Would you rather be in the military or in college?

Question

Every person in society is told that college is where they should go after high school. Why are they not encourged to go to the military? What advantages does an 18 year old college student have over an 18 year old in the military?

Answer 1

You can do college on line in the military and they pay for it. An 18 year old in the military(me) has the advantage of everything the military has to offer and go to school. Its a great way to go.(armygirl2675@yahoo)

Answer 2

Oh stop already with the 18 year old in the military will be shot.

If you go in the military you are encouraged to get an education, my son is in the Navy and has 13 college credits in about 6 months.

Before he left, 2 of his friends died in a car crash.

AN 18 year old kid in college will probably drop out and either the kid or the parents will have paid a lot of money for nothing or there will be college loans.

My son will have the GI Bill waiting when he gets out. He will also be more mature and if he plays his cards right will have an associates degree in criminal justice, he won't owe any money for school either.

Did I mention that is already has socked away money in a retirement plan, he has a 4 year head start on those kids in college.

If you were in the military in wwII or Korea or Viet Nam, you did have a real good chance to be shot and killed, but look at the numbers. Your odds are much better, and I am not saying that kids are not dying there, cause they are, but they are also dying at home at frat parties and in drunken driving accidents. My son who drank when he was at home, does not in the Navy cause he will lose pay if he gets caught.

Did I mention that if he decides to join the FBI, or become a state trooper, that as a vet, he gets preference.

Answer 3

In the military, you can do both. University of Maryland, an Ivy league school, is part of the Army's Concurrent Admissions Program, they will accept you if you are in the Army. The On Base Campuses (where the professors come to us) run 5 full semesters a year, 15 credits per semester. That means 75 credits a year-60 are required for an Associate's Degree. You can attain a Bachelor's Degree in 3 years, free. You also gain valuable experience and training. You will have a sense of accomplishment and have done something bigger than yourself. All that and be done before you are 22.

Why don't people encourage the military, they don't know what we do and the benefits. They never talked to a recruiter and researched it themselves. It is easier to just tell you to go to college, life everyone else, and compete for the same future, as everyone else. That is what made them successful, but that was then, this is now.

Also, Matthew D, a degree does not necessarily mean you are going to be an Officer. Officers don't always have it better. Obviously, you never served, just think you know it all. Also, that costs money up front, with no reimbursement. And it takes 8-10 years to do it your way.

Cutiebumm, you are so off track. More College students die from just drinking alone:

Among college students ages 18–24 from 1998 to 2001, alcohol-related unintentional injury deaths increased from nearly 1600 to more than 1700, an increase of 6% per college population. The proportion of 18–24-year-old college students who reported driving under the influence of alcohol increased from 26.5% to 31.4%, an increase from 2.3 million students to 2.8 million. During both years more than 500,000 students were unintentionally injured because of drinking and more than 600,000 were hit/assaulted by another drinking student.

Answer 4

Firstly, chances are an 18 year old college student will live to be a 19 year old college student, and so on. Can't say the same for an 18 year old in the military. Also, people are encourage to go to college in order to better themselves. What would be the justification in encouraging youth to join virtual killing groups? How enriching!

Answer 5

I would go to college first then the military. Simply because of better job offers in the military after a college education. (you are an officer if you have a degree)

Then again if you cant afford college, but want to go, you can join the military as an enlisted person. You would be able to eventually fund enough money to go to college.

Answer 6

Many of the young men (and women) getting shot at in Iraq and Afghanistan joined the military for the educational benefits. They want to go to college, but could not afford it. The military promises training and the GI Bill for college. Good luck to all who join for those benefits making it back out to use them.

BTW, I graduated from college before enlisting in the army. I did not go in as an officer because that was not the challenge I was looking for. When all is said and done, I preferred college.

Answer 7

i would rather be in the military. because military has free college,you earn while you learn.both mentally and financially. plus you got a chance to travel, G.I. bill if you decided to get out of the service is available too. "What advantages does an 18 year old college student have over an 18 year old in the military?" my answer, not a bit

Answer 8

I ended up with both. Not exactly by design but by circumstance.

I was drafted by the Army, scored high enough on my tests that they put me through an accelerated Bootstrap program.

As to your question, very few eighteen year olds going strait into college have many life experiences outside of their small circle. The military does provide you with the chance to experience a world that you probably would never see otherwise.

In a perfect world, experience wise, you could do both.

Answer 9

I've been in both and I'd say it's good to experience the military, but I prefer to be in college, learning what I really want.

Answer 10

As a mom of two boys the thought-approximately them coming to me whilst they are 18 and asserting "mom i want to connect the protection tension" scares the heck outta me! Why u ask?! by way of fact the thought-approximately them being put in harms way. i do no longer want to be a variety of mothers that cant sleep at nighttime understanding their baby might on no account come domicile returned (much less in container) i does no longer be waiting to handle it. in the event that they ever have been to be certain to connect, im advantageous Gaby and that i might talk it with them, yet no longer discourage them. are not getting me incorrect, im no longer against turning out to be to be a member of the protection tension, yet im no longer fascinated in it the two. I pray for the households that have their kinfolk interior the protection tension, and those that lost kinfolk whilst serving our u . s . a .. I admire all protection tension workers and could be forever grateful for what they did and are doing. yet having my very own flesh and blood on the line is a few thing i cant undergo.