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(Vent) Biggest Bummer In My Life So Far
6 years ago
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Note: This thing happened in mid February so I know this is a bit late. But I really need the time to construct this rant.
Well here we go.
I was going home from school and got in the car with mom on the driver's seat. As I finally settled in Trimy mom brought down the bombshell.
She had contact with her friend from her high school. Said friend is currently a pilot in Lion Air. She mentioned to him that I wanted to be a pilot too and I intend to apply for Angkasa Aviation Academy, Lion Air's pilot school. She said also the choice is because of an info saying that the academy offers a work contract/bond with Lion Air so technically it is free when applying and I can pay the tuition later with my paycheck when I finally become a pilot for Lion Air. A scholarship you might say.
Then he brings down this bombshell:
The academy doesn't offer scholarships and no longer offer work contracts or bonds. If anyone wants to apply, then they will have to prepare 800.000.000 rupiahs which is about 80000 USD.
A sum of cash we, by all means, don't have. Unless we sell our house which isn't a viable option anyway.
So there we have it. My dreams to be a pilot is now postponed for a long time or might very well be crushed....
... Alternatively... I guess I can try to get into state universities and get into an aviation engineering faculty and try to get a job in PT DI and save up the paycheck for pilot school...
But even with that, it is uncertain if I'll do well with the state university acceptance exams...
All of this is uncertain....
And at that moment of thinking that, I just realized
I also made the biggest mistake in my life so far without me realizing it until 7 months later.
I was proactively trying to keep my 5th semester grades in my academical "Goldilocks Zone".
High enough that I'll have a better chance to get accepted into pilot school but not too high that I would get accepted into the national selection into state universities which use only the semester grades from 1 to 5.
You might ask: "Why would Bee/Benny/Bumblebee actually do that?"
Well... I've had a number of misunderstandings on my part both on pilot school and the national selection:
- I thought that pilot school would take 4 years and if I have to go through college, which also takes 4 years, then it will take much more years until I finally become an airline pilot and I want to become an airline pilot before my 25th birthday.
Apparently the fact is, pilot schools only take an average one and a half years to go through. So with this, I can, theoretically, still be an airline pilot at 27 years old. Plus having a bachelor's degree.
- I thought that getting into the national selection was compulsory. Apparently the fact is, it is not.
So with that, here I am. And now I have to suffer the consequences of my stupid decision by having to study a lot more harder than I have to if I was accepted into the national selection.
Because my only chance to get into a state university free of charge is by getting into the Joint Selection into the State Universities(SBMPTN). For a more layman's term, the SBMPTN are the college entrance exams for state universities.
And many say that the SBMPTN is one of the hardest exams in the country.
So yeah... Even with the SBMPTN being there, my chances getting into a state university is very, very, very uncertain. And that basically makes my back up plan very shoddy.
And with that, my future is also uncertain.
Oh well... Looks like I'll have to ride it out.
Well here we go.
I was going home from school and got in the car with mom on the driver's seat. As I finally settled in Trimy mom brought down the bombshell.
She had contact with her friend from her high school. Said friend is currently a pilot in Lion Air. She mentioned to him that I wanted to be a pilot too and I intend to apply for Angkasa Aviation Academy, Lion Air's pilot school. She said also the choice is because of an info saying that the academy offers a work contract/bond with Lion Air so technically it is free when applying and I can pay the tuition later with my paycheck when I finally become a pilot for Lion Air. A scholarship you might say.
Then he brings down this bombshell:
The academy doesn't offer scholarships and no longer offer work contracts or bonds. If anyone wants to apply, then they will have to prepare 800.000.000 rupiahs which is about 80000 USD.
A sum of cash we, by all means, don't have. Unless we sell our house which isn't a viable option anyway.
So there we have it. My dreams to be a pilot is now postponed for a long time or might very well be crushed....
... Alternatively... I guess I can try to get into state universities and get into an aviation engineering faculty and try to get a job in PT DI and save up the paycheck for pilot school...
But even with that, it is uncertain if I'll do well with the state university acceptance exams...
All of this is uncertain....
And at that moment of thinking that, I just realized
I also made the biggest mistake in my life so far without me realizing it until 7 months later.
I was proactively trying to keep my 5th semester grades in my academical "Goldilocks Zone".
High enough that I'll have a better chance to get accepted into pilot school but not too high that I would get accepted into the national selection into state universities which use only the semester grades from 1 to 5.
You might ask: "Why would Bee/Benny/Bumblebee actually do that?"
Well... I've had a number of misunderstandings on my part both on pilot school and the national selection:
- I thought that pilot school would take 4 years and if I have to go through college, which also takes 4 years, then it will take much more years until I finally become an airline pilot and I want to become an airline pilot before my 25th birthday.
Apparently the fact is, pilot schools only take an average one and a half years to go through. So with this, I can, theoretically, still be an airline pilot at 27 years old. Plus having a bachelor's degree.
- I thought that getting into the national selection was compulsory. Apparently the fact is, it is not.
So with that, here I am. And now I have to suffer the consequences of my stupid decision by having to study a lot more harder than I have to if I was accepted into the national selection.
Because my only chance to get into a state university free of charge is by getting into the Joint Selection into the State Universities(SBMPTN). For a more layman's term, the SBMPTN are the college entrance exams for state universities.
And many say that the SBMPTN is one of the hardest exams in the country.
So yeah... Even with the SBMPTN being there, my chances getting into a state university is very, very, very uncertain. And that basically makes my back up plan very shoddy.
And with that, my future is also uncertain.
Oh well... Looks like I'll have to ride it out.
