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Education Assistance Military Programs

June 26, 2008 By admin

When you enlist to serve in the United States military you have a lot of different opportunities available, and some of the best educational funding options in the entire world are available through today’s military. Each of the five service offer different versions of a program called TA tuition assistance. Each of them also feature elements for funding, or benefits and programs that are available as a potential college student. There are several different issues that are good to remember and can aid in your obtaining the best educational situation for yourself.

There are different issues that you can receive aid from as you work toward the proper college career path. Here are some things to remember; Start Early- You should file for financial aid as soon as you can after January 1st in the year that you wish to begin attending college. If you are in High school as a senior, then that will be January 1st of your final semester of school.
Consider The Armed Forces- It’s perhaps an old adage but some of the best opportunities for funding that you can find anywhere are with the military. There is the normal different Military Scholarship options, as well as possible ROTC, Military Service Academies, and the Montgomery GI Bill. Check Out all Options- With the advent of the World Wide Web, and the Internet you can literally search all around the world without leaving home. You should begin early and look all around for different scholarship and education funding options. After looking around you will discover that there are a lot of different scholarships that are available, hundreds of which go unclaimed because either people do not know of them or assume that they don’t qualify, or that the money has already been awarded. The rule of thumb with scholarships is that you should apply for everything and anything that you are even remotely qualified for. You need to look at federal, state and local sources of educational assistance, as well as private grants and scholarships. All different types of financial aid work at most universities and colleges, so it’s a great Idea to know exactly what is available.

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Look Near Home- Often there are funding and educational help available close to home, in sources that you may not be aware of. Perhaps there scholarships at the employer your parents work for, or at your school you graduated from.

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