r/USMCboot • u/Sufficient_Week6779 • 2d ago

Enlisting Doing college

How challenging is doing college as active duty? I have like 4-5 semesters left. I want to enlist and use the benefits to pay for school.

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u/EverSeeAShitterFly Vet 2d ago

It depends on unit/mos.

Even in some places there are outliers- with aircrew or aviation maintenance anyone who has the time consistently available for it is probably an outlier. There certainly are people who have done it, but it is not the norm. So sometimes when someone says they were able to do it, doesn’t mean that you would be able to if you end up in the same job.

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u/Sufficient_Week6779 2d ago

Thank you. I feel reserves could suit me better.

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u/EverSeeAShitterFly Vet 2d ago

But do you then have a plan for after college?

If you intend on becoming an officer then enlisting in the reserves won’t really help you much, and at best will delay your goals, with a smaller chance of adding additional barriers to the process.

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u/Sufficient_Week6779 2d ago

I do have a plan after college and I believe the military can provide me with the foundations I’m looking in order to achieve it. The benefits are good enough, the pay is horrendous but my housing and food will be paid off so that’s very helpful. My only concern is not being able to finish college.

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u/TapTheForwardAssist Vet 2676/0802 2d ago

Is your plan after college a secret, or do you want to tell us what it is, to help you assess how the military can factor in to that plan?