To add on to what AF said: the way it was explained to me is that you can do ADSO (3 extra years active) and have one of the following: better chance at branch preference, guaranteed first post, or guaranteed grad school paid by the Army. Just curious, but wasn't ADSO started when GWOT was just getting heated up? Is it possible that this stuff might not be available by the time 2015 or 2016 gets to branch night?
Not to get off on a tangent and derail the thread but most cadets who go to Airborne school during the summer only make 5 jumps in their entire career. Now if you get a slot in an Airborne unit on post night then that's a different story....
Oh, and I'm sure your local admissions rep will be thrilled to know you call him dude