swinte00, how have things progressed for you trying to to become an ATC? I saw your geo. pref's as Arkansas and Okla... Has that worked out for you so far? I just got my at-sat score today- well qualified... and I was thinking of choosing AR & OK. I'm in NW Ark. I've heard that because the school is in OK it draws alot of locals who choose OK as their geo pref. and it seems that there are only 2 FAA towers in AR. Let me know, I'd like to get some input from you as this seems to be a long drawn-out painful process and I just turned 30 so I've got 12 months to get my TOL.