Jay Honeck wrote:
As many of you know, my son is taking flight lessons. He's past solo,
and into his cross-country flights.

We're filling out applications for colleges, and his choice of
colleges will be steered by his decisions. Your input is very much
appreciated!

While I can't comment on the rest, having recently been in largely the
same position as your son with regards to college, let me extoll my
opinions.

Is he at all interested in the humanities or in language, that sort of
thing? Almost all B.A's and even some B.S.' can be earned without a
heavy background in math (although I suppose he realizes that he will
have to take at least a few GE math courses). I initially started my
current college with a chem major, but have decided against the math and
have chosen linguistics because my other great passion (besides flying!)
is language. See if he likes that type of subject matter better than
math. Or, you could see about some of the aviation-related fields, like ATC.

With regard to choice of college, that's a bit more difficult without a
strict major chosen; a general 4-year university (or, as I have hit upon
to save loads of cash, 2 years of community college and a transfer; $600
a semester instead of $10,000) might suffice with a more general set of
interests.

There is one thing I will tell you: keep that boy away from ERAU, in all
its forms. That place (and I should know, having spent an interminable
semester there) is a maelstrom of poor piloting and vacuous costs. The
choice of majors is slim, the curriculum is drab, the piloting practices
are atrocious, it costs several arms and legs, and the surrounding
community (at least the Prescott campus) is utterly unbecoming of a
college town. There's a reason their first-semester drop rate is over
60%, and it's not because there are that many stupid people, if you
catch my drift. I'll spare you the details, but suffice to say he'd be
very disappointed if he attended there.

That said, a number of my friends are apparently quite enjoying the ATC
program at UND, even 2 years on, so considering an "aviation" college
might not be a bad idea, either.

TheSmokingGnu