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is it just me or do i just love being in college! this is the best time i have ever had. believe me bro you need to go to college only for the fact that you will never see such an aray of beautiful things on a daily basis. :)
 
I'm in the same boat as schuin, I kind of see college as something that's just required. I really can't justify going to school for 4 years putting a lot of stuff on hold and spending a fortune because it's fun. That really isn't factoring into my decision at all. Right now I'm left with it's just required and it will make me a better person. Which are fine reasons but I'm still not 100% sure if it is a good move for me.
 
but.......if it's required and your going to do it, you might as well have some fun, especially with the array of beautiful things walking around like the guy said a few post earlier.:)
 
Killtron2000 said:
Right now I'm left with it's just required and it will make me a better person. Which are fine reasons but I'm still not 100% sure if it is a good move for me.
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Are the numerous other posts in this thread about how college has helped professional pilots do their job daily not enough to convince you that it's more important than "just a requirement"?
 
If you want the job then just stop thinking about it and do it. Once you get there you'll get to experience the benefits others have been talking about. Just do it. It isn't that difficult.
 
BCTAv8r said:
If you want the job then just stop thinking about it and do it. Once you get there you'll get to experience the benefits others have been talking about. Just do it. It isn't that difficult.
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Very well said.
 
It may very well be that pretty soon, BS won't even look that good and a master's degree will be required. Don't go to school because you have to, it is not high school anymore, go to school because you want to.
As everyone else said if you decide not to go to school then you gotta be ready that almost every single major airline will deny your application, it is tough but it is well worth the aftermath.
 
Sidenote: Anyone find it scary that America wants to remain the dominant world power in science, techology and culture, but education isn't much of a priority?

Where are the Thomas Edisons, the Samuel Morses, the Jonas Salks?

Oh, forgot, Steve Jobs invented the "iPod" so I can listen to Britney Spears while I use my Dean Komen "Segway" to motor my fat butt down to Circle K to pick up the latest issue of People Magazine.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Sidenote: Anyone find it scary that America wants to remain the dominant world power in science, techology and culture, but education isn't much of a priority?

Where are the Thomas Edisons, the Samuel Morses, the Jonas Salks?
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I concur with you that it's a little scary.

However, there are many technology-oriented jobs (which are often high-paying) that are more concerned with your skillset and what you know than what your education level is. There are scads of talented software developers and telecom engineers (I'm sure there are others, but I can only speak to my experience) who learned their fields much the way tradesmen do - through apprenticeship. Companies who are desperate to ship product and services tend to hire a lot more of these guys because they have the proven track records to execute corporate goals than a lot of fresh-faced kids right out of college. My own work environment is about a 50-50 split between the formally educated and the street-educated - both halves are equally qualified in their roles and deliver similar performance.

That said, there are many more jobs in these fields available in a ratio of positions to applicants than there are Mainline Pilot jobs to the number of applicants there. As you and many have told me before, a degree may not be the most objective assessment of one's skills and abilities with flying and CRM, but it's the closest thing to a quick benchmark indicator there is and that's what the airlines want. I agree with this practice and I do not have a degree.

America is shifting to a service-based economy, according to the last round of economic reports that I caught at the end of January. We may be falling behind in science and technology fields simply because the opportunities afforded to job-seekers these days have shifted as well; I don't really know the answer, but it's a compelling question all the same.

Oh, forgot, Steve Jobs invented the "iPod" so I can listen to Britney Spears while I use my Dean Komen "Segway" to motor my fat butt down to Circle K to pick up the latest issue of People Magazine.
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You're far too young to be that cynical. You're just being silly now. :)
 
zmiller4 said:
Are the numerous other posts in this thread about how college has helped professional pilots do their job daily not enough to convince you that it's more important than "just a requirement"?
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Getting an A&P certificate would probably help in everyday flying too but not many pilots have one.
 
BCTAv8r said:
If you want the job then just stop thinking about it and do it. Once you get there you'll get to experience the benefits others have been talking about. Just do it. It isn't that difficult.
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I understand that just fine. I'm just not looking forward to it and I was hoping there would be some way to avoid it.
 
Killtron2000 said:
I'm in the same boat as schuin, I kind of see college as something that's just required. I really can't justify going to school for 4 years putting a lot of stuff on hold and spending a fortune because it's fun...
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A BS/BA degree doesn't have to be 4 years. Depending on your major and if you take full course loads and don't take off summers, you could easily shave off a year to a year and a half.
 
Killtron2000 said:
I didn't like high school one bit.
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A school is a school is a school. I'm talking about an education. I thought you liked learning things. That's all.

And High School is a far cry from College. Two totally different animals.
 
Killtron2000 said:
I understand that just fine. I'm just not looking forward to it and I was hoping there would be some way to avoid it.
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If you go to a good state college, you're going to have the time of your life! :)

I really don't know many people that look back at their college experience and think, "Yeah, that was an enormous waste of time".

You'll go to your first house party and think, "Gee, this is so much sweeter than working on a paper online at UVSC"
 
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