Trying to make sure I have a backup

SomeKid2006
Tue, 02 May 2006 18:53:00 +0000

I have an acceptance to a pretty good college. I heard somewhere that schools that take federal money have to allow kids to defer their acceptances up to 7 years if they are going to join the military. If any of the recruiters on here could either tell me if this is true or point me in the direction of this actually be stated somewhere official I would appreciate it. Thanks for your time.

A while ago, I read on this forum about someone deferring their son/daughter’s acceptance to a civilian college, in order that they had insurance in case their son/daughter left the academy.

The post said something about since when you’re active duty military, your spot in a college has to be waiting for you under some law. I’ve been accepted to a pretty good school, that there’s no guarantee I would be accepted as a transfer applicant to.

If 1 in 4 people who enter the academy don’t graduate, for whatever reason, it seems reasonable that I should keep a backup if for instance I became medically DQ or something.

I tried to defer my acceptances to this school for one year and was honest with them that I’m going to USAFA…they claim they will not hold my spot because it’s not legitimate that I plan to matriculate to a different institution. I tried to explain it as joining the military…

If anyone knows anything that might help me keep my acceptance, I’d appreciate it…

I guess I just should say that USAFA is my first choice, and I don’t intend to leave if it gets hard or whatever, but at the same time I don’t want to be stupid about this and lose opportunities later on.

Thanks!