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Does anyone have any opinions on the aviation program at Broward Community College in Florida? BCC is the community college that has the connection with the Comair Academy. I am doing some research into colleges and universties and I don't know anything about this school.

From what I read in the website, the program isn't very attractive. But I want to hear your opinions on it. You can find the website here.
 
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To date, more than 97% of our instructors have been hired by the airlines.

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WTF?!?!?!?!? I NEED to go there then!!!!

B'bye UND! BCC, here I come!

OK, on a serious note though...hmm...sounds a bit weird. Too bad they only offer an Associate's degree and not a Bachelor's. Won't help you much anyway. You still have to do four years of college. Oh well.

Sorry I can't help Brian. Don't know much.
 
Even if you don't know anything about the college could you please just take a look at their programs and state your opinions?
 
If I were already in Florida like you, Brian, I think I would go to Embry..but thats just me.
 
I am looking at UND And Embry Riddle. Which one is better. How much is riddle for they aeronautical engineering program for 4 years? How much is it a riddle for 4 years in aerospace science? How is it is for aerospace science atUND for 4 years? I need to compare the schools with money too. Does anyone know? Also, from where to where in licences does UND and riddle take you to? And if I already have my ppl when I go do I get to take less classes therefore making it cheaper? Please answer me these questions if anyone can help?
 
I hate to say it Brian, but you have to make that decision on your own. Nobody here can tell you the "golden path" or the cheaper path or whatever you're looking for.

Read the posts under each college, look at their web sites...they all have financial information on them. No matter what college/ aviation program you do, add 5=10% buffer to the price JUST IN CASE they are not very accurate on their estimates (in other words, charge you more than you thought).
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Then if they are accurate, go buy yourself a car or cheap used airplane.
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Above all do not try growing up too fast. Smell the roses, enjoy college, you'll never get a second chance at the experience, and wait as long as possible to enter the job market because once you join us working slobs, you're in it for the rest of your life.
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Sorry there are so many cliches in there, but there's no one answer for you and for everybody. If there was, there would be no PFT or else everybody would PFT.
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Let's hope that NEVER happens.
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Also, from where to where in licences does UND and riddle take you to?

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From my understanding, remember I am a low time student pilot getting a degree at a 4 year university, the ratings and licenses you get at UND and Riddle would get you a CFI job teaching others to fly or something similar, such as banner towing. I am sure there are exceptions to the rule but my flight school has one instructor who graduated from Riddle and the job he found was instructing. My old instructor got a job out of Riddle instructing as well until he got hired by a regional in April.
 
I guess I am sort of trying to grow up too fast. But this is complicated. I want to be an aeronautical engineer as well as a pilot. Maybe I could go to riddle and get the aeronautical engineering bachelors degree and work on my ratings on the side. At least I'll have a job to support my flying.
 
Good luck on those engineering classes. Those AE students had no (or very little life) in college when I was in school. And (back in '94, anyways), once they were done, they had problems finding jobs just like us pilots. Remember, all the manufacturers are combined now, and NASA isn't hiring that I know of.

I'm not trying to discourage you, but just make sure you get all the information and experience college while you're there. Yes, an AE degree with a ton of flying hours will look very good on your resume, but it will not get you a job any faster than an Aero Sci degree with a ton of flying hours, for the most part.
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Let me ask you this, what are your goals...to fly for an airline? To fly corporate? To fly for the military? All require the same things...a college degree, but the only one that will really be happy you are an AE, from my understanding, is the military if you decide to become a test pilot . Otherwise, there are people in all the lines of flying with art, history, Poli Sci degrees and all are flying airplanes.

All I'm trying to get across is to not over-analyze the process for getting to where you want to go and don't stress out if your plan doesn't go exactly as planned. Trust me from experience, I was not planning on spending 9 years in the military...now I consider it as a slight detour and am back on my plan with a lot of life experience under my belt.
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I am looking at UND And Embry Riddle. Which one is better.

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Debateable as the day is long...
 
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I am looking at UND And Embry Riddle. Which one is better.

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That's like asking; which is better Airbus or Boeing?
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Not to be a big blue meanie, but if I was a high school senior with any apititude whatsoever, I'd look at a strong state college program and sidetrack any consideration of a community college entirely.

Hate to say it, but most state colleges, pro'lly including Broward is nothing more than 13th grade.
 
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That's like asking; which is better Airbus or Boeing?
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I'd love to say Boeing, but sometimes in moments of weakness, I think Airbus....
 
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Im just gonna let it go and wait until my senior year to decide.

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Being that you still have time, why wait until the last moment, Brian?
While it's true that, sometimes, your brain works best under pressure, I don't think it's a good idea to leave it for last. It's an important decision. I had the same problem, but in the end I made up my mind and ended up coming to UND, and here I am. You mostly have to see what's best for you, since it's you who's gonna live through it. As I told you by AIM, whatever works best for you, goes! The pros I found about UND, probably won't be the same ones you'll find, same thing for its negatives.

Lots of things to think about. It won't be perfect in the end. Though I'm satisfied with my decision of coming to UND, I'm still able to find negatives. In the end, it'll be a decision of the positives outweighing the negatives. And as I said, it's not the same for everyone.

Also, be sure that what you're going for is something you'll truely love, because money isn't exactly to throw away. There are some classmates here at UND, which are taking flying lessons, but they're still not sure what they want to do in life. It's like they have money to throw away.

So, at least you have another year to think things over.

I'll be honest with you. I'm glad I love flying as much as I do now, because if that wouldn't be the case, I'd be screwed. I don't really have much love for anything else. Sure, I like computers, photography, piano, etc..., but not enough as to choose a career in any of them.

So think about these things over. It's good you're taking these steps right now, and not leaving everything for last.

TTYL =)
 
I'd look into state colleges like Doug said, but I wouldn't rule out community college especially here in Florida. Yeah, it's like the 13th grade for the most part, but Florida has a nice deal with some CC where you are guranteed admission to a state school and all of your credits are guranteed to transfer. You could get those annoying maths, english, social science, and science credits out of the way. I'd have an idea of which state school I wanted to go to just to make sure I have the right credits lined up. If you do that and combine it with training at a local FBO, it'll be WAY cheaper than ERAU or UND. You won't have the fancy name on the paper, but you'll have all the essential stuff done.
 
Primarily the reason for my comment about '13th grade' was two fold.

First, for a student fresh out of high school with a strong study habit, CC may be a mistake. It's 13th grade because you're not really 'challenged' with those things that a regular college (university) presents.

But for those that are a little (traditionally) later in life, a community college might be a great refresher of sorts back into the education system.
 
The problem is that being a pilot is my priority choice as a career, but I hear too often to not get a degree in aviation. I would like to work for Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, etc inside a manufacturer or something and it seems like an engineer gets good money and does a good job. So I am looking at an engineer as a backup job. But an engineer can't be a backup job because it is too much to deal with as most of you say so. So it is like a cycle. I don't see any other backups I would be interested in besides maybe something to do with computers. But engineering sounds really good and I would like to also do that. But then being a pilot is my priority....[head blows up].
 
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