Recent content by educateme

scoutpilot, my husband is an ex-IDF (Israeli Defence Force) pilot with an Ashekenazi (European) origin. We have been to Israel multiple times by now (2 out of three years on the average) Among the contemporary Israelis, a "Sephardi" is considered a Jew from the likes of Iraq, Iran, and other...

My son had a CULP trip to South Asia. This is something he shared with me. One of the local military officers told my son "You don't look like an American!" My son is bi-racial: half Far East Asian and half Caucasian. He could pass as a light skinned Hispanic, a light colored Sephardi...

aglages, I was interpreting the concept broadly. I apologize for too broad an application of the concept. Sorry for misleading folks....

I completely agree with this statement. My son got a 4 year scholarship to NE school hosting an ROTC battalion. One thing I advised him in his application process was to accentuate his differences, racially, culturally, socio economically, and geographically, from the statistical norm of the...

I meant to shut up after my last post. But, I would like raise one more important fact. OP says s/he found that educational delay of 7-8 may be possible. A word of caution. That may be the case NOW. But we are talking about 5 years down the road for OP's son. A LOT can change between...

Patesq, I am sorry that you feel that we are all piling on you. We were actually trying to help. The overwhelming sentiment of caution expressed by almost every poster on this thread is due to the following: (1) the plan on the table requires perfect alignment of all nine planets and...

OP's son wants to do MD/PH.D. program. That 7-8 years IN ADDITION to 4 years of college education. All the advice on the education delay for the normal MEDICAL school of 4 years may not even apply here. I don't know this, but will the military give 7-8 years worth of an educational delay? I...

medical school admission is very much a product of college GPA and MCAT score. The fact that your son graduates from, say, a well regarded state school, will NOT deter him from getting admitted into a top medical school. It's not like the world of high finance where they don't even recruit in...

It's much more difficult to get a scholarship as a liberal arts major for NROTC and AFROTC. if you get a scholarship as an engineering/STEM major, you risk losing a scholarship if you change your major in college. If I remember correctly, NROTC and AFROTC have a quota for non-engineering/STEM...

My son's CULP trip was delayed by over 10 days. They stayed those extra days in Fort Knox. They looked for volunteers to stay extra 10 days in that assigned country. He volunteered. The rest of them will return on schedule, which means that the actual amount of time spent overseas is barely...

I disagree with the statement that ROTC scholarship has no bearing on the school admission. It depends. In some schools, the ROTC officers have a great deal of "persuasive" power. They can move a needle. In some other schools, no. For instance, one PMS in a battalion serving a very well...

I heard one team heading to one of the locations in Asia was delayed by 10 days due to some kind of administrative screw up between the Army and the State Department: paper work problem. (nt, I hear this is not Vietnam that was already mentioned in the post earlier) I am left scratching my...

jcleppe, "bring it on" was meant as a jest. I am sorry to ruffle your feather. however, on this forum, we very frequently diverge from the original intent of the person who started the thread, and we wonder on. So don't selectively single out any particular post or poster in an attempt...

patentesq, geez, if this is being on a hot seat, you guys should do better than this! I spent 5 years working for a company where business culture was, whoever can survive longest in a torture chamber gets the next paycheck.... Suffice to say, as a lone female executive, I was asked "so, tell...

Paradoxer, bingo. You hit the nail on the head!