The "C" word: College

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I am a Junior right now, how about you?

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Junior as well..

RobS- I'm thinking of just attending BSC, but I haven't really heard much about their flight program. I know that an average tuiton fee is only 11,000 for in state residents. I'm thinking just major in Biology and fly on the side? who knows, but i'm hoping that if i choose to fly on the side I don't get lazy
 
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Riddle: Too much $$ for my parents to handle (I have a twin sister, thats two college tuitons there helping out with!)
Florida Tech: Seems shady
ATP: Is this place even a college? If not, it seems great to get some multi and I have heard nothing but good things about it
Bridgewater State (Mass)-Associated with Delta connection, I was told to stay away!

Ahhh!

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If you think that Riddle is too expensive then stay away from Daniel W. tuition cost is about 30K a year plus flight training.

If you want to stay close to home, Bridgewater State is your best choice tuition cost is cheap about $7,500 a year and you only have to train with delta connection if you major in flight training. anything else you can do your training in any of the locals FBO.
 
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since UND will not count or credit my PPL.

[/ QUOTE ]WHAT? is that true people? will UND not accept a pre-PPL? that's ridiculous!!
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It will credit the ground school if you got your PPC at a part 141 school. But you still have to do 14 flying lessons (instead of 30) to get used to things around here if you come in with your PPC.

And trust me, 90% of the kids arriving with their PPC, they will need the extra 20 hours getting used to the way things are done around here.

I used to be against this course (called 112), until I started instructing here and have seen other pilots that have learned at other airports. Most are great sticks, but they lack procedure and radio skills in a busy environment.

[/ QUOTE ]well, that makes sense!! I can understand why they do that! and 20 hrs is better than having to redo the entire PPL process!!

now, what's the difference between a PPL and PPC?
 
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Does anyone have anything to say about Florida State University? I'm thinking about going there for their engineering degrees.
 
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well, that makes sense!! I can understand why they do that! and 20 hrs is better than having to redo the entire PPL process!!

now, what's the difference between a PPL and PPC?

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I usually refer the Private Pilot's License (PPL) as a Private Pilot Certificate (PPC) since technically it isn't a license. Just nitpickin
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Hey, I am basically in the same boat. I am a senior with straight A's and a 1200 SAT. I know my longterm goal is to fly commercially, but I'm not sure how I want to get there. If I decide to fly with college, I am looking into Purdue as of now. I went there over the summer and was impressed by their flight program as well as the school as a whole. (I basically have my fingers crossed as flight is apparently a very competitive program). I am also torn between simply going to a regular college and getting training on the side even if it isn't "top notch".

Anyone have any insight??
I'll check the Purdue forms too..
 
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What is the average tuiton yearly for Embry?

Anyone have an idea?
 
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Yeah, i'm a junior with a 3.4 gpa... i havn't really been looking that close at any colleges yet cuasse I havn't taken the SAT yet... but really, I'm kinda confused myself. I hear some good things about ASU (and I've been there before and loved it) and I'm interested in SLU because you can get a buisness degree along with the fyling. So what did you guys do? did you go to college and train on the side or go to college with flying as a major?? Waht way do you guys suggest is the best?
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Hey, I was in your guy's spot almost a year and a half ago as in senior in high school. My first suggestion to you is look at all of your options. I looked primarly at ERAU when i was in High School, when i got out i then was told about UND and how it was a little bit cheaper of a school with an awsome reputation. Then I got a Job working on the ramp for jetblue, and I started networking (pretty much somthing you gotta plan on doing if you want to succed as a commercial pilot). I was getting from a lot of people that Comair or DCA was the place to go. I went and checked it out, and found out it was overpriced for what you were getting. currently during this time I am attending a city college gettin my GE out of the way and plan on attending a four year university to get my BA in Business Marketing. I am also working on gettin my Prvt, Inst, and Commercial, ratings in this time period. When i get out I plan on either going into the Air National Guard or possibly going to the Mesa Pace program. well if you have any questions feel free to email me i'll try answer them with what i know.

later,
 
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Does anyone have anything to say about Florida State University? I'm thinking about going there for their engineering degrees.

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Brian,

I'm a junior at FSU majoring in Biochemistry. I take many of the same classes as the engineers. FSU is an excellent school with some excellent programs (engineering being one of them), despite the bad rap we get sometimes. Once you visit, you many never want to return to Boca (or anywhere in SoFla for that matter)
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Don't do a collegiate aviation program. If you do, you'll wish you hadn't, and they're generally a ripoff from a cost standpoint. Go to a state school, get a degree you can fall back on, get your PPL over your first year of college, then do ATP's career program next summer. That way, you can instruct during your last 3 yrs of school and with those hours and a degree, you'll be in perfect position for a regional job.
 
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I second what lruppert said. As far as actually flying goes I was alright there. The only thing the 14 lessons helped me out with is operating the garmen avionics. I still get confused sometimes. I didnt really get a formal ground school, so that is a good thing for me to have to take the pp ground school.

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Don't do a collegiate aviation program. If you do, you'll wish you hadn't, and they're generally a ripoff from a cost standpoint.

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But...what if I knew somebody that went to a collegiate aviation program at a state school, and liked it?

And still did it on the cheap?

Hmmmm.....
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If you think that Riddle is too expensive then stay away from Daniel W. tuition cost is about 30K a year plus flight training.

No -- it's about 2/3 of that. And I wouldn't pay that much; deals can be gotten that will reduce 20K a year to 50% of that with scholarships...just my input. Saving 60K total is nice.

I know that DW has a great program as far as academics. I have heard way to many people complain about the flight program though...way overpriced ie 1.4 in the mooney almost $500

I agree; good academics. Not sure about the 1.4 hours in a M20J being $500 though. That much money would get you a lot more than 1.4 hours in any aircraft.

As far as complaints about the flight program, aircraft availability for the most part is not a problem. Not many students and over 40 airplanes.

Regarding the amount of students who complete the flight program, percentage wise I do not know what it is. Laziness won't get one through it, though. There were approximately 60 freshman starting in the fall of 2002; of those, there are 2 that will complete the flight program at the end of this year, myself and a friend of mine. That is the earliest without spending time here during the summers. However, that is early, and the rest of the students remaining of the 60 who started will finish in the alotted 4 years with the exception of a few.
 
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Don't do a collegiate aviation program. If you do, you'll wish you hadn't, and they're generally a ripoff from a cost standpoint. Go to a state school, get a degree you can fall back on, get your PPL over your first year of college, then do ATP's career program next summer. That way, you can instruct during your last 3 yrs of school and with those hours and a degree, you'll be in perfect position for a regional job.

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Whoa...I agree 110% with aloft! Wierd!
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What if you can go to a state school and do all those things. Works just fine.
 
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What if you can go to a state school and do all those things. Works just fine.

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Wow...there's two of us!!

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Wait...is that cheating? It's the same school....
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Does anyone have anything to say about Florida State University? I'm thinking about going there for their engineering degrees.

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Stay away from Florida Tech.. if it seems shady, by personal experience (not with Florida Tech but with Florida schools), it probably is!
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what other schools are up there, where you could use in-state tuition? definately try to get a degree outside of aviation (IMO).

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Hey all,

I'm new to this board, and I just wanted to reply to the whole FIT/Florida Tech comment!

FIT and Florida Tech are the same school. A few years back FIT as in the Fashion Institute of Technology (no joke) in New York decided it wanted to be the only FIT around and since that school is older, they won, and FIT MLB became Florida Tech. By the way, it's a great school, expensive, but has great people, its nice and small, and the weather (except for the occasional hurricane or 4) is great!
 
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One of our friends studied fashion!
 
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