katiekat
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I wasn't really sure where to put this so I decided on here just because it will probably get the most reads.
I am currently a senior in high school with my ppl and about 100TT and I just got accepted to Lewis University in Romeoville, IL for a double major in aviation maintenance and aviation flight and I was also awarded $10,500 a year for academics. I was really excited about going because this was my first, and only, choice of colleges. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to go because I won't be able to afford it without getting some huge loans and with the economy the way it is I would really prefer not to do that. (Without the 10k scholarship the tuition is about 30k a year but that doesn't include flying time so even with the 10k scholarship I'm still going to need to come up with about 30k a year, so about $120k total) I don't want to end up like my older brother who is going to have 100k in loans to pay off by the time he finishes college.
My dad is a selfemployed welding and demolition contractor so usually we do pretty well but for the past few years his business has been going in a pretty steady downward spiral and he's talking about selling everything he has and bailing. My mom works for he insurance and not very much else. They also have terrible credit and I have no credit.
My plans for after college were somewhere along the lines of staying the northeast/New York/New Jersey area and work for a skydiving place either flying or jumping, or both and then possibly get into doing freight but not go much farther than that. I would still like to do that but I'm not exactly sure of the best way to go about doing it anymore (it isn't a big deal if I don't get my A&P. I just figured it would be nice to have). I might be able to get a grant to help get me through my IFR but after that I'm kinda stumped.
Advice?
I am currently a senior in high school with my ppl and about 100TT and I just got accepted to Lewis University in Romeoville, IL for a double major in aviation maintenance and aviation flight and I was also awarded $10,500 a year for academics. I was really excited about going because this was my first, and only, choice of colleges. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to go because I won't be able to afford it without getting some huge loans and with the economy the way it is I would really prefer not to do that. (Without the 10k scholarship the tuition is about 30k a year but that doesn't include flying time so even with the 10k scholarship I'm still going to need to come up with about 30k a year, so about $120k total) I don't want to end up like my older brother who is going to have 100k in loans to pay off by the time he finishes college.
My dad is a selfemployed welding and demolition contractor so usually we do pretty well but for the past few years his business has been going in a pretty steady downward spiral and he's talking about selling everything he has and bailing. My mom works for he insurance and not very much else. They also have terrible credit and I have no credit.
My plans for after college were somewhere along the lines of staying the northeast/New York/New Jersey area and work for a skydiving place either flying or jumping, or both and then possibly get into doing freight but not go much farther than that. I would still like to do that but I'm not exactly sure of the best way to go about doing it anymore (it isn't a big deal if I don't get my A&P. I just figured it would be nice to have). I might be able to get a grant to help get me through my IFR but after that I'm kinda stumped.
Advice?