Did it for the money: This 32-year-old joined the Army for a $300,000 dental school scholarship. (via CNBCMakeIt)
Vo graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2009 with a degree in economics. After setting his sights on dental school, he was accepted into the University of Southern California's dental surgery program — one of the best in the country. But the six-figure price tag was prohibitive for him and his family.is $545,876.
That year, he found the United States Army's Health Professions Scholarship Program which covers the tuition for medical, dental, veterinary, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychology and optometry programs. In exchange, program participants must serve in the military. Vo applied and was accepted, though he did not receive enough to cover all of his expenses during the four-year program.
"I got very homesick initially," Vo remembers. That was "the most challenging part because I had never been separated from my siblings and my mom, and being spoiled in the best weather ever in California, I just missed home.""I was scared because I never want to shoot anyone. I never want to hurt anyone. I hear about the fear of being drafted and or relocated to a different country, and all these things seem very scary.
"I joined the military because I wanted them to pay for my school," he says "I really did it just for the money, for the scholarship to pay for it. But at the end of the day, after my four years, I fell in love with it."
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