Wyotech
#11
04-10-2010, 07:51 PM
My buds dad teaches diesel classes at the local tech college and it is way better and beyond what your going to learn in less than a year there. He doesn't speak to highly abt that program... Also I had a bud go to wyotech for motorcycles in the HD program and he loved every min of it but they said they just bent him over and took his money. He came in with good knowledge of the subject and they did expand on it but not to the degree he thought they would and the "guaranteed job placement" after grad was a joke he said. All they could find him was being a detailer at a HD dealership for 745 and hr. He said he'd never go if he knew how it really was.
#12
04-10-2010, 09:56 PM
Diesel Bomber
i will say this i had the chance to go to tech and passed on it.... one of the best things i did ... went to the local comunity college here in cheyenne for diesel and have (surpassed/outlasted) 5 wyotech grads at my job .. freightliner dealership
i think the classes are too big and not enough indivdual traning is there... but thats not to say soem awesome students have come from there by any means
i think the classes are too big and not enough indivdual traning is there... but thats not to say soem awesome students have come from there by any means
#14
04-12-2010, 06:42 PM
Wyotech and the chain of schools owned by the same company do a great job of advertising, that's the good side of them. You can learn something from them but not nearly enough to justify the cost by any means and if you talk to shop supervisors most will tell you that they will not hire on the basis of being a graduate of those schools. They've been there, done that before. By the way, I actually did this when my kid was lookin at the same thing.
Things to remember on these Tech Schools.
* You may get a degree from them but make no mistake, it's nothing more then a piece of paper. Take your associate degree from them and try to continue your education at any other school and you will find that you don;t really have a degree because they are not an accredited school. Although they will not lie to you about this fact, they also work hard to not tell you about it either.
* They promise job placement assistance. Don't count on it. Ask around and you will find out that it's had very limited success.
* at some point in your life you are gonna want to do more then turn wrenches, bodies get old and sore. This is why accredited schools force you to take other classes to prepare you to also learn the business and personnel end of shop life.
Some good people have graduated from these schools, no doubt about that, but most of those people went in already knowing how to do whatever they went in for so it wasn't the school that made them good.
Things to remember on these Tech Schools.
* You may get a degree from them but make no mistake, it's nothing more then a piece of paper. Take your associate degree from them and try to continue your education at any other school and you will find that you don;t really have a degree because they are not an accredited school. Although they will not lie to you about this fact, they also work hard to not tell you about it either.
* They promise job placement assistance. Don't count on it. Ask around and you will find out that it's had very limited success.
* at some point in your life you are gonna want to do more then turn wrenches, bodies get old and sore. This is why accredited schools force you to take other classes to prepare you to also learn the business and personnel end of shop life.
Some good people have graduated from these schools, no doubt about that, but most of those people went in already knowing how to do whatever they went in for so it wasn't the school that made them good.
#15
04-12-2010, 08:59 PM
Diesel Bomber
Wyotech and the chain of schools owned by the same company do a great job of advertising, that's the good side of them. You can learn something from them but not nearly enough to justify the cost by any means and if you talk to shop supervisors most will tell you that they will not hire on the basis of being a graduate of those schools. They've been there, done that before. By the way, I actually did this when my kid was lookin at the same thing.
Things to remember on these Tech Schools.
* You may get a degree from them but make no mistake, it's nothing more then a piece of paper. Take your associate degree from them and try to continue your education at any other school and you will find that you don;t really have a degree because they are not an accredited school. Although they will not lie to you about this fact, they also work hard to not tell you about it either.
* They promise job placement assistance. Don't count on it. Ask around and you will find out that it's had very limited success.
* at some point in your life you are gonna want to do more then turn wrenches, bodies get old and sore. This is why accredited schools force you to take other classes to prepare you to also learn the business and personnel end of shop life.
Some good people have graduated from these schools, no doubt about that, but most of those people went in already knowing how to do whatever they went in for so it wasn't the school that made them good.
Things to remember on these Tech Schools.
* You may get a degree from them but make no mistake, it's nothing more then a piece of paper. Take your associate degree from them and try to continue your education at any other school and you will find that you don;t really have a degree because they are not an accredited school. Although they will not lie to you about this fact, they also work hard to not tell you about it either.
* They promise job placement assistance. Don't count on it. Ask around and you will find out that it's had very limited success.
* at some point in your life you are gonna want to do more then turn wrenches, bodies get old and sore. This is why accredited schools force you to take other classes to prepare you to also learn the business and personnel end of shop life.
Some good people have graduated from these schools, no doubt about that, but most of those people went in already knowing how to do whatever they went in for so it wasn't the school that made them good.
The issue arises when a person attempts to transfer credits from a nationally accredited school to a regionally accredited school.
Most academic universities are regionally accredited---the main thing is this; regionally accredited schools feel students from a nationally accredited school are lacking in academic ability and do not feel those with nationally accredited transcripts are smart enough to enter their hallowed halls.
It can be spun thousands of ways, but that is the real issue. It is also very much a financial issue--why allow someone free credit when you can get them to pay again?
#17
04-12-2010, 10:45 PM
im going to go with this idea, its like everything else in life you get out what you put in, im just looking at it to learn a bit more than i do now, and for the experience, i mean i have the opportunity to go so why not give it a chance, whats the worse that can happen? Ive read some of the rules for the campus and some people think they are bs, but really they wouldnt be rules if someone before you screwed it up for everyone else. Ive also checked and they are nationaly accredited. I know im not going to be top dog when i get out but thats life im fine with bustin my *** to get where i want to be in life, hell i would rather work full time and got to school just to get ahead than sit there and say "man i wish i could be doing that", but thats just my opinion
I graduated from Wyoming Tech in 1996.
Just like anything else, you are going to get out of it what you put into it.
Quite a few people I know have been very successful.
Quite a few people I know have gone on to become epic fail asshats, too.
A person has to be honest with themselves going into a fast paced expensive program. When I was there, there was a huge gap between those who 'got it' and those who didn't, and the instructors will take the time to get everyone up to speed, but it takes initiative to ask questions, learn, study, and not spend every waking minute outside of class getting drunk at some kegger out Snowy Range...
I'll put my mechanical ability up against anybody....did that come from WyoTech? No, it came from my internal work ethic, my brain, and instruction from mentors growing up; WyoTech's fast paced, 8 hour a day, sink or swim environment helped me get the most out of myself, but it surely was not the sole reason I'm successful.
Their instructors, back then at least, were very good, but there was just one campus back in the day so my opinions are probably old news, out of date, and generally worthless these days, but I really think too many kids these days have unrealistic expectations. They want instant gratification. Stick your brain in a tech school, set the timer for 6 months, it goes 'DING' and you're the next Enzo Ferrari. Hardly going to happen that way....
Just like anything else, you are going to get out of it what you put into it.
Quite a few people I know have been very successful.
Quite a few people I know have gone on to become epic fail asshats, too.
A person has to be honest with themselves going into a fast paced expensive program. When I was there, there was a huge gap between those who 'got it' and those who didn't, and the instructors will take the time to get everyone up to speed, but it takes initiative to ask questions, learn, study, and not spend every waking minute outside of class getting drunk at some kegger out Snowy Range...
I'll put my mechanical ability up against anybody....did that come from WyoTech? No, it came from my internal work ethic, my brain, and instruction from mentors growing up; WyoTech's fast paced, 8 hour a day, sink or swim environment helped me get the most out of myself, but it surely was not the sole reason I'm successful.
Their instructors, back then at least, were very good, but there was just one campus back in the day so my opinions are probably old news, out of date, and generally worthless these days, but I really think too many kids these days have unrealistic expectations. They want instant gratification. Stick your brain in a tech school, set the timer for 6 months, it goes 'DING' and you're the next Enzo Ferrari. Hardly going to happen that way....
#18
04-13-2010, 02:26 AM
#19
04-13-2010, 03:09 AM
#20
04-13-2010, 04:07 AM
dont go, i graduated in 08. all your paying for is the name. in some ways im glad i went and in others im not. i did learn alot of stuff and met alot of good friends but i did not learn what i paid for. for the most part the instructors are very helpful and some will go out of there way to help you. but the school as a whole treats you like you are 5 years old and cant think for yourself. i am now stuck with HUGE school loans which i can not find a job in this field. do yourself a favor and save 40 grand. go find a shop that will teach you everything you need to know. you will have way more hand on training and wont have the loans to pay back.
