18x and recruiting assistance

[Groleck]

Gentlemen,
I have been in contact with a recruiter and he has scheduled me to go to MEPS on Wednesday. He has informed me today that if I want 18x, I'll have to skip my last semester of college (Spring 2011 I am on track to graduate with a BS). He reserved me a Ranger slot instead, since I could ship at the end of May for that. He said the only 18x slot I can get requires me to leave for BCT in April.

According to reading I've done on this site, there are 8 SFQC classes per year. If I speak to my recruiter tomorrow, can I strong arm him into giving me 18x at a slightly later date or is that April ship date he told me about the latest one scheduled at this time for next year? I'm hoping one of the AD QP's could confirm my recruiter's assertion, or perhaps share with me a date that is more workable for completing my degree that I could present to the recruiter. I must have 18x, but I'd prefer not to quit college when I'd literally be 2 weeks away from being done with final exams and having a degree.

I understand that DEP and the Future Soldiers program are only good for enlisting up to one year in advance, but April is only 8 months away, leaving me with 4 months of potential dates, I would imagine there could be another slot.

Graduation Date: May 3, 2011

Any information or suggestions you can arm me with would be greatly appreciated. I welcome correction if I have posted in haste.

- Dan P

***youknow and others thinking up an answer, thank you for your time. I am going to simply tell the recruiter I need another later date. If he can't get it I'll get it elsewhere, it won't be necessary for me to find an exact date before speaking to him.