I was engineering, not flight.

Purdue engineering graduates getting the aviation market exposure that ERAU gets? I doubt it.

"So much for your #1 reason..."

It is an opinion.

It was my experience. Let those who read be the judge.

Actually you'd be very surprised, I know of people who went through the engineering side, and now work in the aviation field, and one is even at NASA.

Dont take this the wrong way, but It is simply not possible to do two degree programs at Purdue when you are a freshmen. I know people who couldnt get past first year engineering, let alone flight training and all the other classes. Of course you will have NO life if you attempt this, and at Purdue if you try this, you will burn out very quickly. Purdue is a great school with a far superior social atmosphere than Riddle (we actually have girls!) but it is much harder.

Purdue's engineering program is in a different leagues than ERAU's. It is a world class engineering school. But, if you want to get out of it you have to work your ass of. It is very challenging.

It's the truth. They're re-distributing their parent's excessive wealth to us flight instructors. Granted, they're doing it far too slowly, but at least they're doing it.

;)


PRC class of '08.

Haha.

PRC class of '07

I knew a girl at Purdue who in her freshman year (2002) was a double Nuclear Engineering/Management major, was in the Marching Band, and was also under scholarship in AFROTC. She 'rushed' Arnold Air Society, but had to drop out a couple weeks in because that was the straw that evidently broke the camel's back.

I don't know what ever happened to her beyond her freshman year (I was medically booted from Det. 220 prior to Field Training), but last I had heard her GPA was well above 3.0 and she was doing well in ROTC. How she had time to sleep let alone have any life I have no idea...

With that said, I knew plenty of folks who couldn't make it through Freshman Engineering. The joke around ROTC was "What do you call an ROTC cadet and engineering student after their first semester? An OLS student."

I was too busy working 3 jobs while taking 18-20 hours of class to do something stupid like double major or do engineering :D

BoilerUP
Purdue '05

IMO, the upside to Purdue is that the total Aviation Technology department is small (~600) in a school of 30,000+ undergrads. Each year, the incoming class of Flight students capped between 70 and 80 students.

This gives you an intimate, hands-on experience within aviation where you know professors on a first-name basis while allowing you all the social & extracurricular opportunities of a major state school. Additionally, even as an out-of-state student it was cheaper for me than ERAU-DB.

While at Purdue I did all the normal aviation stuff (part-time instruct, Flight Team, etc) but I also did swing dancing, intramural football & softball, shot football/baseball/softball/swimming video for the Purdue Athletic Department, trained for a half-marathon, had a no-sh!t Wyoming cowboy for a Personal Finance TA, watched Kyle "Neckbeard" Orton himself fumble away the Heisman trophy after being in the front row of ESPN College Gameday, met the woman who is now my wife and drank a lot of beer and bourbon.

It was a great 4 years, both personally and professionally. I highly recommend the school to anybody who is looking for a great experience, especially one in aviation. I know it opened doors for me that otherwise wouldn't have, and the networking I did there has directly impacted myself and others in terms of employment.

With that said, your college experience is what YOU make of it, regardless of the name on your diploma. Don't go into massive, unsustainable debt for your education regardless of where you go to. Have fun and enjoy yourself, but work hard and be safe. Enjoy the ride and your college bubble...the real world kinda sucks.