<p>is it possible to postpone the service obligation for professional study (med school)?</p>
<p>you have to maintain your maritime license for five years after graduating from the academy (that means you need to renew it once). you must also serve 8 years of naval reserve if you choose not to go active duty. you cannot postpone your service to seek more schooling.</p>
<p>you have to maintain your license for 6, not 5 years. it is possible, but it is tough to do</p>
<p>the reason i ask is because (from what i understand) the academy used to give out vouchers for individuals wanting to pursue a separate degree. i don't know if this is the case, but i am sure there are some individuals who graduate every year with the intent of going on to some professional school.</p>
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<p>This is incorrect. There is an option (although you must apply for a waiver and it can be tough to come by sometimes) for a two year waiver to attend graduate school. The key is that it must be maritime related.</p>
<p>If you want to go to medical school out of KP it is possible; however, it is not the easiest route. There are only a handful of physicians in the country ( around 20 or 30 out of 20,000+ graduates) who have graduated from Kings Point. Most have had one career for a while before deciding to go back to medical school. Only a few (myself included) have done it within the obligation period.</p>
<p>sorry for the bad info.. i just rememmber talking to the big alum guy about going onto med school afterwards and he said most people cant do it and if you really want to do med school kp probably isnt the place for you. i just feel silly now, so disregard my first post now that im thoroughly embarrassed! </p>
<p>and cctigerrunner, are you going to run at kp?</p>
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This is incorrect. There is an option (although you must apply for a waiver and it can be tough to come by sometimes) for a two year waiver to attend graduate school. The key is that it must be maritime related.</p>
<p>If you want to go to medical school out of KP it is possible; however, it is not the easiest route. There are only a handful of physicians in the country ( around 20 or 30 out of 20,000+ graduates) who have graduated from Kings Point. Most have had one career for a while before deciding to go back to medical school. Only a few (myself included) have done it within the obligation period.
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<p>can I ask how you were able to do this?</p>
<p>and omgitslauren, i'm unsure right now as to whether I want to run collegiate, but it's a definite possibility</p>
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<p>The most direct way is to attend the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences for medical school. To get there you need some additional coursework which can be done any number of ways after graduation.</p>
<p>so the academy would allow me to attend the uniformed services university directly after graduation?</p>
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so the academy would allow me to attend the uniformed services university directly after graduation?
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<p>Sure, if you were accepted because you would be in an active duty status. Only problem is that you wouldn't be able to have all your prerequisites completed in time and it would be highly unlikely to get accepted without those. (No organic chem, no biology, etc)</p>
<p>can i ask how you were then able to attend without prerequisites?</p>
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can i ask how you were then able to attend without prerequisites?
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<p>I sailed after graduation while completing prereqs and then applied to medical school two years after graduation.</p>
<p>2001 - how did you get the prereqs? Did you attend another school while sailing, or manage through correspondencel? You have an interesting story...</p>
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<p>Between sailing I attended a local university near my home and would take classes before heading back out again. It took a bit of scheduling work on my side but it can be done. Unfortunately correspondence classes wouldn't work because you need the labs for the classes as well.</p>
<p>If you're going there to be a doc? Go away and let someone who wants to go to sea go there. Quit taking up space.</p>
<p>Delta, I don't know if I would have put it so black & white there buddy. LOL The military world needs doctors. There is currently a shortage. KP Alumni are everywhere. In the corporate world, in the medical field, in politics & sailing. Don't close out the KP opportunities in a small closed box. The education is more well rounded than that. Not all kids will continue to sail. Never have, never will. Different strokes for different folks I guess. I'm proud to know a "KP Doc". He's the BEST!</p>
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If you're going there to be a doc? Go away and let someone who wants to go to sea go there. Quit taking up space.
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<p>I don't think anyone planning on attending the academy is a "waste of space".</p>
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<p>It's people like you who make me want to puke sometimes. There are a multitude of reasons to attend KP and although being a physician is not in the mission statement of the Academy being in the military is. Pretty much the only way to be a doc out of KP is to be in the military so therefore I ask that you keep your narrow mindedness out of this thread. </p>
<p>I'm usually pretty easy going, but to tell someone they're a waste of space is unsat. I hope you are a current midshipman, because if your a prospective one you are going to have a tough time with that attitude.</p>
<p>well said 2001.
regardless of what these guys say, we know the truth is that the KP family comprises of pretty much every profession out there. thank God for our military docs. and thank God for the school that got them in that door in the first place.
sure i gripe and complain just as much as any other kings pointer, but when people think that's all we're about, it makes me sad.
keep it up 2001!</p>