I finally finished UTI a little over a year ago, which is why I havent been here in a long time. Just want to say to anyone thinking about attending that is really is not with the 30 grand you now have to pay. They make alot of promises to get you to sign up, but later you will find out it is mostly lies. ofr instance come to UTI and work for AUDI or Porsche. porsche only takes 1 person a year from UTI out of like 20000 students. the chances of working with them are highly, highly unlikely. Also they say you can make 80-100000 dollars a year in just a couple years. Most mechanics in the field barely make half that in 30 years. the best way to get knowledge and training isnt from UTI or Wyotech its just to work your way up from a lube tech or lot attendendant. In your free time walk through the shop and learn as much as possible from the techs. trust me, you will learn so much more this way.

Im sorry for this little rant deal, but I am just trying to warn some people fresh out of high schoool who could get tricked into this place like I did.

Good luck to all who are coming into the field, it can be great at times. However it can absolutely blow at times too haha.
The shop teacher's son from my school went to Wyotech and felt that it wasn't worth the 20 or 25 grand or whatever it was. He went for auto tech or some shit and ended up painting cars as a living, not what he wants to do but better than some jobs. I've looked into their classes and was looking at the Diesel Tech or maybe their motorcycle classes. I think because I just bought myself a brand new ZX-10R that I might go into a motorcycle class but I'm still not sure if Wyotech is right for me...

So until I decide I'll just keep working and living at home..
My advice would be go to a local bike shop. Nice choice by the way, love the zx-10. Start off at parts or something if you cant be like an apprentice in the shop . Parts will help you get a grasp on everything that goes into a bike, if you dont already know yourself. Make frequent trips in the shop , get to know the mechanics and foreman/manager. Eventually they will move you in the shop when you feel you are ready. This is the best way, not a tech school, plus you wont spend 20-25k either, instead you will get paid. good luck

This reminds me of a conversation I was having the other day with a friend who teaches at a high school. She was saying how she thought that those who were going into a vocation rather than college should be in classes dedicated to the field they want to go into. I can tell you first hand that you cant learn a trade in a classroom. I am an electrician, how many classes have I taken for this? None. I have seen probably at least 20 people who went to a technical school and learned all about what to do, how to do it, building codes, things of that nature, and can you guess how many of them have lasted at my job? None. The best way to learn any trade is to work in it, not paying thousands of dollars for someone to tell you how other people do it.

Those schools are really what you make of them. You have to keep your eyes open and take advantage of opportunities. I went to WyoTech for a year, then went to the Mercedes ELITE program. WyoTech was extremely helpful in getting me in the program even when I failed to meet application deadlines. After ELITE I got a job at MBZ of Beverly Hills. I was there 4 years and then asked by our foreman to be the the back-up SLR technician. After proving I had the skills to work on the car I'm now the lead SLR tech and have probably worked on more SLR's in one year than most will in 5.

I'll agree though, that $80-100k promise they make is complete BS. Warranty labor times are being hacked at Mercedes and I've been told it's the same at every other manufacturer. Techs are making less money now than they did 15 years ago. I'll be lucky to make $60k this year and that's working in Beverly Hills.

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