Just my 2 cents: what really matters it is not the reputation of the flight school itself but the training you receive from your instructors. Instructors do matter. So best idea is to try get in touch with some students in the schools you are considering and listen to their opinions. I tell you this from my personal experience. Later on when I had my first interviews and finally a job nobody ever considered where I was coming from, just my skills and knowledge. This is to say, like in my case, that a flight school with a so called "bad reputation" can definitely have very good instructors and you can save quite a lot of money. As I said though, just my 2 cents. Good luck!
