<prompt> Human: Ive never been good at formatting so heads up. This semester I got a nice surprise that I had 16 days left on my GI Bill - at least one day is needed to certify the semester. This made me happy so I got curious what it was worth and how much I had saved in student loans. This is napkin math just to get an idea but it surprised me. 1 undergrad semester at a title 1 university 6000 6 undergrad semesters at a title 2 university 50006 4 graduate semesters at a title 2 university 33004Thats 11 semesters of college estimated at 49,200 in tuition and fees alone, add on some change and 50,000. We also get a monthly housing allowance and per-semester book stipend. Housing changes depending on the area but is usually 1200-1400 per month, prorated. 11 semesters at 4 months each is 44 months. Book stipend per semester 30011 Housing allowance est. 130044This comes out at 60,500 for living allowance and books. Even guesstimating and rounding out the numbers, the GI Bill put saved me a total of at least 110,000. Id wager that given a rough interest rate of 6-8 for unsubsiduzed student loans, itd take me at least 10-15 years to pay off a total of 150,000Ive run into people that burn their GI Bill for living money at a community college or just flat out dont use it or pass it on to family members if thats still possible. Vets, you earned your college money so take advantage of it. Anyone that knows a veteran not in college or a trade school, dont let them squander or throw this away.The eBenefits website is basically defunct so if youre curious where you stand this new website, vets.gov is much better and easy to find benefit information.  <response>: I was fortunate to be in school during the switch from MGIB to the Post-911 GIB. If youre a Texas vet, dont forget Hazlewood. 