Who Is Going Or Will Be Going To Embry Riddle

[J.C.Airborne]

Oooosp, i forgot to mention...

Many of the people i fly with that attended riddle or und eventually tell me that they graduated from that school in the first or second day. I dont exactly know the reason why they are so proud but i let them swim in their own pool of envy. The people that graduated either from Ivy league schools or other notable schools are humble in their experiences.

YOu guys should really take a course in humbleness and the art of being professional.

seems like your a pompous jack a$$ who is saying if you dont go to a reputable school your a nobody. Geez...get a clue!

 

[DJRobbioRobbio]

I just got done visiting Embry Riddle this weekend and it was great. i will be attending there in june. and i am just wondering who is there and who will be going ther. so i can make new friends and learn about the campus life. thanks.:beer: cheers!

Yeah..good luck with that...I'm already here and 'effing hate it

 

[DJRobbioRobbio]

Yeah..good luck with that...I'm already here and 'effing hate it

Correction: I've BEEN here, and I hate it...3 years, and nothing out of it

 

[gkrangers]

3 years, and nothing out of it

That is YOUR fault.

 

[Metro752]

How Did I Miss This Thread.

I Am Going To Erau Too! See U There Brother

 

[DJRobbioRobbio]

That is YOUR fault.

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.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

I used to be proud to have a degree from Humpty Diddle, but after reading these posts and knowing that riddle will take any applicant to survive well...Im embarassed. The flight training there isn't all that great and it seems like a lot of you hold yourself on a high pilar cause your going there. Woopty doo, ERAU was a joke. The flight instructos just want TT so they don't give a damn whether you learn anything or not. The flight department could care less what your name is, they are only concerned what your prisoner number is. Academics were easy, and the b.s. there wasn't worth any of it. Anyone going there is gonna get a quick wake up call. Everyone there in Aerosci thinks they are gods gift to flying even though the biggest thing they have ever piloted was a skyhawk. Just cause you have LevlDsims 767 on your FS doesn't mean you could fly one in real life. My personal opinion is riddle is headed downward loosing respect from its allumni left and right. They don't produce anything better then a part 61 school would produce. They gouge everyone for money while the 20 year old CFI walks around with his airline pilot uniform on thinking he's a captain of a Maddog. Ill never forget sitting in Calc class one day, I was a soph, just got my CMEL and some freshman was sitting in the front row. The night before he had flown back from where ever the hell he was from through ATL and back to DAB on the MD88. That night a nasty set of +TS had gone through the south and ATL had delays. He was telling us all, (because of course he was a riddle student working on his instrument) That he walked up to the podium at ATL and told the gate agent he was from Riddle and he couldn't believe a captain of an Maddog was afraid to fly through the storms cause we all know this mighty braniac of a freshman thought he as god and didn't have an F'n clue about real world flying. Riddle produces nothing but robots....you do this at this time this at this time. Great....very CRM sort of training. With no practical fly fly fly training. Riddle was a waste of time and a waste of money. 150K is about the minimum youll spend for classes and flight training only to get you maybe 250hours, a CFI job maybe, cause if you think the day you graduate your going to a regional, not going to happen, unless your headed to great mistakes or gulfstream. Good luck, enjoy, just remember, those locals in DAB aren't fans of the riddle nerds so don't go spending all your money on hats and tshirts, you do that and the closest your gonna get to a chick in college is on your computer.

 

[gkrangers]

Riddle from my point of view.

Flying - bad.

Engineering - good.
Safety Science - good.
Human Factors - good.
Meteorology - good.

Look past the Aero Sci and the flight department and underneath lies a good school.

 

[ReportCanoa]

Your mom.

 

[Lazy8]

why does everyone hate Embry Riddle? the fact is it is a good school . you dont go to school to party. plus daytona beach is great fun

I nearly came to tears with laughter when I read this.

Grove

 

[Metro752]

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!

 

[Lazy8]

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

 

[DJRobbioRobbio]

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?

 

[DJRobbioRobbio]

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.

 

[timeoff]

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.

 

[gkrangers]

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.

 

[DJRobbioRobbio]

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.

 

[DJRobbioRobbio]

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.

 

[sargeanb]

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

 

[gkrangers]

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.