Another reason to discourage young people who are planning to enlist in order to pay for college. The VA Regional Offices take too long to process education claims. Money for tuition often does not even arrive before the end of the semester! This leaves the student with the responsibilty of coming up with another way to pay for school or endure harassment from the university's student accounting office.

Don't enlist in order to collect the gi bill. The money is not reliable.