<p>If I apply and am accepted for an ROTC scholarship at UCSB (not sure if that detail matters), and I go through college in ROTC, </p>
<p>1) Am I required to go into the Army immediately after college?
2) If so, will I have to leave California and be deployed elsewhere?
3) Also, if I am required to go into the Army afterwards, how many years is required for me to stay in it?</p>
<p>I'm not planning on trying to weasel my way out of the obligations, I'm just curious about it.</p>
<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You”>LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You)</p>
<p>8 years total, I think it’s now 3 reserve, 5 active. Yes, right after, and odds are you’ll leave CA, as you’ll probably be deployed somewhere.</p>
<p>1) Yes. There are some rare cases where students have been able to obtain waivers to attend law or medical school, but only if the service really needs lawyers or doctors and if you have exceptionally good grades. Otherwise, you have to serve immediately.</p>
<p>2) Possibly. Probably. It depends on the needs of the service and which MOS you get assigned to.</p>
<p>3) 8 years total. It is 4 years of active duty, and then 4 years of reserve duty. You can serve the second four years either on the Individual Ready Reserve (no drilling, but you can be called up at any time, although it doesn’t happen often) or the regular Reserves (drilling one weekend a month or two weeks a year).</p>
<p>[Service</a> Commitment | goarmy.com](<a href=“http://www.goarmy.com/rotc/service-commitment.html]Service”>Become an Enlisted Soldier | goarmy.com)</p>
<p>OP, don’t take an ROTC scholarship unless your #1 goal in life is to be an Army officer. That is what it is for. It is not a way to pay for school.</p>
<p>Your questions indicate that you don’t want to serve. Yes, you will be deployed and put in harms way. I’ve seen it many, many times. Kids that take an ROTC scholarship just for the money drop 99.9% of the time and then are left without a way to pay for school and may have to repay the government their scholarship or serve as enlisted (depends on the branch). </p>
<p>My DS’s unit started out with >20. 4 commissioned. The ones that commissioned wanted to serve as officers as their number 1 goal in life. Several of the others are paying their scholarships back and are not in school. </p>
<p>Make sure you know what you are getting into and why you are doing it.</p>
<p>All of you that responded, thank you, really. I really appreciate what you had to say aswell, Iron Maiden. I’ll definitely think about it.</p>