School is a Beast!

[McCartyCFII]

Riddle is a good school, also look into other Aviation Universities such as Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, University of Illinois, University of North Dakota, Perdue, Western Michigan University, University of Dubuque. They all are very good schools, I just finished my Bachelor in Aviation Management at SIUC, I have many friends that go to these other institutions, and its important that you find the one that fits YOU best. And believe me.......time for flying airplanes is only going to get worse.....that is not always a bad thing either(oh i cant wait to here the comments for this one).

[crazyextra]

School is definitly extremely important, I really slacked off in highschool....and I payed the price, I'm 27 and just now getting into a career. Its very hard to juggle school and a social life, you really have to work hard, but you have to enjoy life as well. If your doing nothing but school work all the time your gonna get burnt out.

[Extra260]

If cost is an issue and you want to be an airling pilot than you have no better chance than going to the air force. If you get accepted(which is no easy task) you dont have to spend a cent on the education and you even get payed! Many of my cousins that are now airline pilots that went to the airforce have told me that they get the first shot at the airline jobs because of there training. I think if you are a regimented person than that is the college for you. By the way I am a freshman in high school and I havent flown for a couple months. I go after school to offseason practice till 4:30 and then work till 10:00. It deffinetley sucks but what has to be done has to be done!!! Keep up your good grades and there are no issues I could see!

[50%plane]

Rudder, life sucks sometimes. Do what you got to do. It WILL!!! be worth it.


You can do it!
Don't give up!

50%


p.s. I don't get to fly much either right now.

[N45328]

I would not recommend Riddle, but if you do really wish to go there here is what I would do. Go two years to a community college and take all the core classes. (English, science, etc.) This will save you a ton of money, it is about $3k per class at riddle. Also get your raitings at your local FBO. The cost of flying at riddle is ridiculous. Then transfer to riddle after 2 years, and get your degree from them. Even if you do decide to go to riddle for all 4 years, do not fly on campus. Best of luck with your decision.

[McCartyCFII]

Good point above^ when your all done with riddle.......your CFI(Certified Flight Instructor-FAA certificate) is the same CFI you get at a FBO.....just at HALF the price.......

I went to a CC to get my Gen. Eds done. Transfered into SIUC with my CFII, Commecial; MEL & SEL instrument. And then to boot, i CFIed for the university while goiong to school......

[N45328]

That is what i wish i did, but at least i came in with some of my raitings and finished at my local fbo.

[RudderAuthority]

	Quote: Originally Posted by McCartyCFII
	and its important that you find the one that fits YOU best. And believe me.......time for flying airplanes is only going to get worse.....that is not always a bad thing either(oh i cant wait to here the comments for this one).

I think flight school is a cool way to go especially to be surrounded by a common interest but as said before also, the aviation industry is slowly going to get worse and the availability's of a job depends on the market which is always fluctuating. If I were to go to embry riddle I wouldn't have many options in a career if I found that the job opportunities or the career didn't fit me, so after some serious time and thought that I put in today I thunk that an aviation engineer and a flight class anywhere. The spots for an engineer are growing and don't show much sign of slowing down (most engineers are getting old and retiring and not much new blood is coming in).

I still have another year before it's really necisary for me to totally decide what I'm going to do for college.

whatever I do I would like to have a backup plan and be able to be involved in flight which may be just for hobby.

[Stainless Skills]

What Kind of GPA do schools like embry riddle require?

I have about a 3.1 but I have also passes a bunch of english, history, math..... ap exams. I get home every night from practice/work about 10pm and then have to start homework so it sucks but I can manage about a 1900--> which makes a 1250 or so on the sat. Is that good enough to get in? I plan on doing rotc with airforce or navy or marines to fly.

[Edge 540]

Did you take the ACT? Taking both can sometimes help. I was in the first year to use the new SAT and ACT, but they didn't take the newest section anyway. Not eveyone had access to the new test, so they rounded to the old 1600 scale.

[jack01]

I'm pretty sure Embry Riddle requires a valid checking account before they look at your GPA...

Seriously though, I think it's somewhere close to a 3.0

[todhog]

Jack's right, if you have the money you are in. They even told us that when I was there. I think it's over rated and I would try to get a degree that you can use to make a living if you have to.

Todd