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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question.  What happens if you start the program and realize it is too much.  What are the penalties? Do you have to withdraw from the university too since that was presumably your hook?[/quote]

You can withdraw after freshman year, but if you stay past years 2 or 3(can't remember the number), you must commit to military service.[/quote]

Future Corps of Cadets mom - until the military starts paying you money, you are not on the hook for anything (although from your junior year you will be commissioned and then your service obligation begins).  My understanding is if you get a four-year scholarship, your service obligation begins once you hit your sophomore year.

Another related point - at the two schools with Corps of Cadets (VT and Texas A&M) you can be in all four years and never join the military.  They have a Civilian Leadership Corp for students that want the experience but don’t want to join the military (there’s a good chance DS will end up doing this)[/quote]

Thanks for the reminder of this. My son does not qualify for ROTC (type I diabetic) but wants to be military. So I'll have to check the medical requirements to see if this is something he's allowed to do instead.[/quote]

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