Liberty residential vs Liberty fta

Hi everyone I am 18 and have recently gotten my ppl. And looking to go further in my ratings. I have the gi bill and the option to go to a cadet academy ( just waiting on applications to come back) or I also have family in Lynchburg Va I can live with and parents live in northern Va near an fta. My first option of all would be the cadet academies bc they are more in the south and with this harsh winter it wouldn’t affect my flight training. I hear liberty fta gives you only one semester per rating.But if I can’t get into an academy liberty is the next choice. I’ve heard pros and cons from residential and fta just wondering what everyone else thinks