I DID the same thing/AM doing the same thing. I am a CFI while a junior in college, getting my aviation degree and all my flight ratings... I am just saying, there is more out there than paying lots of money for a name. I totally agree with you, the best thing you can do is get a college degree while your flying. I had the same idea and it is working out GREAT for me! But there is much more out there than trying to rake up ALL that money for one school. I am not putting UND down, I have many friends that go there, but I have all the way up to my CFI (and a Junior in college) and have only spent HALF as much as they have up to halfway through their commercial. I look at it from a money stand point because, lets face it, loans now or loans later are loans forever. I don't want all that debt when I graduate, especially from aviation.