So I caught up with a friend of mine who hasn't jumped in >1 year who told me that I should check out skydance.
I'm in the same boat- not even thinking about other dropzones till I get my A. Would be really keen to check out skydance after that.
I really like byron- I'm super biased, but everyone was really nice to me when I went out for my first tandem and was seriously freaking out. If anything, it's a little confronting that everyone is super experienced, it doesn't feel like there are many students out there, but given that I have no context for other DZ's I really like byron.