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Romeo Hotel
That's the rub. You have to be enrolled as a full time student to get the FULL housing allowance. With gen ed courses knocked out, and the VA not covering courses outside degree paths, this would reduce my course load to less than 12 credits a semester. At most, I'd be 75% rate and some semesters only 50%. Being AT 50% means no BAH. 51% and above is the only way to qualify for the housing stipend.
I'll have the courses paid for in full, but the housing allowance would fluctuate each semester. That school out in AZ though looks to only use 1 gen ed class a semester. That's a huge benefit over some of the other programs I've looked at. If I could keep each semester at 75% I think I could make that work easily.
I see what you're trying to get at here. Although, you will still have a semester or two where you will be full time when you combine your flying and aeronautics course. I don't have to take any gen ed classes (I have a Masters in Meteorology) but I will have 13 credits this semester and 12 credits next (my final) semester. I will get everything done in three semesters up to CFI and MEI (I had my private before I started). Only my first semester did I have less than a full time work load. I had 8 credits and got around 60% of the BAH.
As far as getting BAH year round, good luck with that one. They will only pay you from the day the class starts till the day the class ends, prorated for partial months.