Firebird2XC
Well-Known Member
Here's why:
It just clicked for me.
As a former military man, I used Army programs to take some classes while I was still 'in' and stumbled across a program that Embry Riddle has.
Their four year degree programs include some various programs for advanced placement consideration with the school.
Here's how it works.
You go get your pilot certificates. Get them all, through the CFI ratings. (You need at least a multi/commercial and 500 hours for this.)
Do this all before you set foot on campus/satellite location/online class website.
Show up at Embry Riddle, and watch in awe, as they give you approximately a year's worth of class credit (mostly electives) FOR SIGNING UP.
I'm not sure what a year at Riddle costs the average person, but it's a big chunk of change. You just got DOUBLE the usage out of that money you spent on your flight ratings.
Note: DO NOT get your ratings at Riddle. I hear the markup is HUGE.
Now, while you finish that last three years of college, you can flight instruct on weekends. This provides plenty of time to run up your logbook and learn about flying. It also provides a meager income. Maybe you can even flight instruct for Riddle for additional discounts and a salary.
Not to mention, if you can't really live so easily and pay down those flight training loans for the time being, you can defer them while you're in college.
'Does this work'? Absolutely. It was like getting a year's worth of credits for free. I did it myself, and now I'm nearly at an Associate's Degree. (I had a year's worth of credits already done/tested out.)
Hope this helps somebody.
Of course, run the numbers first, and make sure it works for you. But it's a definite alternative to the "College First/Ratings Later" method and might save you some real money in the process.
Cheers!
Note: I don't recall precisely, but I think there were credit programs for A&P's and some other certified specialists as well. Look into it!
It just clicked for me.
As a former military man, I used Army programs to take some classes while I was still 'in' and stumbled across a program that Embry Riddle has.
Their four year degree programs include some various programs for advanced placement consideration with the school.
Here's how it works.
You go get your pilot certificates. Get them all, through the CFI ratings. (You need at least a multi/commercial and 500 hours for this.)
Do this all before you set foot on campus/satellite location/online class website.
Show up at Embry Riddle, and watch in awe, as they give you approximately a year's worth of class credit (mostly electives) FOR SIGNING UP.
I'm not sure what a year at Riddle costs the average person, but it's a big chunk of change. You just got DOUBLE the usage out of that money you spent on your flight ratings.
Note: DO NOT get your ratings at Riddle. I hear the markup is HUGE.
Now, while you finish that last three years of college, you can flight instruct on weekends. This provides plenty of time to run up your logbook and learn about flying. It also provides a meager income. Maybe you can even flight instruct for Riddle for additional discounts and a salary.
Not to mention, if you can't really live so easily and pay down those flight training loans for the time being, you can defer them while you're in college.
'Does this work'? Absolutely. It was like getting a year's worth of credits for free. I did it myself, and now I'm nearly at an Associate's Degree. (I had a year's worth of credits already done/tested out.)
Hope this helps somebody.
Of course, run the numbers first, and make sure it works for you. But it's a definite alternative to the "College First/Ratings Later" method and might save you some real money in the process.
Cheers!
Note: I don't recall precisely, but I think there were credit programs for A&P's and some other certified specialists as well. Look into it!
