Complex sentence: Prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserves, Funk had dropped out of UCLA in 2001 and attempted to gain entrance to UC Berkeley but was rejected it was at this point he decided to enlist and in February 2002 signing six-year contract.
Split into simpler sentences: Prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserves, Funk had dropped out of UCLA in 2001 and attempted to gain entrance to UC Berkeley but was rejected. Following his failure to get into UC Berkley Funk decided to enlist in the United States Marine Corps and in February 2002 signing six-year contract.