I think two points need to be illustrated.
1. Commitment owed is re-calculated each and every time they register for classes. From my POV it would be 3 yrs concurrent. Register in Sept and than register in Dec. The clock will change to Dec. If they owe 5 yrs, and grad school is 3 yrs for each registration. They can actually leave at the exact same time as their original commitment. Complete Masters at 18 months, you owe no time. Go to AFIT (AF in house grad school) 1 yr, you are still eligible to walk at 5. Go to a 3 yr at Harvard, you are at 6 yrs, because your last reg. was 3 yrs in, and you owe 3 yrs.
2. If they are released from the program for whatever reason, they can either be given a pink slip or assigned to whatever the branch desires.
~~~ In other words. Fail med or grad school. They can say, "You are done". Or they can say "You are still in, but here is your new career field". You don't really have a voice in the decision factor. You live and die by their decision.
Jcleppe said:
The ED is a different program, this is where the cadet delays their entry into AD until they finish there Post Graduate schooling. The Army does not usually pay for this schooling, if they did it would fall under GRADSO.
Thank you for that information. I thought the Amy was like the AF, they may allow ED, but it could be on the cadets dime, and not on the military's dime.
I want sjbd94 to understand that even if he gets ED, it doesn't mean he will collect an AD salary and get his medical education paid for.
If he does not get a scholarship for undergrad, but ED, he is still on the hook for his entire educational bill.
I do not want him to believe that even as an ROTC cadet with ED they will pick up the tab for med school.
It happens, but that cgpa at college better be top 1%. Not at the school, but nationally. sjbd94, you will compete against every cadet in every ROTC program in the nation. Not sure if SA cadets also vie for the same. Again, investigate. Pretty hard to compete for a spot as an ROTC cadet at Drexel for that med school scholarship against the SA cadet or the UMich cadet.
It is the WHOLE picture.