High School Grades

[JC1188]

What kind of grades do you need to get accepted into Embry? Straight A's, or straight C's?

What kind of extra activities, work, etc.

Anybodys input would be greatly appreciated..thanks

[eau_d_toilette]

well, to give you some perspective, this was my standing when i applied to ERAU.

i had an unwieghted GPA of 3.4. So with APs i would have a higher average. typically i got As and Bs, a few Cs but never anything lower than that.

SAT wasnt all too spectacular: 1190

for extracurric's i was:
senior class president, Student Body treasurer, president of a service club, went to Boys' State, National Honors Society, and i did ground school.


so obviously i have more going for me with my extracurriculars, but the opposite could apply if you had good grades and just a few activities. just make sure you have good rec's and a strong essay. you can definitely shine through those if u take the time.

good luck. i cant wait to start this fall.

[mtsu_av8er]

I'm sure that they can waive anything as long as you can pass the credit check...

[RiddlePilot]

I graduated highschool with a 3.22 GPA, and a 25 on the ACT (middle-of-the-road score). I had no problems being accepted. ERAU is notorious for looking the other way on grades (within reason) and concentrating more on extracurricular stuff. I had some Civil Air Patrol experience that I cited on my application. Nothing spectacular.

Actually, scratch all that. If you're willing to pay them money, you won't have a problem.

[TallBoy85]

I have a few friends that were conditionally accepted on academic probation (NO FLY FOR YOU!) that had sub 2.0 GPAs in high school with little or no extra-curriculars. Riddle_Pilot's right. Pay the gas money for Ebb's Citation and you can get anywhere you want. Just make sure you work your tail off when you get here.

Easy come, Easy go.

[JC1188]

So as long as you pay the money and have some good activities and things your all set? Not bad..Is it like this for most flight schools? (Purdue, etc.)

[SkyyAngel]

For Riddle I had a 3.2 no APs, and a 1150 on the SAT. And I was pretty active in JROTC and orchestra too.

Pretty run of the mill HS grades. In fact, Riddle was the only college I applied at and I got accepted. Lots of people find that aggravating because of how much they stress out about it.

I got accepted at WMU no problem either come to think of it.

[Joe]

I had a pretty low GPA my senior year; had to retake English in the summer before I could get a diploma. I did get a 1200 on my SAT though. Attended community college for three semesters; the first two I just stopped going before they ended and had a 0 GPA; the third I got my act together and got a 3.088, and was finally accepted to ERAU. Wasn't in any honor societies, didn't take part in extra curricular activities. So in my experience, it wasn't that hard to get into. I'm starting to have second thoughts about attending though due to the costs...

[TallBoy85]

Purdue is extremely competitive compared to Riddle unless you're from in state considering it's a state school. UND has a fairly easy admissions process and I would assume it's fairly comparable to Riddle's. I got accepted to Riddle no problem with a 3.4 and a 1220 on my SAT.

To be totally honest though I don't know WHAT Riddle looks for in students. What kind of car you drive should be on the application though...that or your parents household income and the percentage that can be donated to the school.

[MikeD]

I got accepted with a 2.3 GPA from High School, no honors (I did make Janitor's list), and my major elective all 4 years being auto shop.

No kidding.

Heck, I got accepted into USAF pilot training with a 2.6 college GPA.

[KhalReblic23]

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What kind of car you drive should be on the application though...that or your parents household income and the percentage that can be donated to the school.

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Funny you should say that. The car I drive gives the completely WRONG preception of amount of money I have lol, or my parents for that matter...so decieveing!

anyways, on topic here, i had a 3.0 out of HS, and was careful to make nice with the Riddle recruiting counciler (ok i cant spell tonight), whom I found out would be making part of the decision on my App. I did Civil Air Patrol in HS also and some other extra stuff, but nothing all that outta the ordinary. I'd have to agree, I think the credit check is the most important part of their screening process...money hungry bastards.

[ROSWELL41]

From what I understand Purdue's flight program is pretty competitive as there are ~70 spots in the freshman class. Many people I know try to transfer in from aviation management. I got in with the following: 1330 SAT, 3.7 GPA, 1 varsity sport, a few other extracurriculars. Many of my friends however had higher SATs. I've heard they weigh the SATs heavily due to the volume of apps they have to process. I'm out of state by the way.

[FalconCapt]

Riddle has typically been in the catagory of "Easy to get in, hard to stay"...

When I started back in '86 at orientation the Chancellor told us all to "look at the person to your left, your right, in front of you and behind you... If you are here at graduation, they won't be..."

He was right... From day one to graduation a lot of people bail out, for many reasons... Grades, Money, Attitude, other issues... A lot of guys showed up thinking Riddle was 1 hours of classroom a day and 3 hours of flying... it is quite the opposite...

I had 3.18 High School GPA and a 26 on the ACT, no problem getting into Riddle (I even started in the Aeronautical Engineering Program which was harder to get into)... I graduated Riddle with a 3.8 GPA...

[cessna2351]

I got in with a 3.4 ( from a college prep school, one AP), 1220 SAT (not great), one varisty sport, no other extra curriculars.

This was enough for me to get into Purdue (just the school) but not the flight program...purdue was my first choice. And now i'm going to Riddle because it was next.

Mike McM

Well altough Im just a sophomore this coming year, I have a 3.7 GPA and have 2 honors classes. Im a member of all the bands, drill team, rifle team, bussines professionals of america. I also joined the CAP a few weeks ago.

[RiddlePilot]

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Well altough Im just a sophomore this coming year, I have a 3.7 GPA and have 2 honors classes. Im a member of all the bands, drill team, rifle team, bussines professionals of america. I also joined the CAP a few weeks ago.

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Easy there, hoss. I think you're overqualified for Riddle.

[jtrain609]

heh, you said hoss.

[ILSstud]

Yeah it really isn't that hard to get into. I think when I sent in my application, my GPA was 3.68 unweighted and 4.59 weighted and I got a 1260 on my SAT and 26 on my ACT. If you do any extra curricular activities (for example I got my private, instrument, multi and played 2 instruments etc) you will be fine. They really don't care as long as you can give them some money. As said above, it's staying in that is the hard part!...good luck

And for their engineering proram how much would you estimate the yearly cost assuming I wouldn't be living there.

[ILSstud]

For undergrad?...I'm paying about 7500 per semester. Although I have several Florida resident specific scholarships as well as a few others.

[kellwolf]

Yeah, that price I was talking about was without financial aid. You've got most of your flight ratings done, so that saves you a ton as well.

[ILSstud]

Oh you can say that again. I refuse to pay the prices that Embry Riddle charges for their instruction. Plus not to mention the fact that I've heard of people graduating their Aero. Sci. program without most of their ratings in hand. So yeah I'm saving a lot.

[RiddlePilot]

You can't officially graduate without Commercial - ASMEL, IA. People who have to stay longer to fly will usually "walk," but they won't be officially done.

Also, $48/hr for instruction really isn't unheard of. It's not like they're charging $60+.

[ILSstud]

For a Cessna 172, I pay 96/hr with instruction...how much is it at Riddle? Additionally, I pay 155/hr for the multi with instruction.

[RiddlePilot]

Hmm...Riddle's is a bit higher. Last I heard it was $138/hr for a 172SP with instruction, and $233/hr for a multi. That's really not that bad if you consider the fact that without instruction, a 172SP is $90/hr, and a newer PA44 is $185/hr. I see those kinds of prices (and sometimes even higher) at FBOs.