College sophomore interested in ATC school.

[zelemont]

Hi! I'm currently a business student in the second semester of my sophomore year at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I recently decided I want a career in aviation, and right now I'm leaning toward ATC.

I'm wondering if anybody knows what AT-CTI program would be quickest for me. I'm interested in all 13, but I'd prefer not to move too far from Illinois.

The thing is, looking at these programs makes me wonder just how much longer I would have to be in school for. I have a strong background in English, Business, and Social Sciences. Unfortunately, from what I have seen on some of the websites, my first two years of school will count for barely anything when transferred to most programs.

Is there a program that allows a little bit more freedom in the general education requirements? It seems like all of these programs are meant to be started freshman year. I would prefer to go to school in Minneapolis, but they only offer an associates degree, which would make the last 2 years of school a big waste of time and money.

I want to be an air traffic controller as soon as possible, but I really was looking forward to only 2 more years of school.

I'm going to paste my college education info...
By the way, a useful bit of information would be that my GPA isn't too great. 2.58.


Thanks in advance for your help!!

-Matt C.

PS: With a 4 year degree in English (I'm changing my major) would I have a decent chance at being hired without attending one of those 13 AT-CTI programs? Do you think that in the forseeable future there will be additional training opportunities as the baby boomers retire?



EARNED: 44.00 HOURS 2.581 GPA
IN-PROG: 12.00 HOURS
* Spring 2005
3.00 HOURS ADDED 1 COURSE TAKEN 4.000 GPA
WS05 ENGL 160 3.00 A LINCLAND: COM 111
COMPOSITION I
* Fall 2005
14.00 HOURS ADDED 4 COURSES TAKEN 2.846 GPA
FA05 BA 100 1.00 S* Business Admin Orientation
FA05 ECON 130 5.00 B Principles of Economics
FA05 ENGL 161 3.00 A English Composition II
FA05 MATH 160 5.00 C Finite Math for Business
* Spring 2006
15.00 HOURS ADDED 4 COURSES TAKEN 2.800 GPA
WS06 BA 200 3.00 C Managerial Communication
WS06 IDS 100 4.00 B Intro to Mgmt Info Systems
PROCESSED AS: IDS 200
WS06 MATH 165 5.00 B Calculus for Business
WS06 PHIL 100 3.00 B Intro to Philosophy
* Fall 2006
12.00 HOURS ADDED 3 COURSES TAKEN 1.666 GPA
FA06 ACTG 110 0.00 W Intro Financial Actg
FA06 ECON 218 4.00 C Microeconomics
FA06 IDS 270 4.00 D Business Statistics I
FA06 PSCH 100 4.00 C Introductory Psychology
IP* Spring 2007
.00 HOURS ADDED 0 COURSES TAKEN
IN-PR>>> 12.00 HOURS 4 COURSES TAKEN
WS07 ENGL 101 3.00 IP>I Understanding Literature
WS07 HIST 101 3.00 IP>I Western Civ Since 1648
WS07 PHIL 102 3.00 IP>I Introductory Logic
WS07 SOC 100 3.00 IP>I Introduction to Sociology

[Fox Xray]

For the best source of info on your question go here -

http://atccti.com/

Register and go to the forums, it is probably one of the best sources for ATC CTI info on the web. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people on there about the CTI program, the site was created by a CTI student who know works as a controller. For people like myself who work for the FAA we are very far out of the loop on CTI info.

[surreal1221]

atccti.com is the leading source for open, fair, and straight forward information concerning the WHOLE process.

Best of luck.