Get started now on weekends and school breaks. Proceed with normal college path and get as many ratings as possible on school breaks. Hopefully have CFI by junior year in college and instruct as a part time job while finishing his degree. Make a couple bucks and build time instead of waiting tables. Get a degree in anything that’s not a joke and hit the regionals the day after graduation.

I feel like college teaches a person a lot about themselves and it’s an absolute blast if you don’t go to an all aviation school full of pilots. I wouldn’t skip it for ATP and an online degree.