Imagine yourself in the future for a second. You've just arrived at your first regional, and are looking around at everyone else in your class. Just like you, most of them have spent a year or so (or more) instructing, and just like you, they most likely have a college degree. They've taken the same path as you to get where they are, but the difference is, they've paid about one fourth what you did. You, on the other hand, will have student loan payments in excess of your gross monthly income for that first year, and a huge percentage of it thereafter. Just ask yourself if there's any purpose in taking the most expensive possible route to get to the same spot as everyone else. You won't regret your choice to go to a state school. I doubt the words "I wish I had gone to ERAU" have ever been spoken.