Freshman in College just looking for some advice
Spoken to a few different recruiters who've all encouraged me to join the reserves while I'm still in college before going to OCS for AD. Graduated high school a couple years of ahead of schedule making me an even younger candidate. My GPA is a 3.8 currently which I've heard is on the higher end for candidates so that gives me some reassurance. My college doesn't have any ROTC program either making this an even harder decision for me since I've heard enlisting could just make it harder for me to become an officer afterwards.
Entire family is Army with 20+ years of service and both parents have lots of networking that I could use when the time for OCS comes around. Friends with a lot of people who either served or are actively serving in the military, even a retired Air Force O8.
What are the pros and cons of joining the reserves instead of just waiting till I get my degree? Are they all just trying to meet their quota to get me to enlist? Will any of these connections actually be of value to me?