Posted on Nov 19, 2015
What is the best recourse for me to go to medical school after the Army just branched me AG branch detail Infantry?
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Branches just came out for my class of 2016. I am G2GADO and am on the top third of the OML for the accessions process. However, the Army didn't get enough Branch details for Infantry so the Infantry chose me. I requested for Medical Services so my transition to USUHS (medical school) would be easier. I am definitely not happy with this choice and I know I am not the first person it happened to but I was wondering if there is anything I could do to appeal this decision or if there is any recourse. Of course, I am more than willing to continue this path IBOLC, Range school, and Airborne, but my desire is to be an Army Surgeon.
I could still drop my PA packet but I honestly wouldn't be satisfied truly if I wasn't a doctor. Please give me your professional opinions and guidance!
I could still drop my PA packet but I honestly wouldn't be satisfied truly if I wasn't a doctor. Please give me your professional opinions and guidance!
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One other "food for thought" observation, such as it is...when I wanted it, I lost sight of reality, I'm afraid, and forgot that all-time classic "No matter where you go, there you are...."...now, saying that, trust me, where you are, doing what you're assigned, is ALWAYS NUMERO UNO, otherwise, you're gonna lose ANY chance to get it...ALWAYS...I lost sight of that in my efforts to be allowed to do "the clinical side"...I really did, and BELIEVE me, I KICK myself about it, CONSTANTLY, day, night, weekends, holidays, 24/7, promise...remember, Yoda knows all, sees all, OK?
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And believe me, I've been through the whole "wouldn't be satisfied" thing about the whole "doctor" thing longer than you've been alive, I assure you, I swear, OK? Trust me, and believe what Yoda tells you on this stuff, OK?
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And I saw what you said about PA just now, trust me, half a loaf is decidedly better than zip, once again, been there, done that (BTDT)...if you can get PA then morph to med, believe me, I've tried it all, seen it all, I may not know it all, but I by God have most definitely been around it all...once again, believe what I tell you, OK? If you can drop a packet, do it, and keep looking at what I sent you, if you luck out and can get med, even if you're PA, you "might" have a chance to switch, I do NOT know for sure about that, once again, ASK, OK?
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