Another major compromise you are making is having any kind of back up plan. There are many ways you can blow your chance of ever being a professional pilot, and many of them are out of your control. I think high blood pressure and genetic heart problems are the most common, but even if you just accidentally lost eyesight in one eye you are done. In my opinion it would be better to have a more general degree for the simple fact of having something to fall back on.
I acually do have a back up plan, but I havn't discussed it here. If I have to, I will enlist, but with a twist. Since most of you know I am in the AJROTC. I have personal realtions with the LTC. here at my school (I taught him and his son how to fly model airplanes); he has promised me that he will give me the Chapplets letter to join the Air Force, so I can choose any two MOS's that I would like.
So know matter how I come out of this, I am going to get somthing good out of it.