Any one here attend UTI school?

[T_Raven]

I attended Wyoming Tech in '02, I've never seen a UTI campus but some of the guys at Wyotech checked out both schools and said they felt like Wyotech had more to offer. But who know's what's changed in the last 7 years.

The Wyotech course was good and I've met 5 or 6 UTI graduates that said the school sucked. None of them impressed me with what they knew but not every Wyotech grad was at the same level either so maybe the UTI grads I met were just behind the curve.

Looking back and considering the costs have gone up I think the only benefit to those two schools are the specialty classes. I heard UTI's hotrod program is a joke, but didn't take it myself. I took chassis fab at Wyotech and it was in the same shop as the street rod course where they teach you body mods. Those two courses are awesome and I highly recommend them.

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by JUSTANOVA

I went to UTI in phx, about 8 yrs ago and I was not impressed, but I did have a pretty extensive mechanical background before I went in,(let me clarify that a little, I grew up on a small family farm and we fixed all of our own equipment and vehicles etc...) so there was only a few things in each class that I picked up on. But if you are realatively new to the whole mechanical deal you may be a prime candadate for uti. My only reason for attending uti was to get to their BMW graduate program which I will say made the whole deal worth it, I learned an unbelievable amount of info in 6.5months, and got me a pretty cool career.

But having said that, when I was in the BMW program there was a student from the boston area that had attended New England Tech and he had also had a pretty good mech. background before school and he spoke highly of new england tech. so I see you are in Mass. so you may want to check them out as well.

I did a google search and came up with the following website
http://www.neit.edu/index.cfm?pg=87&...ive-Technology

hope this helps

Hey thanks a lot JUSTANOVA!!! I really appreciate the link and time you put into for me. I had looked at that school, but it's a ways for me to get there day in and day out. UTI is literally about 20 minutes from me, whereas NET is about 50 minutes away. PLUS, I drive a Dodge Hemi Ram and that thing is "not nice" on the gas consumption. LOL!! (I am currently layed off, that is why I am considering a career move, not complaining about the gas consumption here.)
I have no automotive skills at all and would like to persue a career in it, especially restoring/building muscle & pro-touring cars.
I appreciate the other guys comments as well. As of now, I'm in the air about going. Again, thank you!!!

[JUSTANOVA]

I have no automotive skills at all and would like to persue a career in it, especially restoring/building muscle & pro-touring cars.

then uti would probably fit the bill perfectly for you, especially if you are willing to learn and don't have the "know it all" attitude that some of the uti students have. i know uti's graduate programs are pretty top notch (if you get into one of those I would highl recommend going for BMW because they have the best warranty and full maintenance, so we are doing better than the others right now)

I also work with a guy that went to wyo tech and took the chassis fab and streetrod courses and said they were top notch so If you are looking to enter the restoration/ pro-touring deal they may be a better choice, I dont think uti really offers much on that front. Sure they have thier "hot rod" class but when I went there we tore down/rebuilt a sbc, put it in a kit car t-bucket, ran it on the chassis dyno, then pulled the motors. Each group was then allowed 1 mod (heads, cam, intake etcc..) then repeat. then for the third part we did bolt on mods to newer cars and dyno tested.

either way it sounds like you are doing the correct research and have the right attitude to get what you need out of the school so good luck with your decision.

[tones2SS]

Thanks for all the info/advice JUSTANOVA!!
I really appreciate it. I'm just trying to justify spending that much money. I am a HUGE car lover and would love to be able to be part of a build or restoration of a muscle car or pro-touring car.
Thanks for your input!!!