Are you more likely to complete college if you go before entering the military?
441452
personal opinion?  couldn't find any web statistics so, here's just what I would think.....\nif you have the option to do so, I'd go to college premilitary.\nin case you haven't noticed, there is a very vicious war going on & God knows when we will EVER get out.  Once you are deployed, you could experience things in war that will haunt you/distract you the rest of your life hindering your ability to concentrate & learn.\nIt may even destroy your motivation to go to college...if it was peacetime with no chance of war, i would say go for it, pick up the experience & training the military has to provide, but in the present/ongoing world climate, go on to college first....besides once you get your bachelor's degree, you can enlist & go into officer's training & commission in as an officer with all the ammenities attached.  good luck in your decision
745801
If you are considering joining the military service after high school graduation then your best option is to take Junior ROTC and learn the basics before going to Basic Training. You will come out farther ahead than other trainees and your confidence will show.\n\nI took Army ROTC in high school and it paved the way for my military career. The things I learned in ROTC stayed with me for more than the 20 years I spent in the Army.
867988
Consider going to a college or university that has an ROTC program.  If you go that route you'll have a college degree in four years or so AND you'll be a commissioned officer in the military when you graduate from college.  Best of both worlds.
71400
If you have the desire, then you have what it takes.  Don't be scared by the taking orders because you'll learn that you have a choice.  You'll pick up on what's involved in advancement and how you can move through the ranks and get ahead of those who may actually be lame.  I'm not talking about moving up the ranks by doing indecent acts, but just applying yourself and displaying the army values, Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal courage.  If you incorporate these values, you'll be ahead of the game and you'll do fine.  Excel in every aspect that you can, score a 300 or above on the physical fitness test, achieve an expert marksman badge, complete correspondence courses and take college courses.  About an earlier comment, tuition reimbursment isn't a bonus, the military already pays 100% of your tuition while you're on active duty.  You just have to pay  for the books.  So take advantage of that program.  \n\nThe military isn't about taking orders.  It's about working as a team to accomplish your mission.  It's about following the instructions and guidance from your leaders.  Yes, you'll have some very bad leaders and at that point, you can stand up and suggest alternatives and work the chain of command to your advantage.  There are the proper ways to do things and then there's the defiant way to do things, which will only land you in trouble and eventually out the door.\n\nOh, it's a two mile run by the way.  See if a recruiter could give you a APFT card and check the score chart.  Work on reaching the max amount of push ups, sit ups and two mile run.  This will help in the long run, for a promotion to E-5.  I earned E-5 in less than three years and was barely 21 when I was leading soldiers.
519223
Economically, it makes great sense.  You'll have to go to Basic Training (not a big deal) and then AIT (even easier, where you learn your job).  All you have to do is apply to a college and you'll be able to do them simultaneously.  You could try an ROTC scholorship and skip the Guard, but you can do both!  My buddy did that and had enough extra money during college to buy a car, I still had a bike.  The National Guard is cool because it's not just "go to Iraq and die" like uneducated people think, you get to help out your local community in times of crisis.  If you're willing to spend a couple of months learning to be a team player and shoot a rifle, it's worth it.
1111590
Go to college.   Go in as an officer.  You can get a scholarship or go to an academy and the military will still pay for your college, plus you get four years to train before you go in and you get more money when you do.  You may still be elligible for the GI Bill benifits when you get out so the military can pay for your grad school.
442415
Personally I prefer college then navy.\nLearn more than contribute.\nPrepare more than enjoy more.
892286
You can enlist without a degree and earn your degree while you are active duty.  I've known many who have done just that.  But you will not become an officer without the 4 year degree period.  ROTC will only get you stripes without the degree.  Even with ROTC you still need the degree.  No getting around that.
552362
I think you are alittle ahead of yourself.  It is much different being in boot camp and I assure you it is much difficult than you think. Just because you can do this and that in the civilian world doesn't mean nothing. Here say from other military people, a friend etc.  is just here say. Look sweetie you do not belong to yourself or your parents when you go into service...the government owns you and tells you what you can and canot do   Do more for our country by helping those less forturnate than you. Go to college or try and open up your own business. Own yourself ok?
208456
At least six months before I left the military, and before graduating college, I started hitting the job search pretty hard.  If you want to have a job lined up very shortly after discharge, you need to be aggressive.
90186
Yes, you have a really good chance of getting into college. You might even be able to get a minority scholarship.
1077068
I guess I would have to answer yes, since I did enlist in the Air Force.  That was some time ago and I'm out now.  \n\nThe Air Force is one of the better military branches.  It has good schools, you don't go on 25 mile hikes, you're not cooped up on a ship, you don't dig foxholes.\n\nDuring basic training, you do some marching, learn how to salute, and stuff like that, but they don't go overboard about it.  Typically, you have your choice of some very excellent schools in technical areas.  \n\nMay Air Force training was always a help as a civilian looking for a job.  I also took advantage of the education benefits to go to college after I got out.
939405
No.  You can have your loans defered during service but no branch will pay for loans that were aquired before enlistment.  If that's your only reason for wanting to join then perhaps the military is not for you.
5566
No. What's more important is that you learn things that interest you. If you learn how to learn, then you can change what you do throughout your life. I know an economics major developing software, a political science major managing a multimillion dollar division of a corporation... what's more important than what these people studied, is that they learned how to pick up new skills, and they jut kept learning things that interested them.\n\nLife will take you lots of interesting places, and you don't need to plan them all before your freshman year of college.
982865
You can do that if you go enlisted. They will help you get your bachelors, its called TA tuition assistance, as well as having the MGIB.
637660
It possible for me to finish college now
729797
I not see anything wrong with the Military. If, you have a degree you may be able to enter as an officer also, which would mean better pay. You could advance your studies while in taking maybe one college course a semester. Stay for 20 years you can retire and have time to start another career. I tell my friends, do not go in as a Tank Driver, there other jobs to consider.