Poll of the Day > Do I get to leave college if I sign up for the military

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School isn't for me man
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Yes
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Sign me up and ship me out

Stuff to get me banned goes here
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You could just stop going and never go again without joining the military

You could always play lots of pranks on the dean.
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MICHALECOLE posted...

You could just stop going and never go again without joining the military

then i could finally die

TheCyborgNinja posted...

You could always play lots of pranks on the dean.

i don't even know the dean
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^Yet.
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The end-of-semester studying is really killing you, is it not?
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not at all. I'm just down in the dumps and dont want to do this school thing anymore
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Maybe the first step is seeing cartoon boobs in helly's topic.
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I looked up joining the army and it's like not even good. Low pay, doesn't help with grad school unless you're doing law or medicine, takes two years to even do anything worthwhile.
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But you get to die for your country! :D
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I don't even think this would help my professional career :(
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Lol you ain't even start working yet and you're already crying for your parents.

How the fuck are you gonna adult in the future?

MrMelodramatic posted...

I looked up joining the army and it's like not even good. Low pay, doesn't help with grad school unless you're doing law or medicine, takes two years to even do anything worthwhile.

Then you clearly didn't look into it enough. Low pay? Absolutely. But your lack of bills when you're in almost makes up for it. Don't use their loan repayment program, use the GI Bill when you get out, and you only need a three year contract to get that.

The GI Bill pays for school up to the highest public school rate for the state. I dropped out of Oklahoma State, did five years for a contract, and then used my education benefits for school. I got paid for housing,for books, and since my benefits weren't considered income all my Pell grants went to my pocket which I used to pay off my truck. The smartest thing I ever did was join the army, and the second smartest was to get the fuck out.

And while you're at it, fall head first off a Humvee a few times and get it on your medical record so you can milk them for disability. I didn't do it but it worked out for a bunch of my buddies.

do_ob_tpkillr posted...

Lol you ain't even start working yet and you're already crying for your parents.

How the fuck are you gonna adult in the future?

Who knows man. How'd I even make it this far? I probably won't make it much farther.

CacciatoPart2 posted...

MrMelodramatic posted...

I looked up joining the army and it's like not even good. Low pay, doesn't help with grad school unless you're doing law or medicine, takes two years to even do anything worthwhile.

Then you clearly didn't look into it enough. Low pay? Absolutely. But your lack of bills when you're in almost makes up for it. Don't use their loan repayment program, use the GI Bill when you get out, and you only need a three year contract to get that.

The GI Bill pays for school up to the highest public school rate for the state. I dropped out of Oklahoma State, did five years for a contract, and then used my education benefits for school. I got paid for housing,for books, and since my benefits weren't considered income all my Pell grants went to my pocket which I used to pay off my truck. The smartest thing I ever did was join the army, and the second smartest was to get the fuck out.

And while you're at it, fall head first off a Humvee a few times and get it on your medical record so you can milk them for disability. I didn't do it but it worked out for a bunch of my buddies.

Will the GI bill pay for graduate school, though? If I spend a few years after college doing army instead of a job in my field my grad school pickings will be slim anyway.
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As far as I've been informed, and with people I've been in with, the bill pays for accredited schools. I know guys that have used it for flight school, I know guys that have used it for golf school, I know guys that have used it for trade school. as long as the grad school is accredited, you should be good. Do some independent research, don't trust the recruiters.

Additionally, the reason I say to not take the loan repayment is because you get BAH for school based off the zip code. You could have 400 a month in loan payments but live somewhere that gives you 1200 a month in payments for housing. Over the course of 36 months it makes a difference.

Blood Alcohol.... Hats?
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MrMelodramatic posted...

Blood Alcohol.... Hats?

Basic Allowance for Housing. They pay you to live on top of covering all of your tuition.

MONTGOMERY GI BILL
The Montgomery GI Bill provides education benefits to veterans and service members who have served at least two years on active duty.

Am I eligible?
Any Soldier who has served at least two years on active duty is eligible to receive this benefit.

What benefits will I receive?
Your Montgomery GI Bill can be used to pay up to full tuition for numerous schooling programs, including college, technical school, and flight school. Benefits are generally payable for 10 years following your release from honorable military service.

THE POST 9/11 GI BILL
The Post 9/11 GI Bill is open to members of the U.S. Military who began their service after Sept. 10, 2001.

Am I eligible?

In order to earn the full benefits of the Post 9/11 GI Bill, you must have joined the Army after Sept. 10, 2001. Your payout is determined by how long you have served.

What benefits will I receive?

Under the Post 9/11 GI Bill, you can earn full tuition to the college of your choice for up to 36 months, plus a monthly housing allowance and a books and supplies stipend of up to $1,000 per year.

That's legit
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Kana posted...

But you get to die for your country! :D

Yeah! A free trip to beautiful North Korea!
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MrMelodramatic posted...

don't want to do this school thing anymore

I feel the same way sometimes; and the military option even seems enticing. But I just tell myself to keep pushing onward nonetheless.
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Man I dunno this seems like a not awful opportunity tbh

If I can handle 36 consecutive months in the army, I get a butt load of money for grad school. I might not get into the best school ever but I can probably attend a pretty decent one. And I was planning on taking a 2-3 year break after graduation anyway <_> >_< I was mostly kidding when I made this topic but....


I don't really know if I could deal with the military life though. Like, is that 36 consecutive months of traveling around and stuff? I'd rather stay home than do that.
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The contract is 36 months minus whatever time you do for training. Typically the shortest contract they sign is 3 years which is fine since that's the minimum for education benefits anyway. So basically you're only active duty for the difference in time between training and your exit time. For instance if you're in training for 6 months, you'd be active for 30. Stateside assignments are for 2 years, but with 6 months left they wouldn't bother reassigning you, so if you signed a 3 year contract you'd effectively stay at your first assignment for the duration of your contract.

The military life isn't particularly that difficult after basic training. It's a pain in the ass for sure, but I wouldn't really consider it complicated, especially if you're single. And with the wars almost effectively over, the odds of you deploying are very slim. Which actually kind of sucks because it's great money with a minimum chance of being killed.

But I don't get to pick my first assignment, right?
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MrMelodramatic posted...

But I don't get to pick my first assignment, right?

Depends on the recruiters options. I know at one point they let you, but that was a decade ago. I got my job of choice and a good amount of education benefits on top of a cash bonus. The only way to know for sure would be to ask a recruiter.

This is all like two years away though :P

It's a real nice hypothetical. Graduate from college, join the military. Get stationed for three years at somewhere I want to be. Maybe take a year off after that to get everything in order, apply to schools, etc. get accepted into kick-butt grad school. Graduate from that. Get awesome job. Live awesome life.

So hype.
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Fuck that. If you're still planning on graduating then just find a recruiter on campus and see what their options are for commissioning and just do a four year commitment and be done with it. You'll make more than enough to pay your loans and you'd have enough education benefits to probably pay for two masters programs.

If you're gonna get a degree then fuck enlisting.

Don't get me wrong, enlisting is still a viable option, but if you're gonna get a degree then look into the commission options first.

This feels like a joke/troll thread. On the off chance it is not, I have some advice.

First of all, take a break from College, but think long and hard before you join the military; it's a serious commitment, though an honorable one. Given your personality so far I am not sure if it would be a good fit for you, or maybe it would be a really good fit for you in the sense it would do you good and give you skills you may be currently lacking.

Either way, if you are feeling burned out from college and this is, say, your first year, take a break, give it some time and decide what you want to do with your life. A college degree is not required to be successful in life, but it will help you dramatically to find a good, well paying job.

Whatever you decide to do, good luck.
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@ cacciato
You lost me, but I'll look into it

@ LB
This definitely started out as not a serious topic at all. But actually looking at some military pages makes it seem not all that awful. I still have some personal issues, but that's another story. I love school and what I'm studying and I'm only a year out from graduating and there's no way I'd give it up. Ever. I'm desperate to start the next phase of schooling, even! No offense but you don't really know anything about my personality.
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This is gonna be like that one episode of Futurama where Fry and Bender enlist for some kind of military discount and end up being sent to war lol

All I want is cheap school!
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Damn you dean
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LordBowser wrote:

First of all, take a break from College, but think long and hard before you join the military; it's a serious commitment, though an honorable one. Given your personality so far I am not sure if it would be a good fit for you,

I completely agree. Please, think, very carefully about this. The military is not something to be entered into lightly.

(Plus, if you join, sooner or later you'll probably be shipped off to Syria, due to the whims of the president....) ;.;

Either way, if you are feeling burned out from college and this is, say, your first year, take a break, give it some time and decide what you want to do with your life.

An excellent idea.

A college degree is not required to be successful in life, but it will help you dramatically to find a good, well paying job.

Everybody does always say this ... but, I just wanted to mention that my own personal experience has been exactly the opposite.
A number of acquaintances who didn't finish, and most of whom didn't start, college, are faring far better than I am in this regard;
they did the smart thing and went directly into specific job-training programs instead;
whereas I (solely at my parents' urging) got a college degree from a mildly prestigious university, at considerable expense, and it has since proven to be of absolutely zero use to me in my life. ;.;

Well, I do get plenty of junk mail from the university, even this many years later, begging for even more money from me.... >.<;;
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ArvTheGreat posted...

Damn you dean

Dean sucks dude
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You'd have to lose a lot of weight before the military would take you >_>
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I'm gonna assume this was a drunk panic topic.
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Jen0125 posted...

You'd have to lose a lot of weight before the military would take you >_>

I looked that up too lol. I'd need to lose 40 pounds.

RCtheWSBC posted...

I'm gonna assume this was a drunk panic topic.

It was a tipsy topic. I ran out of booze before I could get really really drunk :(
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Buzzed posting is drunk posting
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Active duty was a great decision for me. Got the GI Bill, got to travel the world a bit, met the best friends I've ever had. The pay is low, but you don't have to pay for food or housing so you pocket all of it. I saved a ton of money in the Army
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I was heavily dissociating last night but like if you're already in school just keep going dude what the hell.
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MrMelodramatic posted...

@ cacciato
You lost me, but I'll look into it

@ LB
This definitely started out as not a serious topic at all. But actually looking at some military pages makes it seem not all that awful. I still have some personal issues, but that's another story. I love school and what I'm studying and I'm only a year out from graduating and there's no way I'd give it up. Ever. I'm desperate to start the next phase of schooling, even! No offense but you don't really know anything about my personality.

Well duh of course they are going to make it sound great, they need to hit their recruit numbers and they aren't going to if they tell the whole truth.
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that... makes a lot of sense. not sure why it didn't occur to me that the army website makes the army sound good lol

Kana posted...

I was heavily dissociating last night but like if you're already in school just keep going dude what the hell.

i am going to keep going, bruh. I'm about 99% not going to join the military either lol

now if they could guarantee me a cushy desk job since I'll have a degree made for cushy desk jobs :P
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MrMelodramatic posted...

that... makes a lot of sense. not sure why it didn't occur to me that the army website makes the army sound good lol

Kana posted...

I was heavily dissociating last night but like if you're already in school just keep going dude what the hell.

i am going to keep going, bruh. I'm about 99% not going to join the military either lol

now if they could guarantee me a cushy desk job since I'll have a degree made for cushy desk jobs :P

The military doesn't give a rats ass what your degree is, they just care if you have one, unless it's medical or law related
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Well that's stupid. If you're useful in a certain area they should allow you to have a preference to work in that area
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Get a job in oil. Or bartend. Although it might not be as lucrative if you're in the US.