LifeNtheFstLne

Matthew,

Drop me a P.M. if you are still considering ERAU, specifically the D.B. campus. I am an active participant in their A.S.K. (Alumni Sharing Knowledge) program and serve on ALPA's Education Committee which allows us to visit various colleges/universities with flight training. I see another member on here posted about MTSU. MTSU is hosting the NIFA Safecon in a few weeks (May 4-10) which will bring students from all over the country to compete at various collegiate level flying tasks. If your schedule allows, I suggest checking it out.

I realize the financial commitment is enormous. If you end up going to ERAU and need further assistance, they have a program where certain alumni can endorse prospective students and the students will receive $1,000 annually up to a total of $4,000 (4 -years), ideally before they've accepted enrollment. A student may only receive one endorsement, but I may endorse as many as I so choose.

This is for any of you considering an education at ERAU. Every penny helps. If I ever can, let me know. I will be speaking at the university in the coming year. There are many opinions on this website, and this forum specifically. Though I am biased, I have flown with many well educated and excellent pilots from all walks of life and backgrounds. Good luck all!

mcartier713

anyone know anything about ASU? the school in general and their aviation program?

i kinda miss the college life... wouldn't mind going back... finish my degree and instructing for a school. not exactly sure where i'd want to go tho.

Zayghami

Im going to a Community college Currently...After 2 years i plan on attending ATP, where I can Get my flight training done Quickly and get right into a seniority list. Because the courses that you take at ATP, You can receive college credits. The credits that you receive while your at ATP, and the credits you got from a 2 year college, you can receive a degree in aviation.
ERAU is a great institution, but its just not practical anymore. If you can get to where you want to be in a cheaper and quicker way, why take the long and expensive route?
With the money you want to pay Embry riddle, Go fly a Twin.
Plus ERAU is 80% Men, and 20% women... And the women that go there are ruff, there into welding and stuff...But if you like ERAU go ahead, dont let me discourage you...plus you'll be in Florida..who doesnt like florida?

Check out the college degree program that ATP offers...
http://www.atpflightschool.com/airli...ge_degree.html

crewdawg

I'll throw one out there for Kent State University. It's not ERAU or UND but it's a great school, with a girl to guy ratio of 3/1 or something like that! But seriously it's a small program with a 150-200 students and about 25 planes. Northeast Ohio is not the greatest location but you will get good at flying in IMC and dealing with weather. Another great thing is if you decide that flying isn't for you, you have the choice of changing major w/o leaving the school like some Aviation schools.

Oh and KSU is way cheaper than most other places (not sure about out of state fees but half of the flying program was from PA/NJ).....and with a little help from uncle sam I have paid off all my student loans in less than 3 years from graduation.

Goodluck!!!

ryan1234

Whatever school you go to if you pass the checkrides you'll still get the same little blue cards....just be careful if your student loans (plus interest after grad) are more than your income, you might have a slight problem.
A degree in aviation = generally not a good investment

tangoindia

HEY, NIGHTMARE!

You said you are from NJ right?

Go to Mercer County Community College. They Have a great aviation program based out of KTTN (Trenton Mercer Airport). Get your 2 year degree and then transfer, if thats what you want, and get nailed at ERAU or.......whatever.
Going to Mercer will save you big bucks, get you the same ratings and give you a 2 year college degree.

WIN-WIN SITUATION.

If you haave any questions PM me.

C ya!


TI-

pokey9554

I suggest Southeastern Oklahoma State University. They have an out of state tuition waiver program based on your GPA. The program is great, and you can most likely get an instructing job the day you get your CFI. The alumni association is strong, and the professors are awesome. I got out of there for somewhere around $45,000, but that was a few years ago. They have some newer glass airplanes as well. PM me for more info.

Knightmare

Sorry i haven't been here in a while, busy year.

This is where i'm going and what i plan to do. I will be attending Embry-Riddle in a few weeks as an Aeronautical Science, but in the Spring Semester i will be changing that to a Business Major with Flight. That way i can still do all my flying and get a education in business that way i have something to fall back on incase i lose my medical or the whole industry goes to **** (if it hasn't already). My uncle persuaded me to do this ( a United 777 captain, erau alumni).

In Spring 2008 i worked on an got my PPL in under 3 months at a local flight school at KBLM (Monmouth-Exec) so i'm going to be working on intrusment and commercial my freshman year. My whole goal is to get as many hours as possible. I love flying thus far and would like to continue flying for the rest of my life. I know some people hate Embry-Riddle and what not, but i decided to go there because i got scholarships and grants and it came out to be cheaper than Florida Tech and for the most part Virginia Tech (b4 adding flight fees).

My dream is to fly the big heavies and i hope to get there one way or another.


-Matthew

ryan1234

May God have mercy on your soul

WmuGrad07

Knightmare - My dream is to fly the big heavies and i hope to get there one way or another.

Well I'll have to agree with Ryan on this one... ERAU just like any program can not guarantee that you'll go anywhere in aviation, let alone get you flying Heavies. Good luck anyway though.