Someone explain the DoD SMART program?

<p><a href="http://smart.asee.org/"&gt;http://smart.asee.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Some questions I have:</p>

<p>1) Is the four year term of required employment post-graduation paid? If so, what would the pay range be?</p>

<p>2) Could I double major with some combination like Computer Science and Economics/Finance?</p>

<p>3) How competitive is selection into this program?</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Yes it is. It’s on a government pay grade scale for someone with your level of education.</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t see why not.</p></li>
<li><p>Extremely.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>College graduates are generally hired as GS-7/9/11 trainees. You can look up the GS scale rates. I’m not sure about that particular double major. The ones I saw published were all STEM doubles. And, yes, competition will be fierce for the program.</p>