What's your experience with GI bill?
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Went to a private college that I wouldn't have been able to afford if not for the yellow ribbon program. Really loved it. Small classes, professors who knew who you were, open office hours and a lot of help moving over from the Marine Corps.
It paid for my under grad and MBA. Yes. Without it I would have been in a factory.
Amazing.
Combined with Yellow Ribbon, paid for $130k of tuition + $2.5k monthly BAH. Once in a lifetime benefit - that’s why I tell people to not waste it on community college / a diploma mill school.
A hidden gem many don’t know about is VR&E through the VA. VR&E will give you the exact same benefits as 100% GI Bill. The only qualification is to have a disability rating of 10% or more. You are also able to retain your GI Bill for future use if you use VR&E.
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I couldn’t get approved for a masters, their suggestion was to use my undergraduate degree to get a job… i could get a low paying position anywhere… eff that, I wanted to make use of ALL my benefits… thankfully they have a program that pays for my son to go to college
Best thing I ever did for myself. I don't know why so many don't take advantage of it, especially those of us from the MGIB Era who paid the $1200 in during the first 12 months of our enlistment. I have too many friends from my time in who let that 10 year period lapse, and the bulk of us all got out during a period where we were able to convert it to the post 9/11 GI Bill, which in my opinion was so much better (even at 70% for me because of not having enough post 9/11 time to convert it to 100%).
The GI Bill not only handled the bulk of my books and tuition, the BAH subsidy kept me from being homeless during the year I was unemployed back in 2013.
I'm a firm believer that more education is better; so even if college isn't for you, take advantage of it to cover the other training programs it will pay for. Next to the VA Home Loan, I think the GI Bill is one of the very best benefits that is offered to our service members.
Paid for a top MBA (including yellow ribbon). BAH was nice in a fairly high COL area.
Completely agree with the sentiment that it shouldn’t be wasted on a lower tier school. Vets already have a leg up in the admissions process most places. Shoot your shot and use the benefit on a top tier program with world class education and the added benefit of great networking and recruiting.
Definitely taking this advice when I begin my MBA. Went to a diploma factory for undergrad but learned a lot nonetheless.
Paid for my bachelors
Overall mine was good. I did two years on pre-9/11 and two years post 9/11. Pre 9/11 only gave me like 1300 monthly (and nothing else). I still had to take loans and repay it incrementally.
Post 9/11 pays tuition, give you BAH, book stipend, paid for my semester abroad. It is just an absolutely fantastic benefit.
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I didn’t know it is only for 48 months total, no matter if you enlisted and got the army college fund, when I got out as an officer, I only had 13 months left… it partially funded my MBA.
The VA has a good program once you deplete your gi bill, and Texas has the Hazelwood Act
A bachelor's in electrical engineering from a good state school. Just about paid for the whole thing.
That degree has opened more doors than I can count.
Paid for all of my T25 MBA (McCombs) with some left over.
Completely painless to use at the University of Texas - Austin and it helped me get a $200k+ job that I never could have dreamed of while wearing the uniform.
The GI Bill is terrific, the best veteran benefit available IMO.
Paid for my T20 mba program and got $2.6k a month for BAH and now I make near $200k
Paid for the last year of my BA, all of my MBA and about half of my JD.
Mine has been great similar to Accenture 1. Paid for expensive mba program
Paid for 2 degrees
Paid me enough so I could quit my job and go to law school. Was in the guard so utilized my 1606/1607? For 2 years of undergrad, then deployed several times over the next decade. Had a full 100% of 9/11 and was able focus solely on law school and not have to work during the school year (drill weekends excepted).
I used the post 9/11 GI Bill to cover 3 years of undergrad and a year of law school. It paid all of my tuition plus books and fees and paid me a stipend equivalent to an E5 with dependent for my location.
Honestly, it's a fantastic program.
Haven’t used it, but probably should.
The $1200 you’ll spend paying into the GI Bill is arguably the greatest investment in yourself you’ll ever make. I used the post 9/11 and the yellow ribbon program into ~$200K in benefits (tuition, BAH, book stipend).
Paid for part of my BA (as TA plus up while Active), my MBA, most of a Graphic Design AA while laid off and a Data Science cert. through a program that could accept GI Bill.
Paid for Grad School
Tried to take pre-med classes and got kicked back and stuck with a huge bill that ruined my credit temporarily. Wouldn’t let me deviate from a very basic bachelors degree.