Wyotech anyone??

[Nospeed]

noob here...hello everyone...nice to meet you all...been on the board a couple months, but never posted. so hey...

anyway...my wife and i had a visit from a wyotech rep today, and honestly, i dont know what to think. it seems like its too good to be true. i mean, associates in 9 months?? $19,500 for a 9 month class?? so many rules, makes me think of a prep school...i dunno.

have any of you gone to wyotech, or thought about it? or have any of you got to go on a tour, or what...what are your thoughts on the school?

[deevergote]

Never heard of em, but an associates degree isn't really worth much more than a high school diploma in the work world. Take the time and go to a real school for 3 or 4 years (depending on how hard you push yourself.)

For me, Rutgers is about $8000 a year, and once you pay for 4 classes, everything after that is free... so, if I took a 6 class courseload each semester (7 sometimes) I could've made it out in 3... Of course, I'm gonna do it in 2.5 there, and 4 at a community college trying to figure out what I wanted to do!

[93accordEX]

Originally posted by Deevergote
Never heard of em

do you watch tv? I have no personal experience, but have heard that its pretty good

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...ht=morrisville

[akrodha]

talked to them about enrollment, seemed a little high. I talked to recruits that were just low paid interns. They didn't impress me, but the commercials looked good.

Just find a good shop and ask to sweep the floor. That's how some of the best builders today got started.

[uncle_el]

Originally posted by 93accordEX
do you watch tv? I have no personal experience, but have heard that its pretty good

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...ht=morrisville

i've only heard of it from tv as well. don't know much more than that.

[ChIoVnIdCa]

Originally posted by Deevergote
Never heard of em, but an associates degree isn't really worth much more than a high school diploma in the work world. Take the time and go to a real school for 3 or 4 years (depending on how hard you push yourself.)

For me, Rutgers is about $8000 a year, and once you pay for 4 classes, everything after that is free... so, if I took a 6 class courseload each semester (7 sometimes) I could've made it out in 3... Of course, I'm gonna do it in 2.5 there, and 4 at a community college trying to figure out what I wanted to do!

Automotive school

[deevergote]

Ah, that would explain it then! Ok, an associates degree in a trade like that is good... about as good as a bachelors in other stuff.

Research what kind of jobs graduates can get, and ask about job placement (if they have any). If that sounds good, then I would say it's good.

[Nospeed]

well, they had a 98% placement rate last term (3 months ago), so id say they've got a pretty good career services team...

as far as jobs, wyotech has teamed up with dealerships around the nation to offer "apprenticeships" if you want to call them that, where you sign on with, say, bmw-volvo-audi-porsche, for like a year, and they might pay off your tuition, and help you with tools and crap like that. so yeah...im still pondering it...

check them out at WyoTech

[deevergote]

Originally posted by 93accordEX
do you watch tv?

Nope
I SOMETIMES catch the Simpsons, or bits and pieces of the A Team or MacGyver, but that's it.