Doesn't sound like a lot today but back then, it was about enough to pay the tuition at a typical State College for four years.
Well you could only use that $8,100 over four years so I took my lump sum of $2,700 in cash and used it for a Technical School that I took at night while I worked during the day. Was a good decision. Got my certificate in Electronics and Basic Computing and that got me a foot in the door in the high tech industry just as it was starting to take off back in the mid 1980s.
Hey...that’s a good deal no matter how you cut it.
Your story sounds familiar-I knew a few guys who did nearly the same thing you did.
I was glad I had the old one-in that day, I don’t think I could have been enticed to put the money into the VEAP pot...I was too immature in that respect.
I love hearing stories about people using the GI Bill-I think that is some of the best money the government ever spent.