Quick update here:
My girlfriend's cousin was getting screwed. Long story short, his recruiter (who shall remain *appropriately* nameless), led him AND his parents (which is even more infuriating/dishonorable considering the fact that his father is a RETIRED VIETNAM MARINE CAPTAIN, 3 tours on the ground, 3 in the air) to believe that he was signing up for PLC, guaranteed them all that (and I quote, as I was there) "there is no way he can be activated/called to duty while he is in college," and promptly signed him into an enlisted DEP/reserve contract in which he would ship out to Parris Island on May 22nd.
I then felt like I was justified in helping he and his family (3 days before his ship-out date, mind you) find out all they could about the DEP, including the process for withdrawing from it.
Luckily it all worked out, as they put in the proper paperwork on May 19th, and he was saved from having to do something he didn't really want to do, and of which he was not fully aware.
Now his recruiter is making up stories, telling his superiors that this kid "slid the letter/paperwork under his door after hours," when in reality, I, his father, and his mother were all present when he hand-delivered the paperwork to the recruiter.
Needless to say, this has really been a bad experience, and has soured me and his family on at least one Marine. Hopefully this attitude and behavior are not representative of the general whole of the Corps, and I honestly believe they are not, particularly considering the level of professionalism and dedication to higher principles to which most people in the Marines that I have encountered on this site hold themselves.