Thanks everyone for your answers. It's nice to hear from people who actually have experience and have already done what I am just starting. I think UND will give me a couple of years to play around with some non-aviation classes. I'm not really in that big of a hurry to get into airlines so I might as well have fun in college taking classes that I want to take. I know that eventually I will end up at a regional making crappy pay so it doesn't really matter when I start that phase... Eventually I will, hopefully, achieve my dream, but it's going to take quite a few years, a lot of money, and a ton of patience before I get there.
Again, thanks for all of your great advise.
-Jake
JMT21, I have a few UND specific questions that I was hoping you might be able to shed some light on, but I can't PM yet. Could you send me an email to reach you at? (juxtapilot#hotmail.com) Thanks!