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February 17th, 2006, 20:54
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs, IL 1C5 (Clow)
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 |  A&P Schools Well.... I have been thinking alot latelly about getting an A&P certificate then thinking about a bachelors later in life. I still dont know what is best but I would like to know if you guys can recommend any good A&P schools? Is Westwood any good?? |
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February 17th, 2006, 22:48
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX
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| The best bag for your buck will most often be a Community College. These are useually pretty cheap and take about 2 years. Useually you can work a part time job durring this time and minimize the expense. ERAU extended campus offers a Aircraft Maintence Management degree that credits 36 credit hours for having your A&P, then it's mostly basic management courses. I am planning on takeing this route to finish my degree.
__________________ "You may all go to Hell, I shall go to Texas" David Crockett http://www.myspace.com/usmcmech96 |
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February 18th, 2006, 05:52
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Indianapolis
Posts: 387
| Go the community college route. ERAU, Westwood, Spartan, etc. will all make you spend 30k or more for an associates degree. You'll be hard pressed to spend more than 10k at a community college. For example my community college(Rock Valley College in Rockford, IL) only charges about 6k total for residents and you only have to reside in state 30 days to get residency tuition. New classes start every fall and Rockford is only 80 mi from Chicago. It is an excellent program with some unique instructors(including one who used to fly the Goodyear Blimp  ). The best part is you only need two academic classes(basicly 2 english classes) for your degree besides what is in the A&P program. PM me for info on it since I see your in Chicago.
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February 20th, 2006, 16:44
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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 | Stick with the Community Colleges. Being an Illinois resident, Rock Valley would be a great option. If you were a Wisconsin resident I'd recommend Blackhawk Tech up in Janesville. (I'm a little biased towards Blackhawk, though  ).
__________________ PPL SEL 100-ish hours TT Former American Airlines F/A (12 months) Former Simmons/Eagle F/A (6 years) Former Eagle ground school instructor (1 year) Former Eagle IOE instructor (3 years) |
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February 22nd, 2006, 15:00
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Indianapolis
Posts: 387
| One of these days I'm going to drive up to Blackhawk just to check them out. Actually for some IL residents I believe Blackhawk gives in-state tuition. Just something I heard. All I know is I'm so close to graduateing with both my A&P every day is getting harder and harder. LOL
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