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[quote=Anonymous]ROTC commitment is eight years of service after graduation as an officer. Many graduates are selected for Active Duty for 4 years, and then are committed to Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) after their 4 years, if they choose to separate after four years. There are not enough slots for everyone who has an ROTC scholarship to go Active Duty upon graduation. Those not chosen Active Duty are commissioned as Army Reserve offices.

As for the law school question- if ROTC cadets want to go to law school, they can apply for an Education Delay, as a previous poster noted. Individuals do not "get out" of the military; they have a delay to entry and will start Active Duty as a JAG. The Ed Delays are very competitive.

As for why rich kids do ROTC? Maybe their families have a military service history that you don't know about. ROTC is not just for kids who can't afford school. However, you will find plenty of kids who cannot afford tuition at the elite schools in ROTC programs.

None of my classmates, that I know of, from ROTC at an elite school have gone into politics. However, most of them are tremendously successful in their chosen career fields.[/quote]

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