Which school to go to

Of coarse there is Embry Riddle, which is known throughout the Aviation community as one of the best, but it is very expensive. There is also University of North Dakota, which has some great programs, and is a little bit less expensive. I like the small class room feel, which is why I did not pick these, but that is just me. There are some benefits and drawbacks between small and large schools. Embry Riddle and UND are both very nice schools, great instructors, and are known everywhere, but these schools are very expensive, and many times you do not even fly the first semester or even year. The small schools you know everyone, cheaper, and many times you start flying right off the bat, but you have to make sure that the school has good instructors, and that there is a airfield somewhere close to the campus. I am around the Ohio-Michigan area so I know that the nice schools around here are Western Michigan University, and Bowling Green State University. I recommend that you just go to the school and look around the airport and just hang out there, you will be able to find out a lot by just talking to the pilots there. Amazon.com has some great products for pilots you can go down to the bottom of the page and I have a link that you can search aviation and there will be things you need. Search Amazon.com for flight bag