WyoTech

[TacoStewie]

So here it is, what i think of the shcool that people want to go to.



If you are book-smart then it a good school.  90% of the school is book work and 5% shop.  The classes were over filled with not enough instructors.  you would spend about half your time waiting to get something signed off so you could move on. 

But not everything i have to say is bad.  i did learn  a lot while i was out there, and i had a good time. just the way i was told how the school is ran and what i went trough was far off.


thats a start.

[Lady Di]

the architectural firm I work for is designing (designed? I don't know if it's built yet) the new Wyotech school in Daytona.
Thats all I know about it.

[MiniSimp]

So here it is, what i think of the shcool that people want to go to.

You spelled school wrong. 

[TacoStewie]

that is why i went to wyotech, they dont care just want your money

[toyo487]

I went for a short time, I coun't get a job in town (they said that their were lots of Jobs) and I got stuck going to class at night.  The apartments I lived in were very noisy during the day so it made sleeping very difficult.  The only positive thing about my experience at WyoTech was that is where I got my first toyota (1987 toyota 4Runner, hence toyo487)  I should have gone to UTI it is a much better school.  (my brother in law went and loved it, the campus seemed much better also.)

[rude86]

just think you spent all of that money just to sit at a desk and work for marlin crawler. really sounds like you came out ahead of things on that deal.

[TacoStewie]

i was in night classes also but i lived in a trailer.  

[Tallchevy]

i was in night classes also but i lived in a trailer.  

Did you have broke down cars in front with no wheels & no wheels on the trailer

[TacoStewie]

just think you spent all of that money just to sit at a desk and work for marlin crawler. really sounds like you came out ahead of things on that deal.

out of my friends that went to WyoTech i did come out on top.  8 people from my high school went there and i am one of the three that are working in the field.

[TacoStewie]

Did you have broke down cars in front with no wheels & no wheels on the trailer

the trailer wheels were on the roof holding it down

[Tallchevy]

the trailer wheels were on the roof holding it down

Did you goto Laramie 

[Wermz84]

Sounds like you described my shcool.  almost the same sort of deal,  started out well and then after a couple of semesters you could see the schools priority change toward just money.   took almost 2 years to get a job in the industry.

Did you have broke down cars in front with no wheels & no wheels on the trailer

Don't forget the radiator being used as a condenser in your moonshine still   

[weirdtimes_7]

Whats UTI??? I want to go to a technical school like WyoTech, but i don't want to waste my money with class room crap... what should i do???

military_stang

[Tallchevy]

Universal Technical Institute in Arizona

[Cheesemaker]

A buddy went to wyotech and the instructors couldn't rebuild a th400 to save their lives!  They would rebuild it and install it and it wouldn't work.  This happened like 4 times in a row.  He called me up and asked me to ship him a th400 our local mechanic/buddy rebuilt and shipped it to him!  He got it installed and backed into the shop and lit the 38" tires up, and told the instructor that he's got alot to learn still!

[TacoStewie]

Did you goto Laramie 

yep

[Tallchevy]

I went there too.

[NT-OUTBACK]

 

[TacoStewie]

the big kick in the is that they did not help me get a job like they said that they would.  i went to plenty of shops and they said that they want to see what i can do and not what a pice of paper says.

[Tallchevy]

I had an R.O.C. class my junior & senior years of high school. I had the basics when I got there. Plus I was wrenching with my dad long before that. I got a scholarship so I didn't have to pay anything 

Hey TacoStewie, you still looking for a job?

[BLACKDOG]

II will say this we had great luck hiring techs out of our local community college. I'm of the consensus that local community colleges offer the best bang for the buck in terms of training.

yesnod:  American River college in Sacramento has a great automotive program

[TacoStewie]

I had an R.O.C. class my junior & senior years of high school. I had the basics when I got there. Plus I was wrenching with my dad long before that. I got a scholarship so I didn't have to pay anything 

Hey TacoStewie, you still looking for a job?

after WyoTech i went back to building houses for a year then picked up a job in Oakland rebuilding t-cases (WyoTech had nothing to do with it), now i am working at Marlin Crawler

[Tallchevy]

after WyoTech i went back to building houses for a year then picked up a job in Oakland rebuilding t-cases (WyoTech had nothing to do with it), now i am working at Marlin Crawler

Rebuilding t-cases, was that facility in a residential area in the owners garage or basement just off 880?

[toyo487]

I was at the Wyotech in Laramie about 5 or 6 years ago how long ago were you guys there?

[Tallchevy]

April of 89 to Sept 89

[925yota]

I went to the sacto Wyotech and the only instructors that knew anything left after 1-3 months. If you stay in the sacto or bay area go to ARC (american river college) or Skyline's toyota tech program. And save yourself about 15 grand. Most of the time i was at wyotech their ish didn't work and the shop was empty, it wasn't til after i was done that they started getting their ish fixed, and even now i hear ish hasm't changed. I knew more about working on auto's before i went there than when i left.

when i got out people around the bay and sacto were like Wyotech who? and i became a welder at my first job outta Wyotech and i took the ASM class 

For me personaly that ish wasn't worth the 19grand debt i have to pay and i think you could learn more from a chiltons manuel.

[TacoStewie]

Rebuilding t-cases, was that facility in a residential area in the owners garage or basement just off 880?

I know they started in a garage, it was called Transfer Case Express Inc.

I was at the Wyotech in Laramie about 5 or 6 years ago how long ago were you guys there?

I was there from May 04 to May 05.  i took ASM, Auto, and the chassiss fab

[TacoStewie]

For me personaly that ish wasn't worth the 19grand debt i have to pay and i think you could learn more from a chiltons manuel.

you got lucky i am down close to 30