Michigan Residency - Veteran

MAG734
Tue, 01 May 2012 23:26:20 +0000

Hey rra, it’s great to see another vet coming to Michigan! I too am attending as a transfer student for Fall '12 and I can give you a little info about what I have found in my situation. Well to give you a background of myself without going into a lengthy biography I am an OOS student as well (even though my home of record is Michigan). I can reasonably assure you that there is no way of getting around their residency requirements, however as you pointed out it doesn’t really matter because the Yellow Ribbon meshes amazingly with U-M. Another thing to note and this should cause a huge sigh of relief; U-M guarantees that you will always have the Yellow Ribbon Program as long as you’ve received it initially - so if the school decides they cannot sustain the current rate of assistance, you’ll never have to worry.

One thing I noted was you said you wanted to attend grad school there and wanted to use some of the GI Bill benefits for that. I just wanted to clarify that you get the 36 months of benefits and regardless whether you qualify for in-state or OOS tuition (heck even if you got tons of scholarships and GI Bill only had to pay $1/mo) you still have that full month of entitlement deducted. I know you’re a Junior transfer as well so you should have no problem spreading it between undergrad and grad school but just have a backup plan!

If you want to PM me and we can discuss anything in detail I’d be more than happy to chat. Hope this helps and gives a little more clarity into the whole process. It’s awesome that we are in a very similar situation - anyway, what major are you choosing?