Hi everyone,
I'm currently active duty and working on a plan to go to medical school after I get out. My ETS is May 2023. As of now, I'm not sure if I will stay in or not; if I do, I'd be in for another 4 years doing a software development program.
I only recently learned about VR&E and I'm not sure if I will even qualify but I hope so. I don't know what my disability rating will be. I have a bad knee, sleep problems, and possible mild PTSD from a sexual assault on deployment but it's not diagnosed.
After this fall I will have a bachelor's in linguistics. Unfortunately that's not really what I want to pursue career-wise; it's just something I picked to study when I was young (pre-Army) and (edit: screwed around lol) a lot in college. There's not a lot of career options outside of academia (not my goal) and possibly government work. I'd like to knock out pre-med requirements and apply to medical school. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to make it work, financially.
I am married with a 1 year old and another baby on the way, and currently I'm the sole income for my family. My husband does not have a lot of good employment options unfortunately due to a criminal record. So I need to find a way to support my family through the post-bac and medical school period.
My plan was to use GI bill for medical school, which would provide BAH to cover housing, and then we'd just need to find a way to make enough money to pay the rest of the bills. But for the post bac coursework, I have two options. Either stay in and try to use tuition assistance, and try to find evening/weekend class options, or find another way to pay for it (loans, voc rehab?)
Is vocational rehab an option for paying for the post bac coursework? Do y'all think there's a better way to plan all this, financially?
I'm currently active duty and working on a plan to go to medical school after I get out. My ETS is May 2023. As of now, I'm not sure if I will stay in or not; if I do, I'd be in for another 4 years doing a software development program.
I only recently learned about VR&E and I'm not sure if I will even qualify but I hope so. I don't know what my disability rating will be. I have a bad knee, sleep problems, and possible mild PTSD from a sexual assault on deployment but it's not diagnosed.
After this fall I will have a bachelor's in linguistics. Unfortunately that's not really what I want to pursue career-wise; it's just something I picked to study when I was young (pre-Army) and (edit: screwed around lol) a lot in college. There's not a lot of career options outside of academia (not my goal) and possibly government work. I'd like to knock out pre-med requirements and apply to medical school. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to make it work, financially.
I am married with a 1 year old and another baby on the way, and currently I'm the sole income for my family. My husband does not have a lot of good employment options unfortunately due to a criminal record. So I need to find a way to support my family through the post-bac and medical school period.
My plan was to use GI bill for medical school, which would provide BAH to cover housing, and then we'd just need to find a way to make enough money to pay the rest of the bills. But for the post bac coursework, I have two options. Either stay in and try to use tuition assistance, and try to find evening/weekend class options, or find another way to pay for it (loans, voc rehab?)
Is vocational rehab an option for paying for the post bac coursework? Do y'all think there's a better way to plan all this, financially?