High School Junior interested in PLC

[MIDNJAC]

The answer to all of your questions is up to you. Will you fail out/attrite from OCS? Will you be a strong enough candidate to be selected for an officer program in the Marine Corps with a dwindling defense budget? It doesn't matter what happened to someone else, it just matters that you 1) want it, and 2) give it 100%. You'd be surprised how many things in life work out when you do both those things.

 

[getswole0763]

Hey guys I was wondering if you think getting into PLC will be a lot more difficult with the plans to reduce the military after we leave Afghanistan and all of the DoD defense cuts. Do you think a lot of these cuts will actually go through?
Thanks, Jake

Yes PLC has gotten much more difficult than even a couple years ago. Yes the military is/will be drawing down (USMC certainly included). However, that doesn't discount the fact that the USMC will ALWAYS need officers no matter how bad the cuts get. In addition to everything the others have said, I will reiterate: get that PFT as close to 300 as possible. That means get on a pullup program NOW (if not already) and start running NOW (consistently). Good grades/involvement is a given, however an excellent PFT score is something that bites a lot of people in the ass come package time.

and... Don't quit. You will run into hiccups along the way and doors will be slammed flat in your face at times. Get right up and don't stop till you achieve what you want.

"Go confidently into the direction of your dreams! Live the life you always imagined". - Thoreau

gig em'

 

[DocT]

I was accepted into OCS while still at a community college. I obviously had to transfer to a 4 year institution but it's not impossible. That was also in 2003: good job market and we were about to invade Iraq. Your mileage may vary.

 

[Cobra]

Thanks guys for all your feedback! This site has been super helpful for me and full of good information and I really appreciate all your help.
Thanks, Jake