Old 03-04-2012 | 01:41 PM
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KentSt22
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Haha, those are the exact two colleges that I applied to. I visited both schools and looked into both extensively. Main things that were influential to me:
1. Which one is closer to home? Is that important?
2. Is the school/ campus environment important? Kent State-30,000 students, lots of other opportunities. FIT-4,000ish I believe

Those were the 2 main things that were important to me. In reality, any accredited school will give you a good education. The schools are less important in terms of leading to job opportunities in my opinion. Get the degree, hours, job.

I ended up choosing Kent State and I thought it was great.
-I loved being at a school that had more than just aviation/ engineering nerds...
-Kent has great staff and I felt my education was excellent
-The airplanes at Kent may not be as advanced as FIT, but honestly and airplane is an airplane and the newer the plane, the higher the cost.
-The weather has its ups and downs in NE Ohio which limits flying days sometimes but gives valuable experience as well.

I have to run but feel free to pm me with any more questions. I was also a flight instructor/ check instructor at Kent for 3 years so I can give you more insight. Good luck!
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