I am only 17, and will be a senior in high school next year. Yes i know i am young, but this is a serious situation. I consider to have a bright future ahead of me. So i have a 4.0 GPA, have over 400 hours of volunteering, a bunch of leadership roles in school, 2200 SAT blah blah blah... I have always dreamed of going to West Point. If i should attend, then i would graduate as a second lieutenant in the US Army, with a plethora of opportunities to advance in my career. (I have always had the ultimate goal of becoming the first female Secretary of Defense! )
But then there is the love of my life. We have been together for years, but he is a marine (Currently deployed i Afghanistan.) He is going to go to the Naval Academy and become a Marine Officer after he returns from deployment. He would actually be attending the academy the same year i would be entering West Point. But everyone knows that there is a huge rivalry between Army and the Marines.... there's no way our relationship would work if i became an army officer and he a marine officer.
IF I follow my heart I would get married to him, and attend a civilian college, then I could live on a military base and be the wife of an officer (I would love to be a nurse on base, or maybe a psychologist!) But then I wouldn't be an officer myself. By the way, you can't get married at the Academy, so we wouldn't be actually getting married until we are about 23/24, but i need to know what i am going to do soon so i can decide which college to go to!
I dont know what to do. I feel like there are two ropes pulling me in two directions and i just need advice!!!!
(also, I have always wanted to be a mom of 3 kids. being a military wife would be great in that i could always be there for my family, something that would not be an option as an officer myself.)
Thanks!