bronxpilot
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Ok, so I've got an important decision to make as to wheather for next year, I should go to UND or stay in the nyc or ny state area and fly at an FBO and continue to go to school and live at home. I'll have my private by april and a year's worth of college credits from City University of New York.
So I compiled a list of positives and negatives for each.
At a good college avation program.....
1.) You'll meet a lot of like minded people who like flying, so it will be easy to make friends
2.) You'll have structured ground school classes to go along with your flying, could help you get done with your writtens quicker
3.) You'll have better oppurtunities for networking and geting a job
4.) By the time you get out, you'll have a degree and job-ready flying credentials
5.) You'll have a more complete aviation understanding and education
6.) You'll get to lead the college life and not have to live at home
NEGATIVES
1.) You'll have to major in Pro Pilot
2.) You'll have to stay in your college town in the summer to fly, and will have to accumulate all of your flying hours through the college, or they won't be accepted
3.) You'll have to fly a given number of times a week at a given time under your issued flight schedule
4.) You'l likeley get young, recent graduate CFI's, and will likely have to change CF's frequently as they graduate and get regional jobs and such
At a good FBO...........
1.) You'll be able to set your own schedule in terms of number of times per week and times for flying
2.) You'll be able to do your flying and your ground seperately from a college and are free to major in anything you want in college
3.) You can switch from school to school more easily, without fear that your flight hours or written knowledge won't transfer into a college degree
4.) You're more likely to get better, more experienced CFI's
NEGATIVES
1.) You'll have less networking and job connections
2.) Less chance to meet and interact with others interested in flying and future pilots ; less chance to make like-mided friends
3.) No structured ground school program
4.) More individual work for flying on the side and seperate college degree program
5.) More commuting- Colleges and their flight programs are usually closer to one another than people's residences, FBO's, and separate colleges
Anyhow, I might have overlooked or assumed some stuff, and if so please let me know. I'd like to hear any and all opinions on this. Thanks
So I compiled a list of positives and negatives for each.
At a good college avation program.....
1.) You'll meet a lot of like minded people who like flying, so it will be easy to make friends
2.) You'll have structured ground school classes to go along with your flying, could help you get done with your writtens quicker
3.) You'll have better oppurtunities for networking and geting a job
4.) By the time you get out, you'll have a degree and job-ready flying credentials
5.) You'll have a more complete aviation understanding and education
6.) You'll get to lead the college life and not have to live at home
NEGATIVES
1.) You'll have to major in Pro Pilot
2.) You'll have to stay in your college town in the summer to fly, and will have to accumulate all of your flying hours through the college, or they won't be accepted
3.) You'll have to fly a given number of times a week at a given time under your issued flight schedule
4.) You'l likeley get young, recent graduate CFI's, and will likely have to change CF's frequently as they graduate and get regional jobs and such
At a good FBO...........
1.) You'll be able to set your own schedule in terms of number of times per week and times for flying
2.) You'll be able to do your flying and your ground seperately from a college and are free to major in anything you want in college
3.) You can switch from school to school more easily, without fear that your flight hours or written knowledge won't transfer into a college degree
4.) You're more likely to get better, more experienced CFI's
NEGATIVES
1.) You'll have less networking and job connections
2.) Less chance to meet and interact with others interested in flying and future pilots ; less chance to make like-mided friends
3.) No structured ground school program
4.) More individual work for flying on the side and seperate college degree program
5.) More commuting- Colleges and their flight programs are usually closer to one another than people's residences, FBO's, and separate colleges
Anyhow, I might have overlooked or assumed some stuff, and if so please let me know. I'd like to hear any and all opinions on this. Thanks
