I want to be a Marine, but my parents will kill me if I drop out of college to become one. So I considered the ROTC since i'm currently in my 1st semester.

I had a few questions though

When will I go to Boot camp as a ROTC?


Is ROTC a good idea?



I've been telling my recruiter that I was going to do enlisted, but now I want to do this. We are kind of far in the process and I feel really bad to tell him that I want to try the ROTC, how do I break it to him?




(Thank you in advanced for the answers)