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Here's what I think I have learned from going to UTI for 3 months before dropping out.

1. It *IS* all about how you apply yourself. If you are going into school with a lot of automotive knowledge, you aren't going to learn much. If you are kind of middle of the road, or have never worked on a car, these schools do an AWESOME job setting up a foundation to build your skills off of. They tell you how to do it, you try it once, and then its on to the next thing. So you are learning about it, but not really getting all too hands on with it.

If you know how a brake system works, understand electrical, know how to build motors, know how to troubleshoot, and understand engine electronics, and understand steering and suspension, school will do little to nothing for you. You come out with the same knowledge, but you just lost 25,000 dollars in the process. If you do not know those areas well, by all means go for it.

DO NOT expect yourself to come out of school knowing how to do anything on cars. Expect yourself to come out knowing how you should do it, but not with a "I can now wrench" attitude. You don't get down and dirty in school and learn how to actually wrench, that comes with practice.