Latin honors
Hasan enlisted in the United States Army in 1988 after graduating from high school. He attended college during this time, earning an Associate's degree in science from Virginia Western Community College in 1992. In 1995, he graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in biochemistry. He completed both of these programs with Latin honors. He was commissioned as an officer in the Army Medical Department in 1997, and enrolled at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. Hasan's performance was marginal while enrolled at USUHS. He was on academic probation during much of the six years he required to complete the four-year curriculum and graduate medical-school.