<p>j: you ask whether the NA would be leery of your situation? The short answer is: Yes. It is one thing to have applied in high school, to be rejected, to apply again as a College Freshman, be rejected and apply AGAIN, with improvement, and then be accepted. Your situation is very different.</p>
<p>Should you apply? Yes. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Realize, however, that the BGOs are specifically directed to ask whether your intentions are to obtain a professional degree; specfically, medicine and law. The NA discourages applicants who are seeking a professional degree. Can it happen with medicine? Absolutely. About 10 - 15 each year. [Up to about 25 are authorized.] Does it happen with law? Probably, but no official authorization exists.</p>
<p>The LEP program is restricted to officers who have 2 - 6 years of service. You would not be permitted to go LEP (entry to law school) until you have finished your NA commitment: 5 years. Thus, you would have a one-year window of opportunity in which to be admitted to a law school. Are there waivers? Maybe, but the restriction may be statutory.</p>
<p>Your package will receive extra scrutiny because of the circumstances. Unless you can identify compelling reasons to appoint an “about to graduate from college” applicant over an “about to graduate from high school” applicant, there is no particular reason for you to be selected. [This is pure conjecture but I would bet that a significant percentage of older than 20-year old appointees are prior enlisted.]</p>
<p>Do some NA graduates go on to transfer to JAG? Yes. Do some serve honorably? Yes. Can you? Yes. That doesn’t mean it is likely to happen.
You need a bang-up narrative because, otherwise, there are other routes open for you to “serve your country.”</p>