Loans to fly ... help!

[pilotgirlbuf]

I am a student pilot flying out of 9G3 (akron, ny), and I have fallen into the financial trap that is so easy to do ... I've run out of cash to fly! I am looking to get into school, I've applied at Utah Valley University looking to attend in January, I have had a hard time getting into the fall semester. I've also read into Everglades University in Florida, they have a really great curriculum, but they do not have any flight training.
Couple of questions:
1. Can I attend Evergades and get loans to fly on the side even though they do not support the flight training portion?
2. Can I get loans through Sallie Mae or any other lender BEFORE I actually attend college?

Any tips or help would be great!!!

Sarah

[FlyingRon]

Nobody in their right mind would loan you money to fly other than through an accredited career program.
Even those are highly suspect with some very high profile abuses in the for-profit education markets. Not just ponzi-schemers like Silver State, but for-profit schools have a very high percentage of people not finishing the curriculum and an abysmal record of people actually graduating into jobs. All it does is rack up student loan debts to further burden the student and greedily suck corporate profits out of the tax payer's back.

[RV8505]

Never mind him darlin! Keep looking, asking and above all trying. The truth is it has never been easy to get a pilots certificate. If you want something bad enough you can get pretty creative.

[Jim Heffelfinger]

Every year there are $300,000 in available scholarships. Most years a small fraction of that is awarded.
http://www.youngeagles.org/programs/scholarships/


If it burns in the belly - you will fly.

[redbarron55]

The best way is to really work and go Air Force. But even that route is problematic.
With the current economic conditions flight training to get thet high paid flying job is not viable.
Get a good education, earn enough money to be able to afford to fly and then get training.
You can always work towards a license a little at a time, but borrowing money for it is a poor bet.
Back in the day when I ran an FBO if a hard working reliable young person showed up to help I would hire them to work and cut grass etc and help out with the cost.
I ran into one of those guys earlier in the year and he is now a King Air pilot.

[jedi]

Get a good education, earn enough money to be able to afford to fly and then get training.<BR>You can always work towards a license a little at a time, but borrowing money for it is a poor bet.

I agree. Get any job. look around for inexpensive ways to fly and stay in school. If you borrow money now you will never be able to afford the low income starter job that is necessary to gain experiance.

The best advice is to be ready when the opertunity presents itself. Start studying. Learning is best accomplished outside the aircraft and book learning is inexpensive.

From an engineer with 30 years airline experiance because I was at the right place at the right time with the right friends. A big Thank You all who helped along the way. Hanging out at the local airport also helps.

[Kaye]

Sarah, look up Girls in Flight website and you may get some help with your decisions re your flying. I met Mary Latimer at Oshkosh this July and she is dedicated to helping females reach their aviation goals. Her email is Mary@latimerservices.com or call her at 817-946-7512. Good luck! Kaye Tucker, N1724K. Kbtuc@aol.com if you have any questions.

[Brian Richard Allen]

Any tips or help would be great!!!

Sarah [/QUOTE]

Hey, Sarah

Check out: Colorado Northwestern Community College

Address:
500 Kennedy Drive
Rangely, Colorado 81625
United States

Phone+1 (970) 675-3272
Fax+1 (970) 675-3330
Web www.cncc.edu

In my (35,000+Hrs career aviator) experience of it CNCC is a great little school and Rangely a great spot in which to spend a couple of so years at school. Check out the website and go for it:. B)

[pilotgirlbuf]

Thanks everyone for the helpful hints and tips!! Currently I have paid for most of my private rating in cash, but i don't have a job or jobs for the sufficient income right now. I'm in the process of interviews and such for better paying jobs. In the meantime I am looking into different colleges and universities because I do want a bachelor's degree. I also wanted to take out additional loans so that i can at least finish my flying up. Like i said i really like Everglades and their curriculum, it definitely sparked my interest, however can i take additional loans from places like sallie mae to finish flying? Everglades does not support the flying portion of it. I'm new to school, i finished high school almost 15 years ago, so I'll be honest in saying i dont have any clue how this works. Add the fact that it's all in aviation, and you can't exactly sign up for aviation anywhere, it seems more confusing. i just want to fly haha! but i do not want to relocate from BUF right now. so anything online is helpful.
I have also written a few essays and received some letters of recommendation for scholarships thru WAI. (Money i dont have to pay back is always worth a shot at getting).

[jedi]

Sarah,

I expect you are primarily interested in mainstream aviation, however, check out the thread "Learning to Fly Ultralights". It is a good thing to broaden your aviation experiance and the costs can be much much less.