Originally Posted by
2nd best pilot
I graduated ERAU Daytona in 09 with a 3.8 and a decent "whole package". I landed 4 interviews out of applying to over 700 positions (applying to anything and everything). It was my flight experience that got me the interviews.
As far as I'm concerned, this degree hasn't done a thing for me yet.. well maybe financial responsibility from a past mistake. I'm still somewhat optimistic about some payoff in the future though.
Then you haven't applied to a job yet that requires a degree.
I'm sure that somewhere in your aviation career that you are going to apply to a operator that requires you have a college degree. If that ONE job is a career destination, then it will have been worth it. Now expand that to ANY job, inside or outside of aviation, that requires a college degree and you have overcome that obstacle once again.
Now the fact that you went to what many consider an extremely overpriced 'aviation' college and spent many times the amount that you could have gotten a degree for with a variety of other institutions is a problem that you'll have to deal with while making a living and loan payments.
USMCFLYR