obligation, but rather wish to go by a different path before it is too late. ROTC is for unrestricted line officers and has little benefit for people intending to join a restricted line community.
Lastly, ROTC has monopolized my time for the past year and a half so I have little to no extracurricular outside of ROTC. If I were to drop ROTC, would medical schools still acknowledge how much time I did put into ROTC so as to justify my lack of other activities? Also, how would medical schools view my choice? I'm 100% sure I can justify it, but I do not want to eliminate my chances of an interview to a medical school before I have a chance to explain. I am pretty sure I can still get one of the officers to write me a letter of recommendation even if I do quit.
Thanks in advance for any constructive replies.