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ralphbrynard

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Hey guys,

I wonder if anyone has had experience with embry riddle. Would attending there and graduating with a four year degree significantly increase your chance of getting a job? What are their associations like with other industry members? How competitive is the tuition? Do they have an online degree program? Any insights or thoughts/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
 
ralphbrynard said:
Hey guys,

I wonder if anyone has had experience with embry riddle. Would attending there and graduating with a four year degree significantly increase your chance of getting a job?
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Get a four year degree to increase your chances of getting a job, as well as making you a more rounded individual. Delta will not look at you without a degree. I'm certain some corporate jobs require a degree.

ralphbrynard said:
What are their associations like with other industry members?
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I don't know about this one, but I have heard their name mentioned in hearings in congress in a favorable light.
ralphbrynard said:
How competitive is the tuition?
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I went one semester and they are way more expensive that Utah Valley University. ( I am a senior at UVU)

ralphbrynard said:
Do they have an online degree program?
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yes, I used the online program and do with UVU as well.

ralphbrynard said:
Any insights or thoughts/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
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If I could, I would have prefered going on campus. It takes alot of discipline to do an online course, but it can be very flexible, and insomnia can work for me in a distance education program...you can watch a lecture at 0300 if you happen to wake up, and can't go back to sleep. Sometimes the textbook was as effective as warm milk ;)

Get your math requirements handled before you start an online program...much more difficult online, and if you can just take a test and pass, all the better. Good luck!


hey jhugz, hand me that popcorn if you're not going to help out...and it better have some butter on it!:laff:
 
Little known fact:
Only real pilots have graduated from Embry-Riddle, all others are clearly inferior-unsafe-subpar performers.








No one cares where you go to school.
 
Uh oh, here goes. I am current ERAU student. This is my opinion and experience with ERAU, and mine a lone. I started my B/S with them back in 2004. I am currently enrolled in two classes, five to go.

First things, first. ERAU is expensive, the only I am able to afford the tuition is through my GI Bill. Yes I could have gone to another school and pocketed the huge difference between their tuition and a public institution. However, I am this close to finishing, so not changing programs .

While in the service I attended a variety of schools. Arizona Western College, University of Maryland, Texas community college, and the CCAF. I can't say ERAU's education is really higher than anyone else's but they sure have accomondated me on a my hectic schedule with reasonable accomadation. Like with any thing, you get out what you put into it.

One plus of ERAU I enjoy is their extended campuses are well dispursed so if you move a lot, there is a good chance of an ERAU near by.

In my opinion, if you are staying "put" for awhile, and a state school has the degree program you like/ want is close by, go there.

To quote so many users from this site "Get a non-aviation degree." Like international underwater basket weaving.
 
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Says it all....


To the OP... if you want a serious assessment of ERAU, there are a few folks here that have gone through the entire program, and have the monthly bills to show for it. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions, but I highly recommend *against* attending ERAU.
 
cencal83406 said:
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Says it all....


To the OP... if you want a serious assessment of ERAU, there are a few folks here that have gone through the entire program, and have the monthly bills to show for it. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions, but I highly recommend *against* attending ERAU.
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:rotfl: My god that was hilarious!
 
I graduated Riddle in '03. So far I've got on at every place I've interviewed at first try and the networking I've done there has been very helpful in the past.

When I went, riddle wasn't nearly as expensive as it is now, I'm like 10 payments from having the loans gone and I'm 28. Even without my scholarship, ERAU was still cheaper than UMASS Amherst and at $60 a flight hour for a brand new 172 with GPS there wasn't anything cheaper flying. The friends I made there have been lifelong friends and I'm a part of their family. I've run into tons of Riddle grads in my career and it's always been a nice link especially when you get to checkrides and orals and interviews. Florida is also a great place to learn to fly.

Riddle now is very overpriced, it's terribly overdone, and the kids coming out of there now who I meet are all shiny jet FO's. With some exceptions I'm sure, the uber-wealthy (family money) playboys are all coming out of there with giant heads. I have to imagine there is a large number of folks who come out of there who are normal, and keep quiet so as not to be associated with them. Online forums aside, Riddle is still seen as a professional program across the industry and in my experience has been very helpful.

If you can afford it, no problem, maybe it is for you. If I had to do it over again I'd try for someplace cheaper unless they gave me an even bigger scholarship to go I suppose.

To add: it's sad, I get all those riddle jokes on that youtube vid. *sigh*
 
Here is a way to look at it. Has anyone ever heard of a Riddle alumni refer to ERAU as the best years of his life? I sure haven't. But, I have heard that said from very many folks who went to other schools.
 
I went to a small part 141 flight school/community college and transferred to riddle extended campus with all my ratings. It's not nearly as expensive as the main campus. I like the quality education I'm getting and best of all I haven't had to go six figures into debt trying to get everything done. There is no way I would spend what it takes to get through the main campus. Good luck with your decision.
 
haha this thread is full of lulz

... on a serious note, I'm a recent riddle grad, PM if you want some perspective.
 
Capt. Caucasian said:
Here is a way to look at it. Has anyone ever heard of a Riddle alumni refer to ERAU as the best years of his life? I sure haven't. But, I have heard that said from very many folks who went to other schools.
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... LOL. I don't know, I choose to think the best years of my life have been with my family or friends outside of school and the best years are yet to come.

Some of my fondest memories are Spain for three weeks, swimming in the Med every morning next to the hotel I stayed at in Tel Aviv. While I will say Daytona Beach for 4 years I had some great times, I worked at restaurants most years and every summer while balancing class and a early am flight schedule. I mixed in as much live music and beach time as was possible but I had grades to keep up and money to make.

Flying for a living, being at my beautiful home with my loving girlfriend, taking in sunsets on the Mississippi on my days off, and enjoying some of the best live blues music since Daytona Beach have been some of my happiest times.

I never have and never will see school as my defining moments.
 
ralphbrynard said:
Hey guys,

I wonder if anyone has had experience with embry riddle. Would attending there and graduating with a four year degree significantly increase your chance of getting a job? What are their associations like with other industry members? How competitive is the tuition? Do they have an online degree program? Any insights or thoughts/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
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From my experience just about every pilot that I've known from there typically reinforces the ERAU stereotype but also express themselves or hint about it at least that they really weren't impressed. That's because when they actually do make it the real world they realize that it was a waste of money. And this was for a pilot, I think ERAU has other majors which would probably be great. But if you want to be an actual pro pilot, don't go to ERAU, it won't make any difference in finding a job despite what they tell you.
 
ralphbrynard said:
Hey guys,

I wonder if anyone has had experience with embry riddle. Would attending there and graduating with a four year degree significantly increase your chance of getting a job? What are their associations like with other industry members? How competitive is the tuition? Do they have an online degree program? Any insights or thoughts/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
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As a graduate from that esteemed university, I could say that I would have been better served by getting sucked in to a 777 engine, and then blown out the back in to a vat of lemon juice and salt.

There are better places to go.
 
I see that you live in Denton. If you want to stay close to home, have a great education, and be apart of an close nit/esteemed aviation program, check out Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant OK. There are a ton of Dallas people that wander up there, me being included(03' alum). A lot of people don't know who we are, but every time I've jump seated or have older alumni come back to our annual reunion it's amazing to see what everyone has accomplished. We have/had chief pilots at most every major/low cost carrier. I highly advise looking into SOSU, but I'm biased.
If you aren't into that I beleive UNT is starting up an aviation program as well. I don't have too much info on that.
 
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