Originally Posted by
Led Zep
First and foremost, let's discuss your collegiate choices and route. I think it is a very unwise decision to pursue a degree in aviation and I'll share my sentiments with you.
A degree is preferred in most cases, but a particular degree is not. With that being said, if you are going to pursue a degree I think it wise to diversify and choose a field of study that has absolutely nothing to do with aviation. Why limit your options?
If it were me, I would pursue a degree in accounting or finance.
Led Zep,
I appreciate your advice and honestly after every flight I go on, I always go and talk to the pilots and ask for advice. Almost everyone universally says get another degree and personally I'd love to get a double major in computer science. I have been a computer techie all my life and love web design. Personally, it is my plan to do both so that on off days or even after a day of flying, I could hop on a laptop and work from there. Some people say its extremely hard to double major but I think I'll be ok. I'm salutorian at my school so I'm a pretty studious and hard working guy. (Also cpu sci is a degree through UND's College of Aviation).
Thanks again to everyone for the advice but I'm still really curious about something. That is the total ammount of flight hours from each school. This number is really important to me because I'd rather goto a university that offers me a lot of flight hours or has a good chance of becoming an instructor there as well. Thanks!