armyrotcmom
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Hi. Mom of a ROTC college freshman who did not get a national or campus scholarship. He joined the NG and did get a scholarship towards his second semester through the Simultaneous Program. He goes to basic this coming summer. He misunderstood his educational benefits last fall when talking to his recruiter and gave his dad and I (divorced parents) inaccurate information that we based financial decisions on for paying for college. I'm a few thousand short and figuring it out but would really love to get accurate information so I'm coming here to try to find out so I can appropriately budget. We are trying to make housing decisions for next year...stay on campus for ROTC to help pay housing (one mom told me to have him do this) which is $16000 at his school and needs to decide by 2/6 or move off campus and this one is half the cost (the one mom said ROTC wouldn't pay for off campus housing). As you can see getting accurate information is the difference of almost $8000.
1. He says he will get ROTC money when he contracts next year and that he will contract sooner because he is in NG. Is that correct? My research is showing he won't get the stipend until his junior year.
2. He also says he will get Montgomery GI bill money monthly after he goes to basic this summer. Is that correct? I can't figure out by reading the website.
3. He thinks he gets BAH and I don't think he does.
4. Is there a website that explains in plain English what benefits are given and when when someone does ROTC and SMP? Because what I have found on different schools site varies greatly and the official website I found doesn't really help.
While having tuition paid is great, housing is almost triple what his tuition is. His dad and I's divorce was financially devastating for me and I'm still in recovery mode. Accurately budgeting is not a nice to have but a definite need for me.
Thank you.
1. He says he will get ROTC money when he contracts next year and that he will contract sooner because he is in NG. Is that correct? My research is showing he won't get the stipend until his junior year.
2. He also says he will get Montgomery GI bill money monthly after he goes to basic this summer. Is that correct? I can't figure out by reading the website.
3. He thinks he gets BAH and I don't think he does.
4. Is there a website that explains in plain English what benefits are given and when when someone does ROTC and SMP? Because what I have found on different schools site varies greatly and the official website I found doesn't really help.
While having tuition paid is great, housing is almost triple what his tuition is. His dad and I's divorce was financially devastating for me and I'm still in recovery mode. Accurately budgeting is not a nice to have but a definite need for me.
Thank you.