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I'd like to ask you what you currently do for a living and who for, as that is something more of an assessable outcome. We're trying to assess outcomes here, as near as I can tell. Education, of course, is not just about economic outcomes, but they certainly should play a role in people making career and academic decisions. There are the broader outcomes about well-rounded individuals, experiencing things that you would not otherwise experience, and so on—hence, the term "university."
Much of what you describe above is not without merit, but a lot of it is very difficult to assess and make a real decision upon. Pro pilot and systems courses, for instance—the company will teach you what you need to know in order to safely operate the airplane in normal and most conceivable abnormal situations. (I do wish I knew more about high altitude, high speed aerodynamics but that's irrelevant for my current job, and I'm sufficiently curious to carry around a copy of Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators and Fly The Wing) The same goes for CRM. Much of that, though, is about your own personality and how you work well with others. While a smorgasbord of concepts is certainly handy to draw from, I don't believe (given my current level of airline experience) that it is possible to adequately teach it in a classroom environment. It must be experienced. The particulars of the Boeing 727 (protect essential power, break in upstairs every afternoon) don't do me much good in my EMB-120, although concepts are certainly similar throughout the big-shiny-airpane world.
Unless and until you can convince me that an aviation degree makes you a measurably better pilot or provides you with measurably better career outcomes, relative to the rest of us great unwashed, I will continue to be skeptical. The staggering cost involved (and it is staggering today, compared to the other various methods of obtaining training that is roughly equal in the eyes of the FAA) makes it an economically dubious choice considering current industry conditions. I have many dear friends that went to ERAU or Purdue and the resulting careers are just as heterogeneous as us geeks with computer science degrees who happened to learn how to fly and now do that for a living instead.
Parenthetically, I certainly like having turbine-powered equipment, but I will fly whatever they put in front of me as long as I can get 4-day trips, Sunday-Wednesday with an early release on Day Four. (The point, of course, is that I'm in this because (1) I love to fly, (2) they pay me to do it and (3) I have a schedule and quality of life that works for me, irrespective of equipment type.) I do all that without flying a jet.
At age 18, Embry-Riddle or Purdue or wherever looks like where you want to go to fly. I understand that. I had the letter in my hand in those days. And for some people it does work quite well. But it is not a solution for everyone, and it is not a solution I'm going to recommend.
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. Second, I have a scholarship ( only in the USA ) so, I don't think really much about the college fees 
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I hope you guys keep helping me.
