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So three days of Orientation have passed and today was my first day of dental school.
I was just noticed today from financial aid that my HPSP scholarship has been made available and it looks like pretty much all my tuiton/most fees are covered.
On the other hand, my bonus and stipend I am trying to figure out. I am confused between what my MODS FAQ section says and what I just heard from a guy on the military pay phoneline.
So basically, I haven't received any stipend or any of the sign-on bonus yet. I know that stipend only goes out on first and fifteenth of the month, but the guy on the military pay phoneline told me I would receive stipend on the last day of this month. Is this right?
Also he told me that I wouldn't begin to receive any of the sign-on bonus until August 15th... which will be just shy of a month since I've started school.
On the other hand the FAQ on MODS that asks about sign on bonus says
A: Your stipend and signing bonus will start on the latest date between your oath of office, signing your service agreement (contract) and the class start date in the first semester of scholarship participation. Usually the latest date is the class start date. The bonus is dispersed in three payments of 9k, 9k, and 2k within 30 days of the first stipend check being dispersed.
This doesn't make any sense to me. Isn't the stipend and sign-on bonus supposed to be there to help me with things like the laptop/organization fees that HPSP doesn't cover? It doesn't make sense that I have to wait to get the money when the intent of it will be gone by the time I get it.
And FYI, I'm not complaining about this... I'm just confused as to what the deal is here.
I was just noticed today from financial aid that my HPSP scholarship has been made available and it looks like pretty much all my tuiton/most fees are covered.
On the other hand, my bonus and stipend I am trying to figure out. I am confused between what my MODS FAQ section says and what I just heard from a guy on the military pay phoneline.
So basically, I haven't received any stipend or any of the sign-on bonus yet. I know that stipend only goes out on first and fifteenth of the month, but the guy on the military pay phoneline told me I would receive stipend on the last day of this month. Is this right?
Also he told me that I wouldn't begin to receive any of the sign-on bonus until August 15th... which will be just shy of a month since I've started school.
On the other hand the FAQ on MODS that asks about sign on bonus says
A: Your stipend and signing bonus will start on the latest date between your oath of office, signing your service agreement (contract) and the class start date in the first semester of scholarship participation. Usually the latest date is the class start date. The bonus is dispersed in three payments of 9k, 9k, and 2k within 30 days of the first stipend check being dispersed.
This doesn't make any sense to me. Isn't the stipend and sign-on bonus supposed to be there to help me with things like the laptop/organization fees that HPSP doesn't cover? It doesn't make sense that I have to wait to get the money when the intent of it will be gone by the time I get it.
And FYI, I'm not complaining about this... I'm just confused as to what the deal is here.
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