Title: Should I pick active duty or the reserves?
Headings: 
ACTIVE OR RESERVES
Content: You  do not get paid a lot as a reservist and you do not get the same benefits such as medical, and dental unless you are active. You can not live off of what you get paid as a reserve Marine. You will have to have  another job to make ends meet unless you are rich or don't mind being a bum. You  do not get your college paid for just because you are a reservist. You have to earn your money by serving some time. You need to clearly understand how your college benefits work if this is why you are wishing  to serve and I am not in the position to explain this, so do your research. The best thing you can do in this case is to speak with an actual reservist who is in college. If you are joining the USMC reserves  for financial support so you can go to college, then you need to know that when it comes to college aid for reservist, the Marine Corps is the  worst branch for this. As  a reservist, you may discover that some active duty Marines do not view  you as real Marines. You have to look at it from their point of view.