Saving for College?

Clodfobble · 06-28-2005, 12:43 PM

Yes, but you have to be careful with the military option. My husband thought he'd go through college on an ROTC scholarship... and then his first kid unexpectedly came along. They were cool about it, just nicely let him out of his contract so he could put off school to go get a job to support her--but he had to pay them back all the money they had "invested" in him so far, somewhere around $6,000.

Didn't have to go so nicely, though--another friend of his tried to drop out of the program (so he could drop out of college), and they chose instead to invoke their right to enlist him as a private immediately.

In Texas, if you're in the top 10% of your class, you're guaranteed admission to any state university, and if you're a National Merit scholar, you pay no tuition at any state school.

lookout123 · 06-28-2005, 01:01 PM

you are talking about ROTC though - that is where the gumint gives you money to pay for college before you've done a damn thing. you just promise to be an officer for X number of years after college. if you walk after collecting benefits there will obviously be consequences.

GI Bill and the like is for people who already served and have earned their benefits.

glatt · 06-28-2005, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

In Texas, if you're in the top 10% of your class, you're guaranteed admission to any state university, and if you're a National Merit scholar, you pay no tuition at any state school.

That's great. I like that alot.

My freshman year of high school, I was in the top 10% of my class. Unfortunately, I fell down into the lower part of the top 20% by the time I graduated, because all the bottom students at my high school dropped out to work in mills. I actually increased my rank, but it didn't matter because the class size shrank so much. My position relative to the rest of the class was sinking lower as we lost all those on the bottom rungs.

lookout123 · 06-28-2005, 01:27 PM

you know - i like that reasoning. maybe that explains how I was in honors classes all the way through high school and still only made it into the top 1%

of the bottom 50% of my class.
of course, the fact that i didn't do 1 single homework assignment in 4 years may have something to do with it. take your pick.

06-28-2005, 01:01 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	you are talking about ROTC though - that is where the gumint gives you money to pay for college before you've done a damn thing. you just promise to be an officer for X number of years after college. if you walk after collecting benefits there will obviously be consequences. GI Bill and the like is for people who already served and have earned their benefits. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-28-2005, 01:27 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	you know - i like that reasoning. maybe that explains how I was in honors classes all the way through high school and still only made it into the top 1% of the bottom 50% of my class. of course, the fact that i didn't do 1 single homework assignment in 4 years may have something to do with it. take your pick. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-28-2005, 12:43 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yes, but you have to be careful with the military option. My husband thought he'd go through college on an ROTC scholarship... and then his first kid unexpectedly came along. They were cool about it, just nicely let him out of his contract so he could put off school to go get a job to support her--but he had to pay them back all the money they had "invested" in him so far, somewhere around $6,000. Didn't have to go so nicely, though--another friend of his tried to drop out of the program (so he could drop out of college), and they chose instead to invoke their right to enlist him as a private immediately. In Texas, if you're in the top 10% of your class, you're guaranteed admission to any state university, and if you're a National Merit scholar, you pay no tuition at any state school.

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