I think it is like if you go to medical school...doctors now will try to dissuade you. If you can see yourself doing anything else, then do that. But if that is the only thing you can see yourself doing, then go ahead.
For you, you can decide to try for a Service Academy and live a military life right away, or go ROTC and have a more typical College life before you join a service.
For you, you can decide to try for a Service Academy and live a military life right away, or go ROTC and have a more typical College life before you join a service.