Originally Posted by KiloAlpha
Go to Cornell and get your flight training at a local FBO. Get a job w/ your Cornell degree and fly on the side for fun.
I second that. A friend of mine went to Cornell Law. Twenty years later she makes $250+k a year and sleeps in her own bed every night.
When I was a kid, I got to take a few flights in a corporate jet (Sabreliner!). I decided that I wanted to be the guy up front. After I worked my butt off to become the guy up front, I realized that it was a heck of a lot better being the guy in back.