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Vasudus, off topic (kind of): Did you work for the VA at the school when the 9/11 bill first took effect in August 2009?
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Yah I was going to ask what kind of rage you dealt with.
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Jun 23, 2011 03:39
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There are plenty of jobs paying above $8/hr that don't require college.
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Jun 23, 2011 21:12
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Jaysus posted:True, sorry! Bring the bullshit talk to the civvie thread! I thought you were staying in Seattle?
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Jun 24, 2011 09:59
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Jaysus posted:I am, but my grandpa is a Florida resident and he bought me a 2 year plan from Florida Prepaid before I graduated high school. There weather rules what a great summer to stay here and go to school. 
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Jun 24, 2011 10:10
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All of my friends that graduated from WSU make like sub-3k a month, hope this helps with your decision.
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Jun 24, 2011 16:46
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I don't know how anyone does.
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Jun 24, 2011 19:43
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Yo Vasudus my dad just got 100% disability for his Parkinson's from the VA and they sent him some thing basically stating that I could go to school on some Disabled Vets Dependents Education Program or some poo poo which gives the GI Bill equivalent until I'm like 31 or something what up with that? edit; you guys can start calling me dr. rrail Rrail fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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Jul 8, 2011 05:14
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whats the situation my beeper went off
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Jul 8, 2011 06:02
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It just so happens I get a tuition waiver in this state. Will there ever be a time when the free government money ends? Can I just suck the government teat for the rest of my life? I'm losing all ambition over here, my grip on my bootstraps is gettin' weak.
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Jul 8, 2011 15:00
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Axolotl posted:Be careful about counting on that. Most veteran dependent programs are contingent upon permanent total service-connected disability. Generally, Parkinson's isn't considered service-connected unless: Yah he got it from Agent Orange exposure.
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Jul 12, 2011 23:31
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I'm in kind of a lovely situation with college now, due in no small part to my greed. When I left last December, I was 1 quarter from finishing school and transferring (would have gone to the University of Washington; extremely competitive but Washington States junior college system has a transfer system in place and I was rocking a 3.8GPA). And then, as mentioned, I left. I have 0 options to finish distance, because that last quarter contains German II. 2 quarters of a foreign language are required to gain the transfer program "degree" or whatever you would call it. It's possible UW will accept me without finishing, but it is much less likely because they are really shifty (giving most of their spots to out of state students because they get way more tuition money; it's so bad that the state is threatening to take them to court). Additionally, having never taken the SAT, and having an uncompleted (no matter how high the GPA) associates, I can't very well just go to a major college elsewhere. So my only options is to basically come back and live in Seattle, commuting the 45 minutes to my current campus so I can finish there, and then doing my year and a quarter or so at the UW Seattle campus before moving on to grad school somewhere. The problem is, I'm tired of Seattle. I don't like the women and there's very little to do outside of the good 3 months of the year. I'd love to live in NYC but I doubt NYU is letting me in given that situation, and I'd rather try to get into B School there. So I'm stuck in ugly city. Oh well, I guess you take the good with the bad. At least instead of 10k in savings like after the military I'll have a few hundred thousand this time. The school should just let me buy a degree for 50k or something. (This post is like the most Middle Class Problem thing ever. At least it's been cathartic.) Rrail fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Jul 21, 2011 |
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Jul 21, 2011 01:59
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Vasudus posted:Your options from what I see are as follows: I'm working overseas right now but I will look into that when I come back. I'm kind of afraid to take the SAT's this late in life, I'm like 8 years out of high school, I don't remember poo poo. I'd have to study for the ACT/SATs for sure. I hate how long school takes, I'm going to be like 28 when I finish undergrad and like 30 by the time I finish B-School, if I go that route. I wish there was an option for me to work on my degree while abroad. Rrail fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Jul 21, 2011 |
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Jul 21, 2011 03:39
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Veins McGee posted:Neither test is incredibly more difficult than the ASVAB. Spend $50 of your contractor dollars and get a study guide. Oh. I was under the impression that they were actually pretty challenging.
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Jul 21, 2011 05:33
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moker posted:To clarify, I was admitted as a new freshman, not a transfer student and the SAT/ACT were still waived Like on what grounds did they admit you? What did they judge you based off of?
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Jul 22, 2011 16:13
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Jaysus posted:Yeah, original 6 will always be there, but the 6 month extension that we usually get is on the line right now. I'm sure that socialist Obama will find a way to extend it. Also I was on it for like 18 months.
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Feb 15, 2012 22:34
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moker posted:My GI Bill is almost up, luckily I still have Hazelwood Act Wait, is there a way around that?
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Feb 26, 2012 16:41
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My dad was a resident of illinois, is a veteran with 100% disability, and I may end up going to school there. I wonder if I can get free tuition out of that state.
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Feb 27, 2012 03:30
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IS THERE NO WAY I CAN GET FREE TUITION?!
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Feb 27, 2012 04:24
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Vasudus this is for you, but really for anyone that has an opinion: I applied to a number of schools, a few of which had application deadlines prior to 1 March, but most of which were 1 Mar deadlines. For some of those 1 Mar Deadline schools my transcripts just arrived there probably about 5 days ago. My question is, now that the deadline is passed, given that they only finally received my transcripts in the last few days (which is fine since they were postmarked prior to 1 Mar), how long should I give them before I start bothering their admissions offices? I have distracted myself as well as possible for 12 days now, goons, but that self-control is starting to wear out. 
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Mar 8, 2012 20:09
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Xanzar posted:I'd give them a call today. Start by asking if you are still in the application process at all. If they say yes, ask how far along, etc. If no, ask them how you can get it started despite the missed deadline. It shows them that you are interested, albeit late. Ok, cool. I read on a bunch of their sites that it takes 7-10 days for them to process their mail so I figured it's possible they literally haven't even opened the transcripts yet.
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Mar 8, 2012 20:39
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Xanzar posted:It will be a quick phone call most likely. I can't imagine it will piss them off so much that they'd shred your app. They might not have gotten to it yet, but you can also ask how strict they are with their deadline. Right on. The rest of my day is spoken for but I have tomorrow off so I'll spend some of it on the phone.  Thanks man.
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Mar 8, 2012 20:54
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sharkbomb posted:Just some words of encouragement - don't be anxious about calling admissions. Just think how relatively easy your phone call is compared to all these parents they probably get calling about little Jane/Johnny. Oh drat son! That makes me all kinds of excited.
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Mar 9, 2012 02:51
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Yes, from 10 skewls.
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Mar 10, 2012 20:00
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If you live in a not-poo poo State your unemployment + GI Bill will be more than E-4 pay. I had like 12k in savings but I burned through a lot of it because I like to live ~!*fly*!~.
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Mar 12, 2012 04:29
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Quick questions brohams. It seems that most schools like their deadline for FAFSA as 1 April... yet most of them don't even give you admission acceptance until 15 April at earliest, some of them as late as June. What the gently caress? How is that supposed to work?
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Mar 14, 2012 01:56
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That's extraordinarily stupid but ok, I'll go ahead and do that. I had 1 sent to my old CC JUST IN CASE, so I'm going to have to pick one from my list of 10 universities NOT to send it to. Not sure how I'm going to determine that.
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Mar 14, 2012 02:10
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Oh. Right on. When is the cut off for sending it out to more schools? I only sent it to that one.
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Mar 14, 2012 02:31
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Oh, dope. Thank you Vasudus, you are the best thing to happen to GIP ever.
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Mar 14, 2012 04:25
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I hate any version of mandatory attendence, which includes incentivized attendence. If I can ace exams why does it matter if I sit in class hung over/still drunk?
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Mar 21, 2012 19:46
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As far as I know the requirement still stands so you better buckle up for a lovely 8 weeks. However I took 20 credits during the summer and it wasn't a challenege but then again that was community college. Edit: Transcript says 20 credits I am stupid. Rrail fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Mar 21, 2012 |
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Mar 21, 2012 22:31
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HeyEng posted:How was your experience with U of I? I'm looking at the Champaign-Urbana campus right now. I applied there for Fall 2012.
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