{"id":6915,"date":"2012-08-28T22:05:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T22:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=6915"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:04:28","slug":"checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Benefits Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Financing Your Education with Military-Related Benefits<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We believe that an Augsburg student should have a thorough understanding of what it means to finance his or her education. Augsburg has a\u00a0<a title=\"School Certifying Official\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/sco\/\">School Certifying Official<\/a>\u00a0to assist students with obtaining VA education benefits and additional staff members who will help you navigate the financial aid process and payment options for out-of-pocket expenses.<\/p>\n<p>New and returning students should complete the items on the following checklist. Not every item will be applicable to each student.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Apply for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/studentfinancial\/\">Financial Aid<\/a>\u00a0to establish eligibility for grants and loans<\/li>\n<li>Apply for VA education benefits\u00a0or apply to continue using benefits from another school<\/li>\n<li>Turn in your Certificate of Eligibility (Chapter 33 benefits only)<\/li>\n<li>Consider <a title=\"Other Funding Sources\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/otherfunds\/\">funding sources<\/a> that work in concert with other types of financial aid and benefits\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohe.state.mn.us\/mPg.cfm?pageID=1803\">Minnesota GI Bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/fta\/\">Federal Tuition Assistance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/mdva\/resources\/education\/\">Minnesota Veteran Education Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#108;t&#x6f;&#58;s&#x74;&#117;&#x64;&#x65;n&#x74;&#102;i&#x6e;&#97;&#x6e;&#x63;e&#x73;&#64;a&#x75;&#103;s&#x62;&#117;&#x72;&#103;&#46;&#x65;&#100;u\">Schedule a appointment<\/a> to review your financial aid award and military-related benefits<\/li>\n<li>Make a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/studentfinancial\/payment-plans-and-discounts\/\">Payment Plan<\/a>\u00a0for out-of-pocket expenses not covered by benefits and other aid<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financing Your Education with Military-Related Benefits We believe that an Augsburg student should have a thorough understanding of what it means to finance his or her education. Augsburg has a\u00a0School Certifying Official\u00a0to assist students with obtaining VA education benefits and additional staff members who will help you navigate the financial aid process and payment options &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6915","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6915"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51528,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6915\/revisions\/51528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}