USMCRugger
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Anyone from ERAU NROTC?? Just curious.
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USMCRugger
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I'm looking forward to coming down there next fall (06). I guess you wont be there...congrats!
USMCRugger
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What's next for you after commissioning?
dont know until i know my selection. if (when)(knock on wood) i get a pilot slot, i'll be stashed at riddle until i class up. The seniors this year will be going to api ranging from now till oct. so i will probably be here when you arrive.
if i get swo, please no, probably go straight to a boat. thats what i have been seeing with other units.
if i get swo, please no, probably go straight to a boat. thats what i have been seeing with other units.
Piperpilot2004
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kinda off topic but I heard that there is a "Naval Aviation Club" at that school with a guarenteed pilot contract as long as you hold a 3.0gpa average. I think that sounds pretty wierd myself I know, but I saw it in a catalog. It might just be BDCP but I have no clue. Anyone hear about that?
MIDNJAC said:
In the spring, being here rules, in the fall, it sucks. Plain and simple for the social aspect. Oh yeah, also, there is only around 15% women at riddle so that sucks too, but oh well. The school itself is great and alot of the profs are ex-military pilots so classes are sometimes interesting. Most of the Midshipmen who go to riddle want to become pilots. There is no reason to go here unless you want top notch aeronautical knowledge based majors. Our aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering program is number one in the nation for the 5th straight year. So yeah, it is pretty good. Embry-Riddle even has a contract with the air force to be the primary trainer for the usafa flying program.
Lawman said:
This is its third year so the program started in Sept. of 2003
Piperpilot2004 said:
There is a Naval Aviation Club (http://clubs.db.erau.edu/dbnac/) and the catalog statement is not totally true. Basically it is saying in order to get into the guarenteed flight program (dont know what it is called), you need to have at least a 3.0.
Feel free to shoot anymore questions
and by the way, the naval aviation club is a great organization so dont hold it against them for not explaining it completly correct
Whoa, not so fast. You aren't providing the full story.mules83 said:
"U.S. News & World Report's 2005 'Best Colleges' guide has again ranked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University number one in aerospace / Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering for schools where the highest degree is a master's."
I'd say that last part is pretty important.
phrogpilot73
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Who really gives a sh!t? I went to Naval Academy, one of the best colleges in the country, and they don't offer a Masters degree. Quick question - what does a 2ndLt who went to (insert top notch school here) call a Capt that went to (insert mediocre state school here)? SIR! 
Plus, I just registered for ERAU's Distance Education Program for a Master of Science in Management...
Plus, I just registered for ERAU's Distance Education Program for a Master of Science in Management...
Correlation does not equal causation
Are you kidding me? If you join their club you're assured a spot? That sounds fishy for a lot of reasons.
I mean we have a pretty high acceptance rate at Penn State over the last few years (near 100% of those that apply and are physically qualified)... and to my knowledge nearly all of the recent grads who went on to Pensacola were in the Aviation Club at some point. Frankly though, all that means is they get a fake ribbon to wear and maybe a T-shirt.
Maybe being in the club gave them a leg up on other people because they got good advice at a meeting. Maybe it helped out because they do ASTB prep. Maybe its just because the mids in the club desperately want to go to flight school and already have the grades for it.
I'd bet a case of beer that there's no "check here if you were in the ERAU Naval Aviation Club" on any application. If there is, more power to you. BTW, don't even worry about your grades or anything because as long as you don't get kicked out of the club you're already set, right?
(Sorry if I'm coming off like a raving lunatic... its nothing personal.)
corona said:
Are you kidding me? If you join their club you're assured a spot? That sounds fishy for a lot of reasons.
I mean we have a pretty high acceptance rate at Penn State over the last few years (near 100% of those that apply and are physically qualified)... and to my knowledge nearly all of the recent grads who went on to Pensacola were in the Aviation Club at some point. Frankly though, all that means is they get a fake ribbon to wear and maybe a T-shirt.
Maybe being in the club gave them a leg up on other people because they got good advice at a meeting. Maybe it helped out because they do ASTB prep. Maybe its just because the mids in the club desperately want to go to flight school and already have the grades for it.
I'd bet a case of beer that there's no "check here if you were in the ERAU Naval Aviation Club" on any application. If there is, more power to you. BTW, don't even worry about your grades or anything because as long as you don't get kicked out of the club you're already set, right?
(Sorry if I'm coming off like a raving lunatic... its nothing personal.)