WorkforJesus
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Does anyone know how the stipend works for textbooks. I am a four year winner who has to order textbooks soon and I was told that there would be a stipend. Thanks!
Like so many things in AROTC land this can be battalion specific. If your HR is on the ball you should receive soon after contracting. My DS contracted first week of December and he had the money in his account before the end of the first semester as well as the second half of stipend for December. You may have to front the money first, you may need to purchase books before you receive the stipend.Does anyone know how the stipend works for textbooks. I am a four year winner who has to order textbooks soon and I was told that there would be a stipend. Thanks!
+1For sure this is battalion/HR specific. DS was a 4 yr awardee, passed the AFPT and contracted just prior to school starting and had his first stipend and bood money in less than 2 weeks direct deposited into his account. Look into renting your textbooks insteand of buying. DS rented his books for an average semester rent of $150. He was able to pocket the other $450 per semester.
Chegg is also an awesome place to rent books ... on occasion, I find books even cheaper to rent there than Amazon. But you have to act quick - the later you wait in the semester to get books, to more expensive it's going to be to rent them (and you run the risk of online places running out of copies)+1
between renting, used books and amazon, DS has always come out ahead on the book stipend.