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Originally Posted by crukster
$2500 is not bad man, is it lump sum? I get about the same for jobseekers but it's $100 a week.
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Yep. Lump sum each semester, for 3 semesters. After which, you have to re-apply, which is basically just providing your next tax info (or lack thereof).
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Originally Posted by music_phantom13
So basically you're making it in college with nothing but the G.I. bill and scholarships? One of my friends is applying for schools but doesn't want to try for biochem because he's worried he won't have much left over time to work and won't have enough money to live.
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Yea, I have the post 9-11 GI bill, which pays almost 2 grand a month (where I live) for housing, so that goes directly to me, then they pay the full tuition, plus a books & supplies stipend of 1,000 bones (proportioned between the three main semesters of a school year, that you attend). My bills top out at like 800 a month, then personal expenses, plus I have a pretty hefty nest egg left over from deployments and all that, so it's pretty easy going. With the extra free money from Pell, I can't really go wrong. I won't be riding to the liquor store in a limo or anything, but I'm comfortable throughout the entire time it takes for me to get a degree, which is kind of a huge help.
