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I’ve been a student at Embry-Riddle for nearly 8 months now and quickly progressing toward a Master of Science degree in Management. I want to share my thoughts and experience thus far. Two classes per semester are the average taken by most students in the graduate program. My first semester was 15 weeks long, but recent changes have made all graduate courses only 9 weeks. The nine weeks goes by very quickly, but consist of a fair amount of work which is divided into 9 modules where you have one week to complete a set amount of chapters in the text, complete projects, take quizzes, perform research, etc. The majority of students taking advantage of the Worldwide campus are military personnel stationed domestically and internationally, but also quite a few are civilian like myself. I’ve communicated with students who are airline and military pilots, aircraft mechanics, IT professionals, those in airport management, air traffic controllers, and other non-aviation business professionals with full-time jobs and families.
Honestly, the current iPad is not for me. I have an Apple Macbook Pro that I can not do without, but it has a keyboard and more features like USB ports and a CD/DVD drive that are essential in my mind. However, I finally found a use for the iPad that has made it more attractive. FAA/NOS charts in their typical paper form can be burdensome to flip through while flying a single-pilot aircraft. Although I’m used to using 
