Is the school even recognized by CAAS? Previously you could not just go and attempt the 14 exam subjects unless you were with a RECOGNISED FTO, they won't allow you to just turn up and sit for the exam. Maybe things are different now, but in my time if you failed a subject after a certain amount of attempts you were banned for a period of time.
Anyway Jason, I still highly recommend you at least try SQ's cadet program. The private path is a bad idea now. There were some success stories in the past, but it's 2016 now and things are very different now.