why do all of you guys with no intention of going to school seem to think every degree and school is a life of debt and servitude?
yeah shit's expensive, but financial aid and scholarships are generous and even if you had to pay full tuition at the vast majority of in-state schools you're under $50k with a job that pays far more than you'll get out by just doing 4 years in the military.
there's nothing wrong with getting a degree instead of enlisting
t. vet
Let’s say school costs 40k a year. That’s much much much more than it actually does once you include scholarships and grants.
You do 4 years, again this is a number that can be lower.
So you spent 160k on school in 4 years and then you get out and start earning 70k a year for some stem job. Live on 30, pay for the loans with the rest.
Now, please tell me how ex’s fly it’s better to lose years of your life to the military just so they can give you “free” school? The money saved you would have already earned. You gave them some of the best years of your live, employers want young people too.
You are not saving money by having the military pay for anything. You might and probably are, losing money.
>40k a year
that's way more than public institutions. that's a good private school right there. speaking purely of tuition, ofc
i grew up poor in a shitty town and thought college was out of reach. so i enlisted and learned years later that i could've just gone straight to fucking school and had a slew of scholarships due to doing well in school...
i spent 5 years of my life to get the GI bill to go to school when i could've had a degree already and been in the career field to begin with.
not that i regret it, it worked out and i got a lot of valuable experience, but holy shit more people need to know college is not out of reach