crimsondragon
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Well I'm currently a 22 year old bum (sorta). I'm working as a delivery guy for a wheel warehouse. I graduated with an associate in applied sciences for aviation maintenance in July. Just waiting for that very expensive piece of paper to show up in my mailbox. Right now I'm full time for this company so as much as I want to get my A&P (Airframe and Powerplant) certificate to be an aircraft mechanic, I really don't have the time. Then there's the whole aspect of being able to get a job. I need to keep working to pay for some of my loans as well as some other "itches." These projects aren't cheap. 
What I really want to do though is apply to Rutgers and enter their Mechanical Engineering program. This is sort of a spur of the moment decision that I made like a week ago. I realize I probably won't get very far with no experience in the aviation industry (mind you, I have a month of experience working for Delta before I had to resign), so I guess it's back to school for me. Plus, I think this is what I really want to do.
Brief history about myself: I wanted to be a pilot when I was in high school. Went to Florida for a year and took up flying. It got really old, really quick. Came back up to another aviation school and tried to decide what I wanted to do with my life. That semester in the new school, my dad handed me the keys to the DSM. Drove that for a while and started getting into modding it. I was hooked and that's pretty much how I got into the aviation maintenance program. Don't get me wrong, I love being under some form of vehicle as much as the next mechanical nut but there's a limit to what we as mechanics, professional or grassroots can grasp by just working and beating on them. I wanna dive further into the science and that's how I came to the conclusion to go back to school. Plus the salary for an engineer looks nice.
Thoughts or suggestions? No part outs. My dad handed me the keys to that car and I have a ton of history with it, even before he did hand me the keys. My DD is my Jeep but I'm getting the urge to do something to it as well (not that I haven't already, mostly mall crawler crap just to ease the itch). Is it a good idea or not to go back to school? Is the job market for my degree not that bad and I should look for a job? I'm trying to figure out a way to take a week off and go for the certification. I'm not the brightest bulb in the house, mostly lazy but I believe I can really kick it into gear if I try. Thanks for hearing me out. I'll get off my soapbox now.

What I really want to do though is apply to Rutgers and enter their Mechanical Engineering program. This is sort of a spur of the moment decision that I made like a week ago. I realize I probably won't get very far with no experience in the aviation industry (mind you, I have a month of experience working for Delta before I had to resign), so I guess it's back to school for me. Plus, I think this is what I really want to do.
Brief history about myself: I wanted to be a pilot when I was in high school. Went to Florida for a year and took up flying. It got really old, really quick. Came back up to another aviation school and tried to decide what I wanted to do with my life. That semester in the new school, my dad handed me the keys to the DSM. Drove that for a while and started getting into modding it. I was hooked and that's pretty much how I got into the aviation maintenance program. Don't get me wrong, I love being under some form of vehicle as much as the next mechanical nut but there's a limit to what we as mechanics, professional or grassroots can grasp by just working and beating on them. I wanna dive further into the science and that's how I came to the conclusion to go back to school. Plus the salary for an engineer looks nice.

Thoughts or suggestions? No part outs. My dad handed me the keys to that car and I have a ton of history with it, even before he did hand me the keys. My DD is my Jeep but I'm getting the urge to do something to it as well (not that I haven't already, mostly mall crawler crap just to ease the itch). Is it a good idea or not to go back to school? Is the job market for my degree not that bad and I should look for a job? I'm trying to figure out a way to take a week off and go for the certification. I'm not the brightest bulb in the house, mostly lazy but I believe I can really kick it into gear if I try. Thanks for hearing me out. I'll get off my soapbox now.