15 college credits to join the Army?

The army requirement is a highschool diploma or a GED and 15 college credits. Assuming that they don't accept a diploma as a home schooled person, you'll need the 15 credits, which works out rather well for you. Head to the JuCo, and get the credits ... if you finish college and have a GT score on the asvab over 110, you can go officer or warrant officer. As far as tiers, I couldn't tell you, my recruiter screwed me and didn't put forth my college credit so I entered as an E1.

What do you mean your state doesn't except (accept?) homeschooling? Homeschooling is legal in every state in the US. High school is not a "degree". It sounds like your recruter is clueless when it come to the military accepting homeschoolers. As long as you are legally homeschooling and you are not enrolled in a private school program (IE Ashworth, American school etc), all branches of the US military must consider you as a tier I recruit. The Department of Defense has a specific policy in place for homeschoolers to qualify as Tier I recruits. Law 109-163 Section 591 of the National Defense Authorization Act requires all four branches of the Armed Forces to institute a uniform recruitment policy for homeschool graduates, to communicate the policy down to the recruiting officer level, and to exempt homeschool graduates from any otherwise applicable requirement to have a secondary school diploma or a GED (which suggests the student dropped out of high school). From: http://www.goarmy.com/homeschool/ Must possess a home school diploma and submit transcripts at the time of enlistment. The course work must involve parental supervision, the transcript must reflect the normal credit hours per subject used in traditional high school and the diploma must be issued in compliance with applicable state laws. Take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test. The AFQT score from the ASVAB will determine enlistment eligibility. Must take the Assessment of Individual Motivation (AIM) test, which is 20-minute pencil and paper test. The AIM test score is used to obtain data and does not affect qualification for enlistment. At a minimum, the last academic year (9 months) must be completed in a home school environment. ETA: Read the Army website. Homeschoolers absolutely do not need to be enrolled in an accredited program. As a matter of fact being enrolled in a program kills the chance of a homeschooler being classified as a tier I. What is it that you are calling "home study"? ETA: OK so it sounds like your homeschooling is exactly what the DOD policy requires for homeschoolers to qualify as tier I recruits. You need to show the recruiter the link I shared earlier. A parent directed homeschool program is the only type of program the DOD allowed to qualify as a tier I. If you had enrolled in some type of distance education program you would br a tier II (and no you wouldn't have to take the GED as a distance education program qualifies as a tier II just like a GED).

Yes, 15 credits would get you into the Army. Not the Air Force Not the Marine Corps The Army. Congratulations.

the BRANCH you wish to enlist in determines what accreditation your education has.. if it is classified Tier one, you are fine. If Tier 2, you need a GED *AND* 15 100 level college credits to enlist. the Army will sometimes take a GED alone but you have to score higher on the ASVAB and pass another test before you will be allowed to do so and many MOSs will be closed to you. and it is ACCEPTS.. not excepts. not knowing the difference between the two... which is WHY your education sucked and you are in this predicament now.