Posted on Mar 19, 2018
For the Army, does it matter what academic discipline your degree is in?
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Let me introduce myself as this is my first post. My name is Quinton Shipley and I enlisted in 2017 as a 14 month senior for 11x and ship this summer. Now that is out of the way let me get to the point. I have gotten mixed answers on this. The answers I have been given from my recruiter and from my meeting with the Captain at the recruiters office. They both said without a doubt in their voice that your degree doesn't matter. So my question for you enlisted and officers is does it matter what your degree is (ex. History)? Confused on degree choices until I get this all figured out.
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Have found most career oriented soldiers have obtained political science degrees. Don’t know why but seems most popular
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I was a History Major, so, as we say, I had no marketable skill. However, it was what I wanted to study and still do. My 2 careers (both very rewarding) did not depend on my degree. My answer to the original question is Socratic, does your career path (choice) depend on your education, such as Law, CPA, Engineer, or just possessing a degree? If you know your life goals in a particular discipline, pursue it. If not study what interests you. Hint, one of the finest Officers I ever served under was an Anthro. Major.
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I attend a dinner with commissioning cadets and midshipmen/Marine Corps options every year and the Army degrees are all over the place, but a lot of them are going National Guard. The others on the other-hand are getting hard core STEM type degrees, nuclear physics, etc. They are active duty and getting branched as the pilots and nuclear subs and of course other things. So while it doesn't matter specifically, a tougher degree may spark more opportunities.
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As you've likely observed by now, I deal in specifics, not vagueries...I do that to help, because I do, I assure you, know what I'm doing, I can help you, but you have to help me help you, by giving !e what I need to help you, OK?
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Actually, I might've on reflection, misspelled the term, I'd !meant vagaries, not vagueries, one must stirve to be gra!!atically and syntactically correct, esp when seeking to teach, obviously, lol...
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Sorry, gra!!atically, my eyes are somewhat bollixed up from recent ophthalmic surgery, plus, this tablet tends to be rather clumsy, I'm afraid, at times....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Sigh...grammatically...I do wish someone would invent a proper spell checker, after all...
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Ok, You do not have to be a physicist to be a grunt, math helps if you go FA, mechanical En is great for AR- short of going Logistics or 1 of the specialty fields, you could have a degree in Russian poetry and nobody would care. The requirements are for A degree.
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https://www.amazon.com/Standard-Deviants-Pre-Calculus-Vol-1/dp/B000VE4UGA
These are also quite good, though their level varies, you'll find them quite useful, once again , all college bookstores stock the!, or you should ne able to get them on interlibrary loan, they are useful, do look at them, OK? There are numerous titles, research the whole series, trust !e, tpyoull find them well worth the time to look into, I assure you...they're not as formal as the Schaum's and REA texts, howecer, they are of value, I've used tje!m !any times...
These are also quite good, though their level varies, you'll find them quite useful, once again , all college bookstores stock the!, or you should ne able to get them on interlibrary loan, they are useful, do look at them, OK? There are numerous titles, research the whole series, trust !e, tpyoull find them well worth the time to look into, I assure you...they're not as formal as the Schaum's and REA texts, howecer, they are of value, I've used tje!m !any times...
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaum%27s_Outlines
This is the Wikipedia page on the Schaum's outlines, go through it thoroughly, and look them all up, esp on algebra, geometry, trig, prcalcl, and cal, as well as genl chem, and both calc based and non calc based physics, OK? Let's start there, remember, there is no such thing as precalc, howecer the term is used, in place of trigonometry tpwhich is why I use it Jerez though I know the word to ne a complete misnomer, I assure you, OK? Start with this first....
This is the Wikipedia page on the Schaum's outlines, go through it thoroughly, and look them all up, esp on algebra, geometry, trig, prcalcl, and cal, as well as genl chem, and both calc based and non calc based physics, OK? Let's start there, remember, there is no such thing as precalc, howecer the term is used, in place of trigonometry tpwhich is why I use it Jerez though I know the word to ne a complete misnomer, I assure you, OK? Start with this first....
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And would you want to try for Tue maritime colleges, VMI, the Citadel, possibly military junior colleges? I can suggest things, however, as I'd said, I need to kmow a good deal more, I kmow others here are giving you their thoughts, try it my way, and really compose a detailed bio sketch and paste it in here, it'd really help, OK?
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Capt Daniel Goodman
http://www.mors.org
I think you'll find that site of some interest, most generally are unfamiliar with the field....
I think you'll find that site of some interest, most generally are unfamiliar with the field....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
http://www.same.org
This group also, from a STEM standpoint, not solely engrg, also comp sci (CS), IT, math, physics, chem, numerous other areas.....
This group also, from a STEM standpoint, not solely engrg, also comp sci (CS), IT, math, physics, chem, numerous other areas.....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
You'd !mentioned youre a 14 month senior, are you saying you:re in school now? If so, what major, what specific coursework, just rattle off exact course titles, all the serious STEM stuff, economics, historical, sociological, and why infantry for commission, which is what I'm assuming you'd want...I'm not trying to dissuade you, understand, merely trying to comprehend your motivations, that's all, honest, as I'd said....
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14 month senior means high school im about to finish my last year and they had an option when i signed up to get a bonus because i signed up so early. Post will be coming tomorrow on all the information i can think of im almost done with it.
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I chose enlisted side, 11 series with a BA in History, and a BS (incert joke here) in Business. If you plan on staying an enlisted 11B or C, it won't matter in the least.
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