All Branch Topic (ABT) ROTC+ reserves+ med school

[llamaoverlord]

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Ok here's my plan.

Do ROTC in undergrad and try and get an educational delay to med school if I do then great but if I don't pay back my obligation in the reserves after undergrad and go to medical school at the same time. Is this possible? Is it hard to manage medical school and reserves or is this a very feasible plan?

 

[Shikima]

Some have done it, but it's not recommended. Be sure to soul search on why you want to serve. Your loan money will allow you more freedom.

 

[deuist]

That is a terrible plan. Take out the student loans.

 

[Dranger]

How is ROTC a bad option? I am not a physician but I did commission via ROTC and had several classmates opt for reserves and goto med school. The units didn't task them or anything (like a normal officer) and they basically just showed up to study.

Trying to go AD with ed delay is a bad plan but opting for reserves will most likely be granted .

 

[deuist]

How is ROTC a bad option?

Because educational delay is not a given. You might finish ROTC and then be tasked as an infantry officer for all you know. Now you're going to be stuck for several years doing something you have no desire for all in the hopes that when your commitment is finished, then you can finally go to medical school. ROTC is a huge gamble and one that you are likely to lose. Take out loans and don't look back.

 

[lp430]

I did ROTC in undergrad and commissioned into the Army National Guard while starting med school. I've drilled since M1 year and am now a M4. If you are good at time management, it's not easy but doable.

 

[Dranger]

Because educational delay is not a given. You might finish ROTC and then be tasked as an infantry officer for all you know. Now you're going to be stuck for several years doing something you have no desire for all in the hopes that when your commitment is finished, then you can finally go to medical school. ROTC is a huge gamble and one that you are likely to lose. Take out loans and don't look back.

The chances of someone getting forced infantry (top 3 chosen branch) and active duty (more and and more cadets forced branched reserves/guard) at this time is next to zero. Maybe in 2007.

You can also do a GFRD scholarship which guarantees that you will go reserves. They are a lot more plentiful because most people want AD. I was a ROTC recruiter for a bit and the only sticky situation I could see is if a cadet wanted active duty and an ed delay. However, more often than not for cadets with med school acceptances the delays were almost always approved. My last slide deck crunching commissioning numbers showed very high approval rates and the disapprovals were probably admin issues or law students.