My niece didn't get into the school she wanted to, now she wants to join the marines. Plus, her boyfriend is joining...which is why I think she really wants to join. It's just
She thinks she's taking the easy way out, but what she doesn't know is that it'll be one of the hardest things that she do.
Almost everyone I know that's in the military joined for the tuition benefit. Thing is, she already has 4-years of tuition free school already. I told her to go to the community college and transfer after a year (the school she wants to get into has a transfer program with the community college). She can even go to the ROTC as a sophomore and go in as an officer.
I have worked with the military my entire adult life, I have seen the good and the bad (especially when I was working at Fort Bragg).