<< if you sign up and don't want to go, just tell them you don't want to go. they can't do sh*t about it. the day you go to bootcamp, that's the contact that mean it. everything before that, if you change your mind, just tell them you don't want to go anymore, don't let them scare you said you don't get any kind of financial aid from the gov't when you go to college. said that to my friend, he got all got of aid and scholarship.
and if you are decide to go anyway, don't go as "open contact".
and btw, you get a lot of freebies from the recruiters, don't let them fool you. >>
I just thought I would let you know that this is not always the case.
I am a in the National Guard and in the guard you are considered active from the time you swear in. Which means there is NO backing out. In the guard you begin drilling even before you head off to basic. I'm told that it MIGHT be possible to cancel out before that first drill, but it's not likly to happen. If you are considering joining get use to the phrase "Hurry up and wait." They literally mean that. When dealing with military paperwork you might aswell go have a child or something while you are waitting for it to get back. I have had it take a year just waiting for a single signature. Unusual even for the military, but that is my best example.