What's he supposed to say? Blow all of your money here, everybody will hate you, and you will not be able to pay your loans back at your first year salary? Of course he is going to only tell you the good part.

While a non aviation degree may be a better choice for a backup, significant time can be saved if you choose to get an aviation degree. It saved me over one year, and that can mean a lot of seniority.

Not that I like MPD or anything though.