Is it possible to go to Med School After ROTC?

[sjbd94]

This is something I might be interested in. Obviously I would go into the medical corps of the service after graduation from med school. From what I have learned the only bad thing about this would be the long service commitment ( if i received a 4 year scholarship and a med school scholarship it would be 16 years I think). But i just want to get some information on the chances of being able to do this. Thanks for all the help I have been getting on the forum! Also, would it be possible to go to other forms of grad school as well?

 

[The OC Josh]

For Army ROTC-It's called an Educational Delay. They're given for Cadets wanting to be lawyers, doctors, and chaplains(seminary). Generally, most of the cadets who apply get one as long as they get into a med school, law school, etc. I'm not sure about scholarships though...

I'm sure you'll get more definite answers about grad school from other posters. I do know that alot of officers do distance grad programs.

 

[dunninla]

Sure, this past graduating class of Army ROTC had approx. 18 cadets go on to Medical School. Another small amount went to Veterinary School... something like 5-6. The Med school allocations were originally smaller (like 10-12?), but Cadet Command approved the slots for another type of grad school that were not used, to be used for Med School.

All the above is in a link to a powerpoint presentation that I cannot find at the moment. The Powerpoint was about how Cadet Command goes about assigning cadets to Reserves, Nat Guard, Active Duty, and the 16 Branches within active duty.

 

[kp2001]

Yes to both your questions.

The numbers are small; however, if you are a strong candidate for medical school admission you will be a strong candidate for one of the positions.