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Originally Posted by dumb_ricer
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.
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I can understand that for the 6 month program but the 3 month elective i'm taking after that will be hands on. It wouldn't really be a fabrication class without fabricating anything.
I know a fair amount about cars but on the 1st day of class i'm going to throw all i know out the window so i actually re-learn things, who knows maybe what i think is the absolutely right way and i learn from class its the wrong way because of... you know situations like that.
I can understand why some of the people are shunning Wyotech and UTI for cheaper local schools, but the fact of the matter is that dealerships look to those "high(er) profile schools" because they always have the latest technology to teach students with. Not all mechanics go back to school to get certified when a new technology comes out, thats why they higher new people straight out of schools like this.
I can't stand the average college education schedule, going for a couple hours then having to kill an hour or so and then going back to class later. This is an 8-hour a day program in a fast paced environment to simulate the real thing which i think is brilliant. It also fires you through a 2 year program in 9 months which is great because time is $ and i want to make some soon.
