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[Slye]

Does anyone know of any scholarships or grants for money, additional ratings, type ratings, etc for someone that's already graduated from college? Sorry, I can't check any minority boxes...

 

[chperplt]

Yup

It's called getting a job and working.

 

[Slye]

Nice, I look forward to more helpful replies.

 

[AV1ATRX]

You'll have to wait another year now, but Women In Aviation gives away hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships every March. Just go to the website and see what they've got. Of course, they just ended the conference this year when they gave out all the awards, but they'll have plenty more next time around.

If you're a woman, once you've been a member of the 99's for two years you can qualify for lots of scholarships. You don't have to be a women to qualify for the WAI scholarships, just a member.

www.wai.org

 

[Capt. Tex]

Get off your lazy can and get a job. And minorities don't get everything for free either dumbass.

 

[Slye]

Capt. Tex: I've got 3 jobs right now. Exploring possible avenues of receiving supplimental resources and qualifications should seem to make one the opposite of lazy, wouldn't you think? Relax, and don't put words in my mouth. Of course minorities don't get everything for free (otherwise they wouldn't always beg me for money, JUST KIDDING ), but there's no denying that there are a heck of a lot of scholarships and the like that are geared towards individuals with specific backgrounds. There's nothing wrong with that, I was just wondering if anyone knew of any that I might be eligible for.

AV1ATRX: Thanks for the info.

 

[FN FAL]

I suppose investing is out of the question? Little over a year ago, you could have invested in buying four new in the box Vector Uzis for 2,695 each. Currently they are going for 5,995.

Your initial investment would have been 10,780, and you could probably sell the lot for 23,980. If that wasn't enough return on investment, you could wait another year, they will double in value again before you know it.

Had you been been born a little sooner, you could have bought new in the box M-16's for about 500 to 600 bucks each back in the early eighties. Currently those are going for 12,000 to 13,000 each.

There's more than one way to skin a cat. If I would have kept my house back when I went to flight school back in the early 90's, I could have rented it out and got some other sucker to pay my loans down, while it built equity. Then later up the road, If I needed to borrow cash to finance a 737 type or wanted to go to college, I could have borrowed against the equity very easily.

Getting money for education is tough. You either have to have a good paying job and be credit worthy enough to take out loans or be poor enough to get the free money.