And since you'll enter the [Army] as an officer, your rank along with your skills will earn you the instant respect of your peers. (True or False? I'm guessing false, humans don't garner instant respect for anybody, and they shouldn't.)

You'll participate in physical conditioning five days a week, leadership training and classroom studies. (True or False? 5 days a week? jesus. OH, it's only for the transition from civilian life to military life. 5 weeks of transitioning, not bad)

This HPSP is pretty competitive, evidently. Wait, what.. 3.5 GPA, come on, that's nothing.

http://mobile.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=11695521 One guy on here adamantly argues that nobody should do the HPSP. SOmething about limited future options, average training compared to most other places.. OH, this is for medical doctors. Nurse anesthetists have the same job at any hospital - maintain the patient's breathing, oxygenation, blood pressure, and heart rate/rhythm through the use of medications. I could see why this guy argues against HPSP for doctors - you probably wouldnt' get into a good residency which probably woudl limit your future 'cause your skills and abilities wouldn't be as good as somebody who goes to a civilian teaching hospital.

It's a done deal for me. I was tlaking to a kid who got accepted into Pitt's anesthesia program last Fall. He said 2 guys applied for the scholarship. I know I'm doing it. Why not, you'll get the same experience anywhere, caseload is always 1 patient, no special techniques or advanced abilities needed. The only difference I can see is that different hospitals would use different machines. Big woop.