The Post-9/11 GI Bill,
which went into effect on August 1, 2009, includes education benefits,
monthly housing stipends, and an annual stipend for books and school
supplies. This bill includes benefits for ROTC / Service Academy
officers, and reserve and guard members who have been activated for more
than 90 days since 9/11.
You can find out more specifics
here,
but basically ROTC and Service Academy officers (the majority of our Armed
Forces Group) are eligible for benefits ONLY if you have served beyond your
active duty service obligation (ie for ROTC scholarship officers, who owed
four years of active duty, only time beyond those four years counts toward
the Post 9/11 GI Bill).
Percentage Benefits
- 100%: 36 or more total months
- 100%: 30 or more consecutive days
with a Disability related Discharge
- 90%: 30 total months
- 80%: 24 total months
- 70%: 18 total months
- 60%: 12 total months
- 50%: 6 total months
- 40%: 90 or more consecutive days
Tuition Rates
For those veterans eligible for Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits, your tuition
rates will be based on the highest Illinois in-state tuition. You can
find out exactly how much you are expected to receive
here.
Understand that any benefits you receive will go towards Chicago Booth's
expected cost of attendance, and you will only be able to take out loans on
the balance.
Application Process
1) Apply for benefits
online or by
downloading the
.pdf form and mailing it in.
2) Send a copy of your Notice of Basic Eligibility, or a copy of your DD-214
discharge paperwork to the university registrar's office in Building 103.
JoAnn Creviston (773-702-7877,
jcreviston@uchicago.edu) and
Sheila Ervin (773-702-7891,
sheilae@uchicago.edu)
3) The university website for veteran's services is
here.
4) Once you submit your online form, the VA will mail you a "Certificate of
Eligibility" outlining your benefits (ranging from 0% to 100%, with yellow
ribbon eligibility). You must submit this Certificate to the
registrar's office, along with a filled out VA 22-1995 (which you will
receive in the mail along with your Certificate of Eligibility). The
registrar's office will then submit these forms to the VA.
5) On the first day of the term, you
will receive your VA disbursement through the school bursar.
Yellow Ribbon Program
Chicago Booth is a participating Yellow Ribbon School. Under this
program, five veterans are eligible to receive $10,000 in yellow ribbon
money from the school, and the VA will match these funds. Students are
eligible for these funds on a first come, first serve basis, and can apply
here.
Note that only those students who are eligible to receive 100% of VA funds
(see above -- you must have served 36 months BEYOND your active duty service
obligation) are eligible for the yellow ribbon program. This usually
only applies to pilots, because most other veterans have not met the
eligibility criteria. You can find more information on yellow ribbon
programs, benefits, and eligibility
here.
