College Tool

We Got You 1776

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About this app

College Tool is a free app that shows a military family how the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 35 DEA, the Fry Scholarship and the Yellow Ribbon Program work together, and what the order of use changes.

The order a family uses its VA education benefits in can change the total by thousands of dollars. College Tool maps that order, phase by phase, across a real college plan: stateside, overseas, or both in sequence. And it shows its work. Every rate in College Tool points back to its official VA source, so a family can check it and do the math themselves.

REAL HOUSING MATH, BAH BY ZIP CODE
The GI Bill housing allowance (the BAH-based monthly housing allowance, or MHA) runs off the school's zip code, on currently published rates. A cost-of-living estimator sits beside it, with rent, food, transportation, utilities and the rest, so a family can see whether the housing allowance covers real living costs before committing to a school.

SCHOOL SEARCH BY STATE OR SHORT NAME
Browse any state, or type a school, a city, or the short name families actually use: FSU, UGA, Ole Miss. Every VA-approved school in the list carries its housing figure, its Yellow Ribbon participation, and any VA caution flag, with a link to that school on the VA Comparison Tool.

BUILT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES
Service members deciding whether to transfer the Post-9/11 GI Bill to a spouse or child, military spouses and dependents using transferred benefits, children of the fallen on the Fry Scholarship, and families with Chapter 35 DEA. The app handles the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 35 DEA, the Fry Scholarship and the Yellow Ribbon Program, plus transferred months and your own scholarships on top. Veterans, active duty, Guard and Reserve, spouses and dependents all plan from the same screen.

FREE, PERMANENTLY
- College Tool is free to download and use with no account, and five states are fully searchable free, permanently, with no trial and no expiration.
- The GI Bill and Fry Scholarship math, transferred GI Bill benefits, and your own scholarships, for Georgia, Kentucky, Colorado, South Carolina and Oklahoma.
- The cost-of-living estimator, school search in those five states, and a printable worksheet for a School Certifying Official.
- Every figure linked to its official VA source.
- A free tier, not a trial. No payment, no expiration.

OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION, $17.99 A YEAR
- The phase approach: see how your benefits combine in sequence, the method we have not found offered anywhere else.
- Every state and the top 50 overseas options, all compiled so you are not researching each rate by hand.
- Chapter 35 (DEA) benefits.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
College Tool has no account, no login, no analytics and no tracking, and what a family types into the app stays on the device.

Independent planning tool from We Got You 1776, LLC. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. Department of Defense. Not financial, legal, tax, or benefits advice. GI Bill is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Subscription terms: The optional subscription is $17.99 per year. You will be charged $17.99 at purchase and $17.99 each year thereafter unless you cancel. It provides twelve months of access and auto-renews at the end of each period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. There is no introductory free-trial period; billing begins at purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple App Store or Google Play account. Manage or cancel anytime in your store account settings.

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