Need advice on college.

[Alaskaairlines]

Hello members and pilots!

I am a young pilot, I am a senior in high school and plan on enrolling to UAA. I plan to stay up here for 2-3 years before transfering out of state.
The reason I plan on to transfer out of state is to make good and stable contacts at the regionals. BTW, I plan on getting a BA degree in Business.

What colleges would you recommend for good, positive learning atmosphere, etc? Also must be a good place to make good friends at the regionals.

My buddy just got a job at Lakes a couple months back, he had a very good recommendation, thats how he made it!

I want to do the same, but want to stay up here (AK) for the first 3 years to conserve money and live at home.

Sure would like to hear form you guys!

You can post in here or PM me.

Thanks!

 

[SentryIP]

College

Hello Alaskaairlines,

I went to school at Auburn University and enjoyed it a lot. I majored in aerospace engineering. I've always heard good things about the business school programs and took a few courses in that department. There was a thread where people wrote pros/cons about the school's aviation program. Check out the thread:

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11178

I can tell you that you'll like the school, campus, and locale. I did. Best wishes on your studies and training. By the time you finish your degree, things MAY be more stabilized and predictable. Hope this helps. Take care.

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Thanks for the encouragement!

I'll check out that thread asap.

-Dmitry

 

[AirIllini22]

U of I

I was in the same shoes you are a few years ago. I cant say enough about the training and education i am getting here at the university of illinois. I love the big ten sports and living in the dorms freshman year i made friends very easy. Our fleet is top notch and you get personalized training. I know all my instructors very well. U of I has a large number of students, but the institute of aviation is the smallest number of students out of all the colleges. i hang out a lot with my buddies in my groundschool. However, the cost of out of state tuition may be high for you. Im a resident too, so it made sense. although, i know plenty of people that came here from the east coast, even some from california. i toured many other flight schools such as UND, WMU, Purdue, Southern Illinois, and even Embry Riddle. Auburn im sure has a similar program to us. not to big and not too small. check out the link to the institue, www.aviation.uiuc.edu.
Good luck with your choice!

 

[DGdaPilot]

Like basically everyone else here, I'm biased towards my school. I go to Southern Illinois and I've loved every minute of it. We've got 12 152's, 7 older 172's, 7 brand new 172R's, 3 172RG's, 1 182RG, and 3 310R's. Yup, that's right, we fly the big R model 310's. I'm pretty sure we're a rarity with those 310's. That's what you want your multi training in....not a twin-engined 152 (cough....Seminole.....cough). We also have an excellent charter program where you get about 40 hours or more of PIC in our Cessna 340 and 421C. Oh yeah, our college is in a forest preserve too. That equals beautiful landscape.
Ok, I'm done. Just go here: www.aviation.siu.edu

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Thanks guys!

I just did the ASSET test today at UAA, so I most likely will stay up here for the 4 years.

Anybody got any idea of whats it like in getting the BA in business? Hard, easy, what to expect, etc...

First time in college, so I am a newbie to this.

Thanks fellas!

 

[RedheadCFI]

Hey,

Doug keep plugging away for Southern Illinois. SIU has a great aviation program. Another advantage that Doug left out is that the academic portion done simultaneously with flight training is very good. We also have a few very good internship programs that are still placing low-time pilots even during these aviation hardships. I am a senior here and I have been flight instructing since the day I walked in 1 year ago as a part-time flight instructor. Finding a university that can work around your schedule as a full time student and still get you students is hard to come by. Oh.. did I mention it counts as internship credits and it pays.
Check out the site..
http://www.aviation.siu.edu
-Nick SIU FLIGHT EXT 278

 

[bobbysamd]

B.S.B.A.

Anybody got any idea of whats it like in getting the BA in business. . . .

It depends greatly on your major. My B.S.B.A. is in Accounting. In looking back, I probably was in a tough program. I took 33 semester hours of progressively harder accounting courses. The last year was brutal, having to take Federal Taxes twice a week at 8:00 a.m. My program did not have much room for electives.

The other programs should be far less demanding. General Business is a distribution of courses throughout the spectrum, such as management, finance, economics, etc. Personnel Management allows you to take four or five psych courses. Non-accounting business majors require only one or two years of accounting. You might also have to take a Statistics course, which, for me, was inscrutable.

In my school every business major had to take Marketing. That course was absolutely brutal. It was taught by only one instructor, who had tenure. It seemed as if most people flunked it the first time. I had a roommate who took it at least twice. Myself, I got a D-, and consider myself blessed to have done that well.

There are all kinds of gut courses you can take, but when it comes right down to it, no college program that is meaningful is easy. Sure, you can join the jocks and major in Underwater Basket Weaving. But that would be wasting four years of your life.

Good luck with college.

 

[jdog78]

I went to business school before deciding to pursue aviation and graduated with degrees in management and marketing. I would have to say that business school is average in terms of difficulty, but the career paths tend to be much more lucrative than those associated with most other majors. If I were in your shoes, I would look for a good school with a strong business program and a flight program. I would also look to be spending the least money possible! Try Purdue and University of Illinois. Can't go wrong with those.

-j