Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Top Questions

Ok, Jeffrey Kennedy. You graduated from high school and got accepted into Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ. Knowing that the transition to college life is difficult, you better adapt quickly and get to your studies. Do your best and make your parents proud. In addition, because college is so expensive, apply to as many scholarships as possible. The more money you receive, the less money you and your parents will owe in student loans. So what are you waiting for? Apply and get scholarships and pass all of your classes and get your degree!

OK, this is your senior year now you need to step it up. Stay focused and join as many activities as you can. Go on all the trips and outings for the seniors. Apply to your colleges early and take the ACT and SAT as many times as possible. Don't let them distract you from your goal. Stay in the guidance counselors' office for as long as you can, so they can help you. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask. Stay on your teachers' good side because you might have to ask them for reccomendations. Go to the library or wherever else you have to goto apply for scholarships and grants. Don't forget to pray everyday. Make sure you keep yourself around people that want to go to college like you so that you can keep each other focused on everything you have to do. Open a bank account and start saving money, trust me you will need it. Don't buy things unless you really need it. And don't forget to have fun.

Pay attention in Spanish class, it won't be a regret. Don't sweat the small stuff, as you will soon forget. Join clubs, teams, and make time to volunteer. You'll learn skills and lessons helpful in your future career. Don't worry about losing that championship game. It'll be but a small memory years from now, and not something to shame. Thank your teachers, the ones that were a source of motivation. They are truly the heart of our whole nation. Be good to your parents, they really do know what's best. They'll always support you, and for that you are blessed. Stay true to you and what you believe. After all, you're the one person that will never leave!

What I have gotten out of my college experience so far is the knowledge of my major because now I can say I know what that is.

As a freshmen at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, I have grown to become a leader among my peers and other competitiors in the industry I plan to go into as a professional pilot. The University is unlike no other, everyone here has dreams to pursuit aviation whether it is engineering, weather, Air Force, air traffic controller, or becoming a pilot. As a whole, we share this in common. Anytime there is a student pilot in the triaffic pattern every head on campus glances up to the sky knowing they have made the right decesion in coming to this prestige aviaiton school know around the world for producing the best professional pilots, engineers, meterologist, and air traffic controllers. Amazing thing is one day we will all work together in the industry with the education of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The Faculty and staff are all here to support us and point us in the right direction to become the new leaders of tomorrow in the aviation industry. For these reasons are the why I chose to come here. It has taught be to be professional, mature, competitiveness and the desire to further my education. Thank You, Gentry Long

During the past school year, I have allowed myself to be exposed and be relaxed about subjects that are considered to be complicating. The emphasis on a "growth in knowlege", and "learning by doing" gives the kind of education the allows students to progress and achieve great things. At the same time, I have grown to having fun while serving the needs of my community and school. I have accepted many benefits and disbenefits from being a long way from home. However, seeing the world in a different angle and experiencing a side that I could not experience by staying in the little town I lived before flying thousands of miles away from home. College has given me the chance of wanting to do more and being fearless about taking chances.

I have learned to get along with groups of very different personalities and work as a team. I have also learned time management skills to be able to get all my work load completed and still have a little time for fun and relaxation. The program here is intense, but the school is very highly regarded in the aerospace industry to I think graduating from here will be great for my future career and life.

Going to college not only helped me grow academically, but it also gave me the opportunity to grow as a person. It taught me to focus on time-managment skills, how to prioritze various tasks in and out of school and it gave me the chance to work with a multitude of personalities. The skills that I gained in college are tools I have been able to use throughout my life and career. Being on my own in college gave me the chance to learn not only about aviation, but about myself as well.

Embry-Riddle is an institution that challenges its students not only in academics, but in the field of aviation. So it was with me. Time management, disciplined study and connections with industry professionals were the key to a successful undergraduate experience, and certainly the graduate experience that is soon to come.

I have only been here for a small amount of time, but with all of the resources that I have access to I will be able overcome any obstacle that college life can give me. When I have a problem I can go to my roomates or my classmates who will become my lifelong friends that will help me with any problem a obtain in my later life. With these problems I can also go to any faculty member here including any of the teachers who I will stay in contact with to inform them of my goals and acheivments in my field made possible from their teaching and guidance. These lifelong relationships can never be broken or forgotten and that along with the education I am recieving, are the most pricless items a human can obtain.