• Open to males and females

• Summer Internship type training (for PLC)

• No training on campus.

• Guaranteed assignment to flightschool or as a Staff Judge Advocate (if qualified).

• Choice of ground, aviation, Naval Flight Officer, law option.

• Annual Salary starting at $43,000

• Full medical coverage and other benefits.

• Exciting career.

• Chance to serve your country.

• Awesome leadership training.

• Stay in shape.

• No obligation after training, you choose to continue with program.

• Guaranteed full-time position after college.

• Rewarding job with regular promotions and career broadening opportunities.

• Upstanding, competitive & physically fit men or women between 18 and 28 years of age

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Currently enrolled full time (12 credits or more), or have graduated from an accredited, four-year college or university. Students in two-year colleges can sign a letter of intent to later transfer to a four-year university.

• Cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

• Must meet Marine Corps Height/Weight Standards

• Must be physically qualified (attain a 225 or better on the USMC Physical Fitness Test)

• Must be mentally qualified (e.g. meet at least one of the following)

• - SAT Score of 1000 or higher (Math & English)

• - Composite ACT Score of 22

• - AFQT Score of 74 or higher on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

When you apply to the Platoon Leaders Class or Officer Candidate Course, you choose the area that you want to go into. You can apply for one or more options to increase your chance of getting selected.

• Ground - As a ground officer, you will have over 20 military occupational specialties to choose from. Infantry, logistics, air defense, artillery, intelligence are just a few examples of the fields you can specialize in.

• Pilot - This is the only program of any service that will guarantee you a pilot slot as early as your freshman year in college if you qualify. If you make it through the summer training and take your commission as an Officer of Marines you are guaranteed to go to flight school in Pensacola, FL to become a Marine pilot. The Marine Corps has the world's fifth largest air force consisting of most technologically advanced fighter and attack jets, helicopters and cargo aircraft. Check out the Marine Corps' equipment page to learn more about our aircraft.

• Naval Flight Officer - As a Naval Flight Officer you are guaranteed to fly in a high performance jet provided you pass flight school. As a Naval Flight Officer in an F-18 or EA-6B you will be responsible for the deployment of all on board weapons, sensing and navigation systems and assisting the pilot with his duties.

• Law/Judge Advocate - If you have scored at least a 150 on the Law School Admissions Test and are a full-time law school student or have been accepted to law school you may qualify to become a judge advocate for the Marine Corps. If you get accepted to this very competitive program you will go to Officer Candidate School and get your commission as a Marine Officer either before, during, or after law school depending on when you get into the Law Program. If you do PLC Law, you will go to OCS during the summer and graduate as a Second Lieutenant and return to law school as a member of the inactive ready reserve. When you graduate law school and pass the Bar exam you will begin active duty as a Marine Judge Advocate.