The days of going from Zero to Hero through a flight school are long gone and I don't think we will see it again for quite sometime. The last time it happened was in the 1960s. Right now its back to the way it was during the early 90s. Plenty of qualified guys on the street that are looking for jobs and when hiring does restart the competition will be fierce for a few years. I also believe we will start to see some of the RJ commuter jobs shrink in demand and a couple of the weak sisters go out of buisness.

You could get your tickets now but I hear guys are having trouble even getting CFI jobs and most CFI jobs pay crap. My suggestion is do a little flying one the side while in grad school or maybe getting rating at the end of a semester. Assuming you can swing both financially.