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A question about what happens after the offer is accepted

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Swanee said:
Meh, I paid for college without taking loans. To each their own. FWIW I didn't want to join the military in college. Nor for some time after.



And I didn't need a uniform to get chicks. :D:)
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Similar boat. Paid college without taking loans, and didn't need a uniform to get around the block so to speak. Awesome you eventually came around and ended up joining. I wanted to join the military in college and really it's been a serious goal since I was a kid, but couldn't because outstanding responsibilities brought about by other people meant I couldn't go off and play warfighter, otherwise certain close people would have gone homeless or an otherwise very bad scenario. Things are better now, but I'm "old", so I'm waiting for a DCO board to convene to see if I can get selected to do something military as a reservist.

I won't mind being called a "weekend warrior" because it's true to a degree, but the funny thing is a lot of the work is outside drill weekends / AT and is unpaid, and according to reserve EDOs I've spoken to MOBs will be Africa/Mideast and other places most people don't want to go to. But I'm salaried at my current job for 40 hours/week but work 60-80 so I'm already used to unpaid work, and I can communicate with the majority of people in the Mideast to a decent degree so it's not completely foreign to me. Got to look on the bright side eh? :D
 
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Python1287 said:
Less than 1 day a week for me. 99% college student. 1% ROTC student. Plus paycheck and free school. Not sure what @Swanee sees as a downside.
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ROTC would not have allowed me to study what I wanted to study (technical theater/design and production- lighting and sound type stuff). Seems like everyone in ROTC has some type of STEM degree. My Theater degree did me well enough to get me jobs that enabled me to both pay for college and pay off any debt I had accrued. I'd make money on a couple of tours working backstage/front of house. I also refereed pro hockey and taught sailing, as well as was the captain of the sailing team. It was a good time.

I worked in that industry for a few years before I decided to join the military.
 
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Swanee said:
ROTC would not have allowed me to study what I wanted to study (technical theater/design and production- lighting and sound type stuff). Seems like everyone in ROTC has some type of STEM degree. My Theater degree did me well enough to get me jobs that enabled me to both pay for college and pay off any debt I had accrued. I'd make money on a couple of tours working backstage/front of house. I also refereed pro hockey and taught sailing, as well as was the captain of the sailing team. It was a good time.

I worked in that industry for a few years before I decided to join the military.
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So you were THAT GUY for every unit you were in? As in THAT GUY with the fine arts degree? :) Seems like another requirement for a squadron to have along with the hyper religious guy, the meathead, etc.

ROTC is indeed heavy on STEM majors and seems to be even more so these days (hard for me to judge because I went to an engineering school so there weren't many non-STEM majors).
 
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Swanee said:
ROTC would not have allowed me to study what I wanted to study (technical theater/design and production- lighting and sound type stuff). Seems like everyone in ROTC has some type of STEM degree. My Theater degree did me well enough to get me jobs that enabled me to both pay for college and pay off any debt I had accrued. I'd make money on a couple of tours working backstage/front of house. I also refereed pro hockey and taught sailing, as well as was the captain of the sailing team. It was a good time.

I worked in that industry for a few years before I decided to join the military.
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I'm glad it worked out for you well!

That's interesting about ROTC. Did the program at your school only allow STEM majors or have restrictions along those lines? Evidently we've encountered rather different people. Out of all the ROTC cadets and officers who were in ROTC I've met, maybe 3-4 were STEM majors.
 
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Judge Q said:
Oh so most people don't go to America's (or at least the South's) leading public land (and sea and space) grant university for engineering and agriculture to major in...history?
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Agriculture? You must be thinking of Clark County Cow College not my learned alma mater.
 
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Pags said:
So you were THAT GUY for every unit you were in? As in THAT GUY with the fine arts degree? :) Seems like another requirement for a squadron to have along with the hyper religious guy, the meathead, etc.

ROTC is indeed heavy on STEM majors and seems to be even more so these days (hard for me to judge because I went to an engineering school so there weren't many non-STEM majors).
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Indeed I am/was! I always get the, "Dude, how the hell did you get into the military, much less flight school with a theater degree?!!"
 
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Swanee said:
Indeed I am/was! I always get the, "Dude, how the hell did you get into the military, much less flight school with a theater degree?!!"
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If you did something like quote Waiting for Godot in your motivational statement then it would blow the selection board's minds, like this guy must be reeeeeally smart!!! And they would have no choice but to pick you.
 
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