Posted on Feb 3, 2020
What happens when you use all of your GI Bill benefits?
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I have been using my Post 9/11 GI Bill to earn my AA degree and to work on my Bachelors. I have changed my major multiple times and have attended multiple institutions. I have tried different courses and classes trying to find my passion outside of the military. By the time my GI Bill benefits expire, I will still have 2 semesters of schooling before earning my Bachelors degree. I've considered paying for the rest out of pocket which would be fine but are there other options? Is there a trusted company who offers student loans specifically for veterans? I appreciate any and all help. Thank you.
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You'll get your $1200 you paid into your MGIB back once you exhaust your benefits. Hopefully that will help some.
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SFC (Join to see) - Thanks. With COVID crunch at VA & VAMC I might end up scheduled for a leg amputation in error.
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I paid into the Montgomery GI bill, started using my benefits under the MGIB, but later converted it to the Post 9/11 and finished all my benefits under the Post 9/11. Question is, it says that if you paid into it under the MGIB and then used all of your benefits under the 9/11. Will I still get the money back being that part of my benefits were used under the MGIB? The page isn't clear on whether I qualify.
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You could try for pell grants to pay for your last 2 semesters. Try filling out a free application for federal student aid form. Don’t go with private student loans if at all possible.
https://studentaid.gov/
What is your major now? What keeps prompting you to change fields? Too many times young people are looking for their “passion” and are disappointed when they don’t find it. Set your self an easier to achieve goal. Find a career that you don’t hate that you wouldn't mind doing for the next 30 years that pays the bills. If it is your passion, great. If it isn’t but you aren’t totally miserable that is great too. True happiness is exceedingly hard to find. Most people really have moments of happiness, moments of pain and then most of the time are meh. Just try and make your moments of happiness exceed your moments of pain and the meh will just fill in with a basically content state. My husband has a job that is not his passion. I was able to find one (engineering) that fits perfectly with who I am as a person so I have more job satisfaction than he does. Is it my passion? It’s hard to say. i am content with what I do, feel like I make a difference and am satisfied where I am in life. He struggles more than I do because of this. He is good at his job and successful but doesn’t have the contentment that I do. Where I am one of those people who live to work he is one of those that work to live. I cannot tell you which is the correct way of being. Both ways have god and bad points. You will have to decide that for yourself. Just find something and be a good, decent, productive member of society. Live your life to leave at least a small piece of the world a bit better. Then at the end of it all you can look back with satisfaction on a life well lived.
https://studentaid.gov/
What is your major now? What keeps prompting you to change fields? Too many times young people are looking for their “passion” and are disappointed when they don’t find it. Set your self an easier to achieve goal. Find a career that you don’t hate that you wouldn't mind doing for the next 30 years that pays the bills. If it is your passion, great. If it isn’t but you aren’t totally miserable that is great too. True happiness is exceedingly hard to find. Most people really have moments of happiness, moments of pain and then most of the time are meh. Just try and make your moments of happiness exceed your moments of pain and the meh will just fill in with a basically content state. My husband has a job that is not his passion. I was able to find one (engineering) that fits perfectly with who I am as a person so I have more job satisfaction than he does. Is it my passion? It’s hard to say. i am content with what I do, feel like I make a difference and am satisfied where I am in life. He struggles more than I do because of this. He is good at his job and successful but doesn’t have the contentment that I do. Where I am one of those people who live to work he is one of those that work to live. I cannot tell you which is the correct way of being. Both ways have god and bad points. You will have to decide that for yourself. Just find something and be a good, decent, productive member of society. Live your life to leave at least a small piece of the world a bit better. Then at the end of it all you can look back with satisfaction on a life well lived.
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You're out of cash. Seriously, I don't know because I paid in $1200 before retiring and never used it. Good on you for doing this while young. I'm 62 and still haven't figured out what I want to be if/when I grow up. Have to settle for PFC (Proud F'in Civilian) I guess. Life's a journey, not a destination. Good luck and keep at it.
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