Medical and Law Program Opportunities
Cadets can prepare for careers in medicine and law through Saint Louis University's Air Force ROTC Detachment.
Medicine
Pre-Health Cadet
Each year, HQ Air Force ROTC identifies members to enter its pre-health program. These cadets are guaranteed an Air Force scholarship if they are accepted into a medical school or Uniformed Services University of Health Services (USUHS) prior to graduating from their undergraduate program.
Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program
Cadets selected for the pre-health program should apply for civilian medical schools at the end of their junior year or beginning of their senior year. Cadets who receive an unconditional acceptance letter from an accredited medical school should take a copy of the letter to their detachment as soon as possible. The detachment will forward a copy of that acceptance letter to HQ Air Force Personnel Center.
When Physician Education receives confirmation of selection, they will email a contract and pay package to the appropriate Air Force ROTC detachment. The detachment will assist cadets in completing the required forms and return them to Physician Education. Cadets going into the Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program will be commissioned into the line upon completion of their undergraduate degree and will be reappointed into the Medical Service Corps the next day.
USUHS will notify HQ Air Force Personnel Center of pre-health cadets selected to attend the university. HQ Air Force Personnel Center will send the appropriate detachment a contract package to be completed by the cadet. The detachment will ensure the contract package is complete and returned by the established suspense date.
Detachments will commission these individuals into the line of the Air Force upon completion of their undergraduate degree and reappoint them into the Medical Service Corps the next day. HQ HQ Air Force Personnel Center will initiate appointment orders to include orders to enter active duty for medical school training.
Pre-health cadets not accepted into an accredited medical school prior to graduation have two options. They enter active duty as a line officer or apply for an educational delay. For more information on these options, cadets should contact the Air Force Personnel Center educational delay program manager at 210-565-4191.
Steps to be completed on ROTC pre-health cadets:
- Cadet gets accepted into the pre-health program during their sophomore year
- Cadet gets accepted to an accredited medical school or USUHS
- Cadet takes acceptance letter to Air Force ROTC detachment
- Detachment forwards letter to Air Force Personnel Center
- Contract and pay package are emailed to detachment
- Cadet completes paperwork and returns it to detachment
- Detachment sends completed contract, pay package and copy of commissioning physical to Air Force Personnel Center
- Detachment commissions cadet into the line of the Air Force upon graduation
- Detachments reappoint cadets into the Medical Service Corps the day after commission or graduation date
How Can Students Apply to HPSP or Get More Information about AF Physician Career Opportunities?
- Learn more/chat online:
- Via the online chat, students will be given the phone numbers for their local HP recruiter.
- Call 1-800-588-5260.
- Compare the services: https://www.medicineandthemilitary.com/
- Contact a local Health Professions recruiter who will walk them thru the application process.
Law
the prepares you to start practicing law right away for the most high-profile client you can imagine: your country. You’ll jump right in and start doing the work you love. Work you’ll feel proud about. Work that many attorneys strive to do their entire career.
The JAG application process is competitive, rigorous and highly selective. Candidate are eevaluated using the "whole person" concept, which means we look at academic performance, extracurricular activities, community service, prior military record (if any) as well as work and leadership experience. Interviews are conducted with every candidate to discuss your potential in person.