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Navy Scholarship Info
Started by phamd2b
so am i if anyone has had experience. lmk.
They will only pay for the last two years of your school.
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really? i was under the impression that they pay for all 4 years + a salary?
The Navy doesn't ever pay for your tuition. They give you a stipend during your P3 and P4 years that is the equivalent to the pay salary of an E-6. During this time, you also gain vacation days and time towards retirement if you decide to take it that far. You earn 30 days of vacation per year, so you will have 60 days of vacation built up before you even start. You also get full medical and dental coverage. When you graduate, you have a 3 year obligation to the Navy and that's it.
how long can you keep those medical benefits for after leaving the navy?
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1) USAF is the branch that offers the scholarship that pays for P3 and P4. There are some subtle differences with that scholarship in terms of years of credit and active duty status that I need to look into.
2) If you leave any branch of service, you lose your benefits (unless you retire with them).
3) If you want the armed services to pay for all 4 years + salary, you'll have to be a medical student and apply even before you are an MS-1. Pharmacy and other health professionals don't get this benefit, but the trade off is a shorter commitment at the end.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=465238
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1) USAF is the branch that offers the scholarship that pays for P3 and P4. There are some subtle differences with that scholarship in terms of years of credit and active duty status that I need to look into.
2) If you leave any branch of service, you lose your benefits (unless you retire with them).
3) If you want the armed services to pay for all 4 years + salary, you'll have to be a medical student and apply even before you are an MS-1. Pharmacy and other health professionals don't get this benefit, but the trade off is a shorter commitment at the end.
Dental students also get the 4 years of tuition paid for plus a $1900/month stipend and a $20,000 sign on bonus with a 4 year committment with any branch of service.
This is called the Health Professions Scholarship (HPSP) and is only available to medical, dental, veterinary, psychology (PhD), and optometry students.
I don't know about them paying while in school for pharmacy students, but once you graduate, the army offers a $30,000 sign-on bonus and up to $114,000 to repay loans if you sign on with them.
http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/m_service/corps_benefits.jsp
This is called the Health Professions Scholarship (HPSP) and is only available to medical, dental, veterinary, psychology (PhD), and optometry students.
I don't know about them paying while in school for pharmacy students, but once you graduate, the army offers a $30,000 sign-on bonus and up to $114,000 to repay loans if you sign on with them.
http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/m_service/corps_benefits.jsp
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A recap for everyone:
AF: pays tuition for P3 and P4 years, plus a stipend. AT LEAST a 3 year commitment. Loan repayment available after a few years.
Navy: Does not pay for tuition. A slightly larger stipend than AF. Again, at least a 3 year commitment.
Army: After you are done with school, sign on bonus + loan repayment.
Do not ask me for numbers, I do not know.
AF: pays tuition for P3 and P4 years, plus a stipend. AT LEAST a 3 year commitment. Loan repayment available after a few years.
Navy: Does not pay for tuition. A slightly larger stipend than AF. Again, at least a 3 year commitment.
Army: After you are done with school, sign on bonus + loan repayment.
Do not ask me for numbers, I do not know.
doh, forgot about dental and all the rest.
CUbeav, do you remember whether you're considered a full active duty airman in the AF for those two years you're on scholarship? Someone posted on a navy forum that you are only considered a full E-7 over the summer and that your benefits go away during the academic year (ie exchange access, tri-care, etc...) and you're only paid a stipend. Also, these two scholarship years wouldn't count in terms of years of credit served and you wouldn't accrue vacation either.
I really should talk to a recruiter...just wanted to see if you knew anything about that.
CUbeav, do you remember whether you're considered a full active duty airman in the AF for those two years you're on scholarship? Someone posted on a navy forum that you are only considered a full E-7 over the summer and that your benefits go away during the academic year (ie exchange access, tri-care, etc...) and you're only paid a stipend. Also, these two scholarship years wouldn't count in terms of years of credit served and you wouldn't accrue vacation either.
I really should talk to a recruiter...just wanted to see if you knew anything about that.
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Yeah, check with the recruiter for details like that. Common sense tells me you aren't considered anything during your school time but will be considered active duty during your summer (When you are actually working in a military setting). Unless you get an actual military ID card, you can't access any military installation. Going up to the gate of one and simply saying you are a pharmacy student using the military to pay for school won't get you access.
Here's an email I got from an ARMY ROTC recruiting officer:
Here's an email I got from an ARMY ROTC recruiting officer:
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This is all for AF...
The two scholarship years DO count in terms of years served, but not towards your first commitment (What I mean by that is after you graduate, you would still have a full 3-4 year commitment, but you would only have 18 years before you could retire.) You are, I believe, an O-2 while on scholarship and I am positive that you do not have base privileges while on scholarship, because scholarship is not considered active duty. I do not know about vacation accrual or your status during the summer. I believe medical coverage is part of the scholarship.
A couple of friends and I went on a base tour about a week ago and we asked a lot of these questions...
You only accrue leave while on active duty status, title 10.
Yeah I think that's why I'm confused, I've heard from more than a few people that you'll accrue the normal 30 days vacation while on scholarship so you'll have 60 by the time you graduate. That's why I figured one would be considered active duty.
And O-2 on scholarship? I never heard that, I always heard it was somewhere between E-4 and E-7.
But yeah I'm gonna set up and go to talk to a recruiter in May, hopefully I'll get all these details ironed out. I don't know why I'm being so picky, even if it's slightly crappy "in-school" benefits I'd end up making the jump anyway. Hmm.
They may be thinking of the Green-to-Gold Army program... because I am pretty sure you don't earn any leave while you are going to school. You aren't serving, therefore you shouldn't earn anything, especially leave.
valeuc...i found the post i was referring to about the accrual of leave.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=2776256&postcount=6
Granted this was in 2005, things may have changed by then, but this person who is on the navy scholarship reported being considered "active duty" while in-school and accruing leave during those 2 years.
Ultimately, in a financial point-of-view, is it worth it? Or is it better just to suck up the loans.
If yes, is the amount of time and obligation worth it in the long-run?
If yes, is the amount of time and obligation worth it in the long-run?
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That is a question each individual has to answer, because opinions can vary wildly.
