I am just going to be "that" Mom now.
I think you have to decide whether you want to serve or want to be a doctor. The reality is you are 17 turning 18. Many kids in HS truly believe down to their toes that they want to be XYZ, but once in college things change. I do not have enough fingers and toes in my family of 5, plus pets nails to count on regarding how many enter college with an intended major and actually graduate in that field 4 years later.
~ Typically it is the kid that enters as an engineering major where they decide quickly that although they loved AP Physics and AP Calc in HS, they hate the engineering classes.
Of my 3 kids, only 1 stayed with his major, the other two entered with an intended major and did a hook to the right or left. My DD entered as a psych major, switched to communication soph. year. Switched to English as a junior. Got a grad school fellowship(Master of Education) and is now an English teacher. My DS2 entered as a poli-sci/govt major, switched to Chem as a soph. Now as a junior he is Bio-Chem.
The point is they used that 1st year to stay on track for graduation, but did not have tunnel vision regarding their majors. They realized that college courses, are not like AP classes in HS. College courses compared to HS is like AP classes to 8th grade curriculum. It may be hard to juggle your academics, ROTC and social life.
~ Goes back to do you want to serve or do you want to be a doctor?
My kids were top 7%, magna cum laude in HS, IP/AP/Cambridge program with a higher cgpa (No VA) and their cgpas dropped a lot more than 0.2 in college. They had above 4.0 wcgpa out of a 4.5 scale. They had APs in everything from Foreign Language to Math to English to History, plus they did jump start at the local community college.
~ No VA is very competitive nationally from an academic standpoint. The avg SAT best sitting (not superscore) at their HS was 1350. Key word...avg.
Not trying to be rude or mean. Just saying that HS cgp and ranking means very little to me because there are over 2K HSs in the nation. Grade inflation occurs often in HS, not so much in college. Hence, kids freak that 1st semester at college.
I hope you can pull that 3.8, but be prepared for it to go lower, especially if you want to be successful in the ROTC program. ROTC is not just showing up for PT and LLAB. As you progress in ROTC you will be given cadet/mid leadership positions. DS was a flight commander (AFROTC) with 25 cadets in his flight. He had to write reviews on those cadets. He had to attend additional meetings with the cadre as part of his job. In essence, it was a 20 hr a week PT job just for his ROTC position. PT was 2x a week at 6:30 a.m., but he had to be there at 5:30 for the meetings. That meant when he lived off campus he was up at 4:45.
~ He also was in the scholars program an juggled an internship on the Hill for Sen. Burr as a ROTC cadet.
Again, I am not trying to rain on your parade, I am trying to illustrate what you will be walking into come next fall.
~ OBTW, my DS AFROTC cadet went from a 4.0 to a 3.43.
~~ Med schools don't want just the book smart kid, they want the same thing that the military and every college is looking for...overall. They want to see you juggle both academics and ECS. ROTC can be an edge in that aspect.