wyotech

anyone been there or heard about it or reviews good or bad im thinkin bout goin there and wuz just curious?!

There are already a bunch of threads about it. I personally went to the laramie campus back in 03-05. You can get a lot out of it if you dedicate yourself to it. It's very fast paced and if you want to get a lot of info pay attention!

Graduated from Blairsville a year and half ago. Like Kenny said, you have to dedicate yourself to it cause it's really fast paced. It's an excellent way to learn the basics. Like everything else, Wyotech has its good parts and bad. If your serious about cars, I would suggest it.

I say this in every post about Wyotech so I'll say it again: The best part about it, are the friends you're going to meet. I still talk to a lot of the people that I've met while attending.

Look at the cost of tuition, think about the tools that will buy you. Then you'll still have plenty left over for literature (for the stuff you don't know). Then get a job at the bottom (where you'll start even after a tech school), and start wrenching. Watch and learn from techs in the field and by actually working on the cars vs. being able to say what needs to be done and not being able to do it.

I've worked with several Wyotech, NTI and UTI grads, and all in all three were worth it. Everyone I talked to felt the school was not worth the money after graduation and wished they got more out of it. Not to mention, a lot of managers have seen a lot of poor "techs" to come out the tech schools and I'd say a good many (at least that I've talked to/worked with) are jaded and would rather not hire a tech school grad.

One more thing to consider if you do start out at the bottom before going to a tech school, is what you want to achieve from it. Do you want to sling wrenches working flat rate at a dealership, where your speed and accuracy are a must or you're replaced, or do you want to build custom chassis and bag anything with wheels, or slap a 5.0 in a Volvo station wagon? The school is only geared towards the first, experience and actual wrench time will get you the second.

that is definitely true! i've seen a lot of kids that have screwed it up for a lot of people by getting hired and bitching and whining about starting at the bottom and not working out. you are going to start at the bottom after graduating but you have to suck it up and live with it. honestly if you have a shop around you that is willing to hire you with no experience i would take that before going to WyoTech. you are better off learning the hard way and getting the experience than if you leave wyotech thinking you know it all and f*ckin some shit up.

I whet to wyotech in laramie from jan 05 to sept 05 and I will be paying for it for the reset of my life. the cost of living & tuition is way to high for what I got out of it. I did make some good friend and learned a cool skill. but I would not recommend anyone to go to this school.

What was the total cost. I got the MGI Bill and i need to use it some way.

school cost me about 26K and about 10k in living expenses.

i went from september 03' to february 05'. i had to re-phase my second 6 weeks there because my flight got cancelled and i missed too many days. then during my final six weeks i got pneumonia really bad in both lungs and was in the hospital for a week so i just withdrew. all in all it cost $34,000 i believe plus housing and food and such. it is damn expensive and like i said before if you can become an apprentice somewhere without having to go to school than you are going to be way better off. it was however the best 18 months of my life!

I am currently attending laramie campus i have taken colision and refinishing as well as trim and now i am takeing chassie fab what are thinking of taking