Military and College

thatracistsyed
Wed, 31 May 2017 18:31:19 +0000

Hi!

I will be a junior in high school starting this fall. Currently, my ACT is a 29 (on my first try), and I am still waiting until June 8 to get my first SAT score back. my GPA is decent, freshman year I got a straight 4 with no honors/AP, and this year was a bit rough at home, so my cumulative weighted GPA for my sophomore year is hovering around 3.55-3.6, but I have taken and gotten B’s and C’s in classes such as AP Calculus AB, and AP United States History. This year, I plan on taking all AP classes, hopefully causing my GPA to go up. I do not have many extracurricular, I do volunteer with the homeless here and there, but I plan to step up my game this year. I am also planning on taking some college classes either at my local community college or online. One of my dreams is to join the United States Marine Corps and hopefully become a Recon Scout Sniper, and serve my country. If I do become a Scout Sniper, or even a Marine, I would not be able to devout nearly enough time to school to properly commit to both school and the military. So, here is my question, should I join the military after graduating high school with hopefully a solid GPA (if everything goes well it should turn out to around 4.2-4.4), and hopefully decent test scores? Would joining the military and taking 4-5 years off from school inhibit my chances at getting accepted into colleges that I want to go to such as UC Berkley, Stanford or UCLA? Also, how could I use the military in lieu of my lack of extracurricular?

Thank you so much!