Here's the deal. Any place like RAA is a business. They're simply out there to make money. All they guarantee is an interview with a regional, does that equal a job? Absolutely not. In fact, most regionals nowadays aren't hiring the 300 hour guys anymore, those times are gone. You'll be wasting your money at RAA or any other place like it. Get a degree from anywhere, not necessarily Embry-Riddle, and do all your flight training on the side and instruct for a while. Instructor pay isn't that good, then again neither is regional pay so you're screwed no matter what. If you're looking to make a lot of money straight away you're in the wrong business my friend. As far as instructors getting 3000 hours here at Embry-Riddle before getting jobs, the person you were talking to is severely misinformed. I'm an instructor here and I can tell you as a fact that we're losing several instructors every 2 weeks, none of which have much more than 1000 hours.