I joined the corps in the fall but then un-enrolled from A&M so I dropped the Corps. I ended up re-enrolling at A&M, and want to rejoin but am not sure whether I want to frog-in or join for the full 4-years, seeing as I plan on getting my master's degree at A&M as well. Any advice?

Do the full 4 years.

Do all 4. It's been almost 25 years ago now but those fish year experiences are the ones you remember most. It won't seem too much fun at times, but I promise, your experience will be much richer having gone through your fish year with your buddies. Go for it!

Do 4 years, you will not regret it. One of my fish buddies did something similar to what you would be doing & [many] years later stands by it was the best decision.

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If you're going to be at A&M for 4 years, then I think you should do 4 years.

But if you spent a good bit of time in your old outfit (close to a full semester at least), and really bonded with your buddies, and still keep in contact with them, then I could see that as a good reason to do a semester in one of the other outfits and then frog into your old outfit to be with your buddies.

That would be a horse of a different color. I could get behind that. If you spent a semester or longer & want to be with your buddies.

If it were me, I'd look at the option that allows me to rejoin my buddies (outfit, if possible; and most importantly - class year). Hopefully Commandant has the ability to make that happen.

Definitely get back in though. I've talked to Aggies who were non-regs, and a full 86% of them have indicated that they missed out on not being in the Corps.

Do all 4 years especially if you're planning on needing that much time to graduate.

I'm c/o '98, but there was absolutely nothing worse than a frog that wasn't a prior service guy.

Our son frogged into D co. A couple of years ago and loves the Corps. He switched to a different outfit, due to personality conflicts with another D Co member. BUT if he had the chance to frog in again, I believe he would do the full four years if possible.