The reason why i came to the conclusion that it was difficult to get a visa is:
1. Ive noticed a lot of threads saying how students cant get visas because of the reason for their journey to the US.
2. A PPRUNER told me that the difficult part of my selection of US schools would be getting the visa and he told me to concentrate on that.
Anyway, ive considered all of my options and ive decided to go to a South African flying school. No conversion, extremely cheap, good levels of instruction etc...
Not sure which one yet though
Thanks for all of your help