dude Roposo is your uncle!? thats crazy

anyway,i am a student at UTI and a finish in september 2009. it is a good school but be prepared to be watched like a hawk from multiple cameras monitored by the EM's. the rules in some ways are bs.(you will understand after the first couple of phases) im in electrical 2 as of right now.the electrical classes are very in depth, as with all of the other classes you will take. just go in with an open mind and you will learn a lot and have fun.

now the real question is it worth it? i say yes

 

and for the arguement about "its not performance based and i dont like the school for that reason" you are a fucking dumbass.the performance market/crowd only makes up about 5% of drivers on the road....that doesnt make the $ my friends unless you are an owner of a well known shop that is a national/international business....not only local.we have all seen the failures of those local shops.

be real everyone,the manufactures could care less about the aftermarket performance side of there cars.all they want to do is make a car that looks good to the general public and sell it for twice its worth and hire techs to fix them when the break....thats it.

if you want to go to this school to learn about performance...dont go...you will just sound like all the other dumb ass kids who enroll just because they only want to learn about performance...im sorry but i dont need anyone to teach me how to make a car fast and if you do then i feel sorry for you.but if you want to learn a useful trade then go.

 

You have been sucked in to what they tell you. I said the same things when I had only been there for a few phases. You will see the true light in about 4-5 phases I guarantee you. Everyone does.


Pretty much when they decided the rules what they did was went to the closest elementry school, copied their rules, then threw some other BS stuff in to make them even more rediculous.


My whole point about everything is it is not hands on what so ever. You will come out of the school with the knowledge yet still have no idea what you are doing because you wont know how to put it into use. They trick you into thinking you are learning. Like basic engines and auto trans, those are 2 of the most hands on classes and going through them you think you are learning how to "rebuild them" as theysay. You arent learning how to rebuild them at all, you are learning how to take them apart and put them back together... any dumb ass can do that. You arent replacing any parts, you arent making them any better than they origionally were. Sorry but I dont need to take a 3 week class on taking something apart and putting it back together again.. I was doing that when I was 4. I'm in fuel and ignitions 2 right now and a good example is they teach you how to use noid lights. The noid lights are glued on to the harness and you turn on the car and they flash, great i just learned how to see pretty lights flash when i turn a key! Now how the fuck do I actually hook this shit up if I have to do it myself? I'll never know. They teach youhow to use a breakout box on fords. Guess what! The breakout box is hardwired into the car they use! So um yea I just learned nothing there! I dont know how the hell to hook it up and yet again, never will (at uti anyways). All these things all you do is see them work, ok great, any idiot can do that, but if you dont know how to hook everything up you'll never get to that point. You havent been through any hard rediculous, absolutely stupid classes yet Ryan. I've been there since January, trust me, it only gets worse. Pretty much everyone i know wants to quit they just arent because if you quit you have to start paying off your loans as soon as you quit. Luckily for me I have no loans because I am thinking about quiting this phase.

 

school only seems good if you get into a manufacturer specific training.

 

i understand what you are saying.but before i started i have had a lot of hands on experience.for those who dont or dont have a good back round in automobiles then yeah you wont understand some things.the way i see it with all the dumb shit they teach is that i will never have to do that so its whatever to me.yes the rules are dumb as hell but thats with anywhere you go.and no i havent feed in the bull shit they try to imprint in your head. i just laugh at the bull shit and move on with my day.

 

To each his own, I will put $20 on it that you'll be sick of it within the next 3 months. You are in EASY, somewhat interesting classes now. Just wait.

 

i went to MMI (marine side) kinda a wast but i did fine tune my skills ,but i work for a cummins marine dealer now...it has nothing to do with what i learned @ MMI ,but it got my foot in the door . my first job was in new orleans( cummins mid south...rebuilding k38s ,thats the V12 twin turbo 1600hp monsters!) i was making 6 to $700 a week. and yes alot of guys graduate from there ,thinking there shid dont stink! id say erwin tech is more economic friendly! the main thing is to learn a trade get some sort of certification ....cuz UTI is a diploma mill some graduate and learn alot ,and some graduate and just get by ,and thats what gives that school a bad rep........but ...i think its a good school ,well at least the marine side!

 

oh yeah one more thing ..you can test out of classes ...and deff try to get some kind of grant ...my buddie went for free ,cuz he took some test!

 

yeah ive been through 101,service writing,brakes,electrical 1,and im in electrical 2 right now.if it gets to the point of what you are saying i will be pissed but i probly wont quit.

 

its like obituary said. YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR. A lot of it is bull shit, but a lot of it is not. Things do sound like they have changed a bit; we always had to hook up testers (NOID's, BOB's, etc.) and diagnose random issues. And for people who have never tore-down an auto trans, the old TE-41 might be a great learning experience.

Like I said before, you have to go in with an open mind. Take the classes seriously and you might actually learn a thing or two. The electrical classes were priceless for myself.