<p>This student may need to look OOS to the Yellow Ribbon schools that will make sure that ALL of tuition is covered and the VA benefits will still help with housing, etc. </p>
<p>Western schools with CS don’t seem to be that generous to our vets. :(</p>
<p>I know that this student wants to stay in Calif to be near friends, but if he’s in Southern Calif, then going OOS may not be really much further than going to school in northern Calif…as far as travel time.</p>
<p>And, since it sounds like you only have 2 more years to finish, then going away isn’t a bad thing if you’ll have a more affordable situation. :)</p>
<p>And if he saves a LOT by going OOS, he can more easily afford to travel back to Calif for visits. </p>
<p>There are very good schools that have CS that give UNLIMITED awards with UNLIMITED amounts …so you won’t get stuck with ANY tuition costs. </p>
<p>Look at Southern schools. THEY LOVE VETS!!! And many give unlimited amounts of money and have unlimited number of awards. If you choose a large one that has regional diversity in its student body, you won’t have to have any concerns that you would encounter anti-gay craziness. </p>
<p>For instance, apply to Alabama. You’d have all of your tuition covered. The school is large, has very good CS, and the school is over 50% OOS, so lots of regional diversity. There are over 900 Calif students at Bama. 
The school has a very popular gay-alliance club called Spectrum. </p>
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