Well your post was too long to read, and I saw that you were thinking about going to DCA(Delta Connection Academy). My advice to you would be not to go there. I went there and yes it is a great school, but not worth the money you will spend there. I was going to do my instructor ratings there after my multi-commercial but because it came out to $25,000, I decided to go to another school that can do it in $7,000, and I learned the same thing. My advice is to just find a good instructor at a reasonably priced school, not DCA, and finish it off there.