hello mate i'm just a year older then you and i've already started my PPL i'm moving on to my ATPL soon
one advice is that... do NOT get a big economic burden without a parachute (another job to fall back on until you can get a flying job), many people learn this the hard way by first borrowing tons of money just to realize things won't work out and on top of that need to get educated for a good enough job to start paying your loan back
if you decide to go self-funded like myself make sure you don't goto the first and best opportunity, there are alot of bad deals in this business. I estimate my ppl->fATPL (with me and MCC) to set my back at around £25.000-30k (modular) going to integrated schools can set you back at even more then 3 times that ammount! so keep an eye open and don't trust everyone