Gi Bill vs FAFSA - Previous experiences?

sweeney1996
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:04:29 +0000

From what I understand(we will be doing this for our D who will start fall 19, GI Bill will be the last payer. Meaning, any financial aid will be applied first, then GI Bill benefits. There are some good threads on the Veteran subsection here that explains it more, even though some are a few years old. That being said, since the benefit is for 36 months, we will have to weigh FA or merit awards carefully. If she uses the GI Bill, it’s done after 36 months,even if the full dollar amount of benefit isn’t paid out, so, for us, it actually might not work out well to accept FA or merit awards, unless they would cover full tuition and then she could use the GI Bill for grad school, if she chose to go.