$35,000 will get you.....
FAA PPL, FAA ME, FAA Instrument Rating, CFI, CFII MEI and about 200 hours multi
Stay and get paid to instruct for a year - get another 1000 hours - all multi
Come back and convert it with the money you saved.
BEFORE the "Opus Dei" diehards come on and say that there is not enough suffering in this method and start flaming me.......it's an option.....ok?