Originally Posted by
rcwelch
Alex...I will also add my vote for Purdue, a great University. I will also give you one more thing to consider...my daughter applied for and received an AFROTC scholarship and chose Purdue and was accepted into the flight program. When attending the freshman orientation visit to campus, her Air Force ROTC Commander told her that she has been accepted to a great university and that she should use that opportunity and take advantage to get a great education and not go there to learn how to fly. He said she could work towards and apply for a pilot slot upon graduation and let the United States Air Force teach her to fly. She changed majors, got a wonderful first class education, worked her butt off and got her pilot slot and Silver Wings and now is flying all over the world and having the time of her life. Her commander was right and she never looked back. Good luck to you.
I guess it would help if you wanted to fly military...you really didn't say
Unless her scholarship was contingent on a major other than Aviation Flight Technology, I'm not sure how I feel about the PAS telling her she should major in something else...especially since there were (are?) AFROTC scholarships available for ANY major.
BTW, I'm former Det. 220 myself and never once had any officer or NCO try to talk me out of an AvTech major. To the contrary, I was told every single AvTech major that had ever gone through Det. 220, qualified for a pilot slot academically, and wanted one had been selected for one due in part to the PCSM score bump from their flight hours; the same could not be said for Engineering, OLS, or Management majors.
Also, I think I know what you were trying to say, but the AvTech program at Purdue is also a "world class education" - its not just a learn-to-fly vocational school.