<p>People here have covered the two most popular routes (ROTC and service academy).</p>
<p>By the way, you don’t need a scholarship to participate in ROTC. Obviously an ROTC scholarship is great as it pays for tuition, fees, and books, but if you don’t get one (and they are competitive) you can still do ROTC as a non-scholarship student and enter the military. However, ROTC incurs a service obligation even if you aren’t on scholarship.</p>
<p>I got an NROTC scholarship in college with stats similar to yours (I didn’t take it; I got another merit scholarship that covered my room and board, so I went with that one. I don’t regret it as I was able to get my PhD directly after college, but I still want to join the Navy).</p>
<p>USUHS is for graduate students.</p>
<p>I had some friends in college who were in ROTC. They’re both officers still, even though they have both completed their 4 year commitments. Yes, they did have to wear their uniform to class (twice a week), do watch duty, PT, all that stuff. But they were by and large normal college students, too. And they had guaranteed jobs after they graduated, lol!</p>
<p>Another option is a military college with a Corps of Cadets. This is kind of like a hybrid option: you go to a normal 4-year college, with civilian students on it (usually) but you are part of a large Corps of Cadets that is bigger than your average ROTC detachment. For example, Texas A&M has 2,250 cadets. There are 7 of these schools (one’s a women’s college):</p>
<p>Virginia Military Institute
The Citadel (Charleston, SC)
Norwich University (Norwich, VT)
Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
University of North Georgia (Dahlonega, GA)</p>
<p>The thing about being in a Corps of Cadets is that if you are NOT on an ROTC scholarship, there is no commitment to the military (although you can complete the ROTC courses and seek a commission if that’s what you want). I don’t know all the particulars, so you’d have to contact each school. Virginia Tech and Texas A&M also have the advantage of having great engineering programs and being well-reputed universities. The Citadel is also a highly-ranked regional university.</p>
<p>Another route to becoming a doctor, at least, is going through your normal four years of college and then applying for the Health Professions Scholarship Program. One of the branches of the military covers your med school tuition and in exchange you give them 4 or 5 years as a physician. The Army, Navy, and Air Force all offer the HPSP; the monthly stipend and tuition coverage are pretty much the same, and in each branch you have to serve a certain amount of time (about 6-8 weeks) each summer in active duty training status. But each branch has little quirks that makes them different. (For example, I have heard - but only second-hand - that the Navy is more likely to pull you before you’ve completed a residency and place you as a General Medical Officer somewhere, which can be detrimental to your greater medical career). There’s quite a bit of information about this online, including individuals’ experiences with it.</p>
<p>Lastly, there’s also the USUHS, which has a medical school.</p>