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hey man, ive been at the riddle campus for 3 days now, and all i have done is rock out with my cock out.............with all the guys!

So what if I'm gay, I enjoy the attention!
 
DJRobbioRobbio said:
I'm CLEARLY aware of that. However it's not as easy as many think it is to get a transfer out of here.

The best advice I can give anybody who's looking at going to Riddle is be prepared for more than your fair share of crap. Yes, any college has crap to deal with, but Riddle's is a special brew.

Indeed it is... A special brew like a warm beer. You can only stand it when you're drunk.

I transfered out after two years. Only problem I ran into was the university I transfered to didn't recognize some of the classes I had taken at ERAU. It was worth the summer sessions to play catch up just to be out of that place.

I have nothing against kids whose parents flip the college bills for them; however, if you are going to graduate at 23 years old with $120,000+ of your own student debt with a Aero Sci degree and the credentials to qualify for food stamps then.... need i say more? Loan repayments start 6 months after graduation. Will you be making enough for the $700 - $1200 per month minimum payments?

And for christ sake... You can network just as well outside of ERAU as you can in it. Trying to justify the place for that reason is ridiculous.

Grove
 
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Grove said:
Indeed it is... A special brew like a warm beer. You can only stand it when you're drunk.

I transfered out after two years. Only problem I ran into was the university I transfered to didn't recognize some of the classes I had taken at ERAU. It was worth the summer sessions to play catch up just to be out of that place.

I have nothing against kids whose parents flip the college bills for them; however, if you are going to graduate at 23 years old with $120,000+ of your own student debt with a Aero Sci degree and the credentials to qualify for food stamps then.... need i say more? Loan repayments start 6 months after graduation. Will you be making enough for the $700 - $1200 per month minimum payments?

And for christ sake... You can network just as well outside of ERAU as you can in it. Trying to justify the place for that reason is ridiculous.

Grove

You make a good point, and I wish that Riddle would actually give that reality check to many of their up and coming freshman. What I've noticed is that a lot of the kids who are starting flying on campus, are mislead into believing that the training they will get at Riddle will automatically qualify them for an airline job. No extracurriculars, besides maybe a frat, or soro. and these kids have the nerve to believe that they're going to be hired by mainline airline spots with 500 total time, 50 multi, and no CFI.

This is why I became a business major..... Even that major has a horrible placement rate. I think it was somewhere in the ballpark of 37.5% for Riddle graduates....and this is after you're 120,000 in debt.

Hey Grove when did you go to Riddle, and how much was the yearly tuition?
 
Grove said:
I nearly came to tears with laughter when I read this.

Grove

I did too. Anybody who finds Daytona Beach great fun needs to get their head checked, and their medical revoked.

And no college isn't always about drinking and partying, however that IS part of the college experience, and it's something that Riddle is SEVERLY missing....The only thing to do here is DRINK, to get away from the sorrows of knowing you're pissing your life away going to an above-average college, paying out the ass for tuition.
 
DJRobbioRobbio said:
Hey Grove when did you go to Riddle, and how much was the yearly tuition?

Not Grove but my freshman year tuition was $3800 a semester full time ('96). Being a business student I wasn't paying for flight, so that saved me a ton.

Don't let anyone put down the education you are getting there.
 
DJRobbioRobbio said:
I did too. Anybody who finds Daytona Beach great fun needs to get their head checked, and their medical revoked.

And no college isn't always about drinking and partying, however that IS part of the college experience, and it's something that Riddle is SEVERLY missing....The only thing to do here is DRINK, to get away from the sorrows of knowing you're pissing your life away going to an above-average college, paying out the ass for tuition.
There is plenty to do, if you have friends. If not, then I understand your plight.
 
timeoff said:
Not Grove but my freshman year tuition was $3800 a semester full time ('96). Being a business student I wasn't paying for flight, so that saved me a ton.

Don't let anyone put down the education you are getting there.

I never doubted the quality of the education

What I doubt is the outrageous costs that this school demands, with their ridiculous explinations as to why it is so.

However Ebbs is no longer president, so hopefully things will look a little less like a business, and more like a damn educational institution.
 
gkrangers said:
There is plenty to do, if you have friends. If not, then I understand your plight.


They're plenty to do if you have friends that have cars, which I do...However note the gas prices around here as of late.

Most of the things here in Daytona get old if you spend the summer semester down here.
 
I can't say much bad about ERAU... we all know about the cost issue, there is no denying that, but that could be said for alot of colleges. Sure, I'll be paying back my student loans after 30 years, but it's manageable, and I knew that would be the case going in. I know it's tough as a student...I remember when I failed my comm checkride, and my grades were slumping, I was about out of money in the flight account, and I wondered if I should just stop. Push on through...it will get better.

After being here both as a student and a flight instructor over the past 7 years, I've met alot of good contacts, went on an internship where I had alot of fun, earned all my ratings here (thank you student loans), and met alot of friends, and my wife!! I guess I'm extremely lucky on that last one:) Now that I'm working here, I'm earning alot of my hard-earned money back as well; they compensate me for my MBA tuition, with benefits, etc., and I have a great time instructing here. Plus, having some lunch and a cold one at Inlet Harbor while it's 70 degrees in February isn't bad either;) To the original poster...look me up and we'll go flying sometime.

-Brock Sargeant
MEII
 
sargeanb said:
I can't say much bad about ERAU... we all know about the cost issue, there is no denying that, but that could be said for alot of colleges. Sure, I'll be paying back my student loans after 30 years, but it's manageable, and I knew that would be the case going in. I know it's tough as a student...I remember when I failed my comm checkride, and my grades were slumping, I was about out of money in the flight account, and I wondered if I should just stop. Push on through...it will get better.

After being here both as a student and a flight instructor over the past 7 years, I've met alot of good contacts, went on an internship where I had alot of fun, earned all my ratings here (thank you student loans), and met alot of friends, and my wife!! I guess I'm extremely lucky on that last one:) Now that I'm working here, I'm earning alot of my hard-earned money back as well; they compensate me for my MBA tuition, with benefits, etc., and I have a great time instructing here. Plus, having some lunch and a cold one at Inlet Harbor while it's 70 degrees in February isn't bad either;) To the original poster...look me up and we'll go flying sometime.

-Brock Sargeant
MEII
Haha..thats funny...one of my buddies had you as an instructor about a year ago.
 

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