Stay far away from Dean International. I when down there to Flight Instruct and well Nobody could answer a simple question of were to go for my check ride that morning or if I was even going to take one. At that point and having read the contract I had to sign, I could not work there. Its run by Indians, that in and of itself is a red flag. Look some more. I would look North a bit. Another word of advise, slick web sights don't make a flight school. Also stay away from any school that have a lot of airplanes on the line , like 50 to 60 or better , you can bet that for the most part it will be substandard junk. And a pilot mill. I would suggest a flight school that is not overly large and has been in business before 9/11. The reason is the schools that manage to stay in business are doing things right. Things have changed since 9/11 and there are some real thieves out there. In the end you want to become a properly trained pilot at a reasonable cost and in a reasonable time frame. You are not going get it at Dean or ASA out in California. Florida is just one state and the US has lots of GA. I would look in Texas and Arizona, and Maybe North and South Carolina. There is a real good School in Myirtle Beach, SC. And they been turning out good pilots for dam near 50 years. Sowell's in Panama City Florida is another.