NYJETS,
I would assume that you won't enroll in school until the Sring semester, in which case I would imagine you would be deployable up until the date you enroll. Double check but I believe you are deployable until you contract, which as stated by otherrs may depend on which SMP program you are in, Guard or Reserves.
Will you be registering as a junior or sophomore.
One thing I would like to bring up, it has been discussed before, regarding BCT and AIT. Completing both will give you some slight advantage your freshman year. You will have a better understanding of Army regulations and basic drill skills. Once you start your sophomore year that advantage will not help as much.
ROTC and BCT/AIT are completly different, don't for a second think that because you have completed BCT/AIT that you can handle anything they throw at you. The biggest piece of advice is don't show up at your new ROTC Battalion with that BCT Chip on your shoulder, the upperclassmen will see that and they will compete to see who knocks it off. The training you receive is geared towards becomming an officer, BCT/AIT does not have the same training. You will be learning to write OPORD's, WARNO's and FRAGO's over and over again. You will learn to lead a platoon not be just a member of the platoon. Just remember ROTC and BCT/AIT are apples and oranges.
Of the top 5 cadets in my son's class, none attended BCT/AIT, #4 is SMP but he did not go to BCT.
Do not get me wrong, SMP is a great program, my son has even tried to see if could go to BCT just for the experience, it was not allowed unfortunatly. Keep it all in perspective, BCT will help in the beginning but that advantage will quickly disappear.
One other thing to remember, you will be drilling one weekend a month. This will mean you will need to have your time management skills down. Taking a full college load and ROTC is time consuming, don't under estimate the time commitment, now you will have one less weekend a month to study and complete course work. Make sure you manage your time well.
Sorry, just one more thing, DON'T get hurt at BCT/AIT, while you may be able to stay in the reserves you may not be able to pass Dodmerb to become an officer through ROTC.
NYJETS,
If you are indeed starting school as a Junior SMP cadet you will be in the thick of your leadership training, BCT will not help you very much, it will give you more money though the GI Bill/Kicker.