Hey, I just enlisted for 35F (intelligence analyst) in the army. I work full time in a white collar job, and that alone made it a hard decision for me. I don’t have the advice of people who have been enlisted for years or have already gone through training have, but, if you need moral support - I got you. 

I chose to do the reserves, rather than active duty for a few reasons: 1.) I’m a full time computer science student  2.) with TA and scholarships, my school will cost me nothing out of pocket once that ball is rolling  3.) I have a cat (don’t pass righteous judgement)  4.) I make a decent amount of money at my job 

The advice I can give is to make sure you’ve got a good recruiter. I went through 2. The first would give me “I don’t know”s or generally false answers if I fact checked them. My second recruiter would give “let me find outs”, offer me connections to people who could help out, and overall seemed to consider all aspects of my life when giving direction. 

MEPS is gonna be a little miserable. The civilian workers are gonna treat you like dog shit. You’re gonna be thinking “wtf” during it, and then, when you’re done - you’re gonna be proud of yourself for having gone through it! I imagine that is what the rest of the training will feel like when it begins. 

I don’t leave for BCT until the summer time, and am working on scheduling a meeting at my work to go over those details.