A&P or finish Bachelor

kellwolf said:
UNF as in North Florida? My roommate went there. She called it U Never Finish. She never did, either. :)

Anyway, it's expensive, but I did mine at ERAU. For ease of use and the sheer amount of people that have done it, it's probably the best way to go unless you want something other than aviation. Nice thing about ERAU was I got 36 or so hours of credit for my flight ratings, CLEPed out of 4 classes and they accepted all of my credit from my previous college. Made it a WHOOOOLE lot cheaper that way.

If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't have screwed around in the 90s, and I would have gotten my history degree.
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Its a good school for business and nursing. A lot of people don't finish college in general. And those who do can't find jobs anyways. I'd say 75% of my friends who have earned a college degree in the past couple years haven't found a job in the field they want. Most of them wait tables or serve drinks. I would be done (I have a ton of credits) but I've literally changed my major about 5 times. I have the prerequisites satisfied for a broad spectrum of degrees. I don't even care what my degree is in anymore, I just want to get it finished. Thats why I'm sticking with a busniess degree. I figure it doesn't mean a whole lot but its an okay general degree that can cover a lot of things outside of aviation. Sort of a "jack of all trades, master of none" degree. I have a lot of figuring out to do I guess...
 
chrisreedrules said:
Its a good school for business and nursing. A lot of people don't finish college in general. And those who do can't find jobs anyways. I'd say 75% of my friends who have earned a college degree in the past couple years haven't found a job in the field they want. Most of them wait tables or serve drinks. I would be done (I have a ton of credits) but I've literally changed my major about 5 times. I have the prerequisites satisfied for a broad spectrum of degrees. I don't even care what my degree is in anymore, I just want to get it finished. Thats why I'm sticking with a busniess degree. I figure it doesn't mean a whole lot but its an okay general degree that can cover a lot of things outside of aviation. Sort of a "jack of all trades, master of none" degree. I have a lot of figuring out to do I guess...
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Very true, that degree is more of a check the box type of degree. Experience is worth 10 times more than the actual degree but you'll run into the old catch 22. I couldn't get a job after college along with most of my classmates so I went to grad school instead of sitting around and even with a masters it took hundreds of apps, months of time and an internal rec before I finally landed a job. If I lost my medical right now, my odds of getting a job back in my old field is slim to none since employers want somebody that is current, just like the airlines.
 
Jet said:
Very true, that degree is more of a check the box type of degree. Experience is worth 10 times more than the actual degree but you'll run into the old catch 22. I couldn't get a job after college along with most of my classmates so I went to grad school instead of sitting around and even with a masters it took hundreds of apps, months of time and an internal rec before I finally landed a job. If I lost my medical right now, my odds of getting a job back in my old field is slim to none since employers want somebody that is current, just like the airlines.
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This x1000. I know of many who slogged through a degree program that they weren't really interested in because "it's a good backup". Err, not if you never work in the field! Personally, I think a degree/tech school program that you then use on the side to make some extra money is the way to go. IF you can swing doing something on the side of course.
 
UAL747400 said:
This x1000. I know of many who slogged through a degree program that they weren't really interested in because "it's a good backup". Err, not if you never work in the field! Personally, I think a degree/tech school program that you then use on the side to make some extra money is the way to go. IF you can swing doing something on the side of course.
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I already have a side job... I'm a toy company consultant specializing in aviation themed toys/models/etc... It doesn't pay excellent but I get a ton of free stuff which I usually off-load on ebay a few times per year.
 
kellwolf said:
This is what I did. I did it on-line while I was flying at Pinnacle. Most of the classes just have you turn your homework in via e-mail or forums, so if you've got access to a computer and the internet, it doesn't matter where you are. In additin, a lot of the classes had the full syllabus and schedule from day one, so with the exception of exams, you could get ahead when you had more down time to make up for when you're busy down the road.
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Disregard. Didn't read the whole thread.
 
kellwolf said:
Anyway, it's expensive, but I did mine at ERAU. For ease of use and the sheer amount of people that have done it, it's probably the best way to go unless you want something other than aviation. Nice thing about ERAU was I got 36 or so hours of credit for my flight ratings, CLEPed out of 4 classes and they accepted all of my credit from my previous college. Made it a WHOOOOLE lot cheaper that way.

If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't have screwed around in the 90s, and I would have gotten my history degree.
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I wish I would have done ERAU online, rather than hanging out in Daytona. Much cheaper online. That said, if the OP can transfer a bunch of stuff from the current college credits and tack on the pilot ratings, there shouldn't be too much left to do.
 
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