Buddington:
Thanks for the congrats
Ahhh i see. Well I was looking at a degree in aeronautical engineering, but like you pointed out the fees and potential debt is staggering! I also looked at my plan C option, which had fees that matched your degree, infact here is a breakdown of the plans i went through:
• Plan A - Intergrated Flight Training...loan and job prospect made me look at Plan B,
• Plan B - Aeronautical Engineering degree, but fees and not having the ability to work and save for modular training due to complex timetable made me move to Plan C,
• Plan C - Education degree with the ability to do a PGCE....but again the fees and the timetable would have made it difficult to save for my modular training and the debt matched Plan B, so i looked at Plan D
• Plan D (plan which works for me) Education degree completed at a college where the fees are £5,700 for 2years (foundation degree)and the top up year which makes it a full Education degree (BA Hons) is i 'think' £2700, because it is classed as part-time and you can only get student finance for the tuition fees!
Year 1 and 2 is only one day a week, which is friday, which also allows me to work the crazy amount of shifts I do, save and pay my bills, aswell as pocket all that uni money
I think the total debt i will be in, along with a maintenance loan is around 21-22k...not bad.
I haven't started my degree yet or flight training, that all starts in september
but it works for me. If you are not interested in doing any other degree other than an aeronautical degree, my way may not work. Alot of people on this website will say the degree is not necessary to get a flying job ( which is true ) but it certainly helps if you can't get one and in my case to help pay for my training!!!
Look at the entire picture to make a wise decision. It is not impossible. Its only impossible if you stop working towards your goal!
