TESC 2nd degree

[cherry]

She shouldn't assume that an officer will get a 2nd bachelor's degree paid for by the military while on active duty. In her case, she should assume that she will be paying another TESC enrollment fee out of her pocket should she try to obtain a second bachelor's degree while on active duty as an officer. Officers don't usually have a lot of free time, BTW, i.e., they typically work long hours, so the thought that she will be able to complete 24 hours of math courses in a year while doing OCS and getting commissioned is a pipe dream.

I'll let her know that bit of information. Thanks again Y.

[dcan]

She shouldn't assume that an officer will get a 2nd bachelor's degree paid for by the military while on active duty. In her case, she should assume that she will be paying another TESC enrollment fee out of her pocket should she try to obtain a second bachelor's degree while on active duty as an officer. Officers don't usually have a lot of free time, BTW, i.e., they typically work long hours, so the thought that she will be able to complete 24 hours of math courses in a year while doing OCS and getting commissioned is a pipe dream.

Actually everyone gets the Post-9/11 GI Bill now, so technically a 2nd Bachelor's should be available on the gov't dime. Of course that would be stupid, since the at least unwritten rule is you need a grad degree to get promoted beyond O-3.

[cherry]

Actually everyone gets the Post-9/11 GI Bill now, so technically a 2nd Bachelor's should be available on the gov't dime. Of course that would be stupid, since the at least unwritten rule is you need a grad degree to get promoted beyond O-3.

That's something I didn't know. Guess I should give her a heads up.
She's expressed interest in the Navy and Air Force. Seems she will have a lot of research to do. Thanks for mentioning that.

[sayboom]

unwritten rule is you need a grad degree to get promoted beyond O-3.

I didn't realize that. My husband is going for his bachelor's right now and going to apply to OTS next year. I guess we'll cross that bridge when we hopefully *fingers crossed* come to it. :p

[Yenisei]

Actually everyone gets the Post-9/11 GI Bill now, so technically a 2nd Bachelor's should be available on the gov't dime. Of course that would be stupid, since the at least unwritten rule is you need a grad degree to get promoted beyond O-3.

It would be very stupid, but I think the problem she would run into would be the requirement that the second bachelor's be related to the first one, which conflicts with TESC's requirement that the second bachelor's be different enough from the first one.

[dcan]

FYI the military doesn't generally give out commissions for "soft" degrees. I am not an expert, but my personal opinion is that about the "softest" for a commissioned officer would be a general management degree, because officers are managers and leaders first and foremost.

Generally speaking, officers have technical degrees -- engineering, physics, math, etc. Again, this isn't a hard rule, and YMMV, but it's a good rule of thumb.