jlwilkes101
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So I've decided on my plan B for if I'm not accepted to West Point, and I was going to ask you guys for your opinion on it. And possibly more information if any of you have any, because I'm finding it difficult to find good information on this. But anyways, I was thinking that if I am not accepted to West Point, I'll go on to an ROTC program at another school (not sure which one yet, because a) I have not decided on a top choice, and b) I obviously haven't been accepted into any yet). Additionally, I'll take part in the Simultaneous Membership Program for the National Guard, including the Split-Option program, where I will enlist in the National Guard, go to basic the summer before my freshman year of college, drill with the National Guard throughout that year along with participating in ROTC in the college (this part I'm not sure about, however, as I've read in some places that going to basic takes the place of the first year of ROTC), and then would reapply to USMA during that school year. Ideally, I would then get accepted, and go to Beast the summer after my freshman year of college; if not, I would go to AIT and then contract with the ROTC unit at the college. From then on, I would either continue reapplying to West Point or possibly simply finish through with ROTC.
I like this plan B because I feel like it will give me both military and academic experience that would help with my hypothetical reapplication, and if I was still not successful in recieving an appointment to West Point, those same experiences would be valuable to me as I took another path to become an officer. Additionally, the split-option training would prevent me from being deployed (not that I have a problem with deploying, but I'm afraid that it would interrupt my education). So, and I know this was an incredibly long post, but what do you all think of this plan? Is it common, or feasible, or promising? Or did I overlook something that would make it an unreasonable plan?
Thank you all very much for your help
I like this plan B because I feel like it will give me both military and academic experience that would help with my hypothetical reapplication, and if I was still not successful in recieving an appointment to West Point, those same experiences would be valuable to me as I took another path to become an officer. Additionally, the split-option training would prevent me from being deployed (not that I have a problem with deploying, but I'm afraid that it would interrupt my education). So, and I know this was an incredibly long post, but what do you all think of this plan? Is it common, or feasible, or promising? Or did I overlook something that would make it an unreasonable plan?
Thank you all very much for your help