Dude. Party like a rockstar in college. I blew my college experience doing problem sets and marching around in funny uniforms and going to class. I've talked to many a airline and military pilot who actually had fun in college. I've also talked to a few people who went to ERAU and couldn't party like a rockstar because of the surplus of male pilot types at the parties and lack of female counterparts (and no money with which to party except negative money which doesn't spend well). And as for the major, take a survey of military pilots and civilian pilots and see how many majored in aviation. Show me one job that requires a degree related to aviation. Engineering, finance, econ, English, Arabic, Chinese, history, math, science...all examples of majors with more use than an aviation degree. All of which also are A OKAY with airlines. Problem is if you are a finance major you may realize how crappy being a pilot is financially. If you are an English, Arabic, Chinese, history, math, or science major, you may decide that if you are a teacher you will make more and can't be furloughed nearly as easily and end up with more time off. So, maybe majoring in Aviation is a good idea afterall. I hear they give out lots of free Kool-Aid in the aviation majors at fantastic pilot Prep Schools such as ERAU as well...even more of a bonus...