<p>Coollege
I agree with fauve. Military Academy would be your best bet if you are “academically qualified.” You will get experience like no one else would experience at your age. Enlisting is not a bad idea if you get into special program. I used to be a Navy Information Systems Techinician who deals with national security and gets rapid promotion benefit. I’ve seen some smart enlistees who made E-5 before 3-year of their time in the military. Navy offers SEAL, Nuclear engineer, Intel, ITs and so forth to those who are academically/physically qualified. I also believe other branches do the similar thing. If I can go back 4 years back when I joined the Navy, I would want to try to be a Navy SEAL (because they are sick!) By the way, I heard that about only one third of wannabe SEAL quit or get disqualified before they complete their initial training.</p>