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Hello, I was hoping I could get some insight and opinions from people who went through the USMC and became a pilot.

I am a college freshman who is greatly interested in becoming a USMC officer by going through Platoon Leaders Course. I am primarily interested in becoming a Pilot, and perhaps even a lawyer for the Corps (Intend on doing my colleges pre-law program sophomore year and on).

I am undecided with a [Link pending approval] GPA thus far.

What I am wondering is how competitive the path towards becoming a pilot is. I understand I must take the ASTB test, and can be guaranteed a pilot spot with a great score, and a maintained GPA etc. I plan on taking the test my sophomore or junior summer in order for adequate study time.

Besides that, I have another interesting question. (It's about becoming a lawyer, but it ties in , trust me!)

Because becoming a lawyer is an option, I want to take very challenging courses with the absolutely hardest professors possible. I want to major in a field that correlates with becoming a lawyer such as English Writing or Political Science. (Critical thinking/writing is important).

However, in an article I read, GPA isn't really taken into account with acceptance into law school, but rather a prospective students LSAT scores! (Pre-requisite test for potential students).

This presents a problem. I intend on getting the best possible grades, but with the potential of me getting low grades in some challenging courses, my GPA will drop surely. Now, I have read that potential PILOTS have a very competitive GPA (as well as PFT scores and such) in order to determine who is best qualified.

My question is will the USMC really only look at my GPA even though I would have busted my a$$ for that B or C in that terrible American Law III class? Or do they look at ASTB scores as well like what a Law school would look at a prospective law students LSAT?

If I bust my a$$ for that [Link pending approval], while my counterparts who get [Link pending approval]+ with their Communications degree, will they be chosen over me even if I get a very high ASTB score? (Of course, this is assuming that I choose Pilot over Law when it's all said and done).

Would it be worth it for a potential pilot to just do an easy degree and get that high GPA (AKA, taking the easy way out)?

I'm sorry for the long post, and I know this isn't F-16 related, but any advice, facts, or other replies are very welcome.

If this does not belong here, do any of you know of any forum that would be more appropriate?

THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE!

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Hard to be both, despite what hollywood will lead you to believe. The Air Force had (has?) a program with rated flight surgeons, but there is a connection there. Not familiar with tehUSM, but I can't imagine doing both.

Forum: General F-16 forum

Aspiring USMC Officer (Pilot/JAG)