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11-22-2011, 09:20 PM
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Army ROTC to HPSP
Worth it? Currently under ROTC scholarship, Health Science major with a premed track. I have essentially 3 options. 1. Serve my active duty than go to med school 2. Go to med school on an ed delay out of pocket, serve my time afterwards (do residency too) 3. Use the HPSP scholarship. My only hesitancy toward the HPSP scholarship is the amount of time owed active, but that might not be an issue depending on how much I enjoy what I'm doing. Does anyone have any information on the medical corps or what it's like being a doctor for the army on AD (I'd like to specialize in EM)
Thank guys
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11-22-2011, 09:58 PM
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I'm looking for help here; if I can't talk to a group of friends on a forum like this then who can I talk to? In the military thread entirely, you shouldn't be facepalming anyone... it's for support
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11-23-2011, 12:46 AM
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Delta Farce
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Thick skin..grow it.
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11-23-2011, 05:32 AM
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secedere
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: FL/GA border
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Option 3 makes the most sense. Regardless of the amount of time you have to do contract wise, it will be worth it in the long run.
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Your active duty service obligation to the U.S. Army is one year of service for every year you receive the scholarship. Your minimum obligation depends on your health care field. For example, the minimum obligation for medical students is two years. Dental, psychology, optometry and veterinary students are obligated to serve no fewer than three years. There is an additional obligation for residency and fellowship training.
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Sounds pretty fair to me, better than any deal I ever got.
PS - quit being a vagina |
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11-23-2011, 06:56 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Andrews AFB, MD
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Originally Posted by SniperForce-Duffek
Thick skin..grow it.
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Originally Posted by barrel roll
PS - quit being a vagina
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with that being said, im medical and work with an Army Colonel who is a doctor, went though ROTC. PM me your contact info, and ill see if he can shoot you an email or something so you can pick his brain.
EDIT: the doc is also from Boston, MA. so you guys might hit it off. He's on leave until monday so don't expect an email instantly.
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11-23-2011, 10:50 AM
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To The Strongest
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Fiddlers Green
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Originally Posted by SniperForce-Duffek
Thick skin..grow it.
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Originally Posted by barrel roll
quit being a vagina
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It's the army dude... get use to being harassed.
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Originally Posted by dmbxvii
...my only hesitancy ... is the amount of time owed active...
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Oh and if you are only doing this for a free/ cheap ride through med school I don't want you near the army. We have enough fags who don't give a **** about us just riding out their time owed before leaving for the civilian sector.
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Last edited by kida2 : 11-23-2011 at 10:52 AM.
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11-23-2011, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Andrews AFB, MD
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Originally Posted by kida2
Oh and if you are only doing this for a free/ cheap ride through med school I don't want you near the army. We have enough fags who don't give a **** about us just riding out their time owed before leaving for the civilian sector.
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ironically enough this Army doc im reffering to is exactly that..when he joined up.since then he's been in 30+ years and deployed 2-3 times or so and bleeds army green. Cant judge everyone by that fact. I was kind of the same. I joined because of family history, sense of duty, and I wanted the GI Bill and training in a good job. I know the people you talk of but sometimes those people turn out to be some of the best.
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