rcpimpin101,
I am another ERAU grad (93'-Daytona). I paid my way through to an aircraft eng. degree. I did not end up working for Boeing or the like, but I do work as a mech. eng. I get my fix now by designing and building my own R/C pattern planes. I'm slowly getting better at building and flying and I wouldn't trade my experience ERAU for any other degree.
ERAU also has a campus in AZ (Prescott).
Don't let anything stop you....beg, borrow, whatever (maybe not steal) to go to college....I had to eat noodles and drive a crap car for ten years after graduating (school loans) but now things are nice I wouldn't trade it for the world.
-Mark
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