How far do you have to be from graduation to be join the college program? I ask because I am about a year from graduating, and was going to be putting in an OCS application in a couple months. I want to get a commission though anyway I can, and I was wondering if I could join NROTC through the college program with the idea of stretching out my degree. I have been taking 18 credit hours or more a semester and I could easily nock this down a few hours, or I could pick up a double major, etc. If I were to join the college program in the fall could I commission say the next December? Can you still apply for OCS if you are in the college program? I figure what's another semester or two if it guarantees me a commission. Thanks for your help. If anyone asks why I didn't join before now, I was not at a school that had NROTC.