Originally Posted by
Rascal
Hello
I am 2005 ERAU grad. I drank the Kool-aid just like everyone else that went that poor excuse for a University. My sophomore year I realized that everything about that school is b.s. My parents where helping me out then and they were convinced that I should stay and so I did hoping that maybe I am just a little to negative about the whole experience... I worked every summer and weekends and still managed to owe them $50k. I know it was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life but I am not cocky or arrogant like some people from that place are. So, whenever someone asks me where I went to school, I tell them that I went to school in Florida. Some people try to dig deeper and I tell them the truth... As soon as they hear ERAU they take cheap shots at me, sometimes lasting the entire 4 day trip. I know that some people from Riddle "suck" but I don't go around telling people how great I am, so why do people have the need to make me feel more regretful about attending Riddle than I feel already?
I'm an ERAU Grad (88) and I never even set foot on the Daytona campus. I
earned mine while flying active duty in the Army assigned to the 101st ABN. Nights, weekends and home life suffered but it was a goal I needed to achieve. I paid the high tuition of ERAU with tuition assistance (paid back by time in the Army) and my checkbook, Mom and Dad didn't factor into the picture. I also didn't attend the graduation, I wasn't in it for that, and I needed a 4-year Degree to further my military career. There are guys and gals right now taking ERAU classes all over the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan! So there is more than one kind of ERAU Grad. I'm not saying you had it any easier, but you made your choice of schools (with loans and your parents money). Oh...I got asked about my ERAU Diploma at my interview for a Major Airline last year...I gave them the same answer as this (maybe a little less harsh, but the truth) and got the job! You have to compete in life to be successful and there are many ways to achieve your goals, stop your whining.....move on.