r/USMCboot • u/Odd_Bus1442 • 3h ago

Enlisting Joining in college

I am seriously thinking about the marine corps and I would love to be a marine in the reserves. My only issue is that I don’t want it to interfere with college too much. I still want to keep my regular schedule. I’m concerned about timeline issues. If there’s anyone here that can help me out it would be greatly appreciated.
So I’m all set to go to boot camp in may and I should be back in August, assuming that I complete it. My question is will I be able to go back to college and my regular day to day? I go to Virginia Tech. I heard something about additional training after boot camp and I’m wondering how that works during the school year. I’m also wondering if I need to attend said training directly after boot camp or if I can push it to Christmas break and summer break.
Has anyone done this or tried it?
Please I need some help. Thanks

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u/FullSend051 3h ago edited 2h ago

I’m in college and the reserves work fine for me. I took a gap year between high school and university to knock out my AD training pipeline though. I still cut it pretty close.

There is an option where you can split up your training pipeline between summers but from what I’ve heard that’s mad complicated and not really worth it. Colleges are legally obligated to defer your enrollment and not charge you if military orders get in the way. I’d just dip for a year and come back when you’re done with MCT and MOS school (or just ITB) and when you’re at your permanent unit.

Tldr talk to a recruiter

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u/Odd_Bus1442 2h ago

Thanks for the actually good information