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Hey guys, I saw Universal technical institute is opening on June here in DFW.
Has anyone been there done that @ UTI?
I just browsed through their website, but didn't see any Honda programs throughout the states. Anyone know if they ever do Honda program?
Out of curiosity, what does the tuition look like? They don't have rates available on their website.
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Has anyone been there done that @ UTI?
I just browsed through their website, but didn't see any Honda programs throughout the states. Anyone know if they ever do Honda program?
Out of curiosity, what does the tuition look like? They don't have rates available on their website.
thx
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dont waste your time or money.
i graduated in 06 and left disgusted with working on cars.
i really believe if you start out at a dealer and work your way up and get experience you will get a better job after the same amount of time without spending all that money.
there was very little hands on experience most of the time was book work which was extremely old text books. the only part i enjoyed was the hot rod and proving to my redneck teacher that my type r hatchback made power up and over 9k rpm.
i graduated in 06 and left disgusted with working on cars.
i really believe if you start out at a dealer and work your way up and get experience you will get a better job after the same amount of time without spending all that money.
there was very little hands on experience most of the time was book work which was extremely old text books. the only part i enjoyed was the hot rod and proving to my redneck teacher that my type r hatchback made power up and over 9k rpm.
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Originally Posted by Mister Jew,Apr 20 2010, 10:09 AM
dont waste your time or money.
i graduated in 06 and left disgusted with working on cars.
i really believe if you start out at a dealer and work your way up and get experience you will get a better job after the same amount of time without spending all that money.
there was very little hands on experience most of the time was book work which was extremely old text books. the only part i enjoyed was the hot rod and proving to my redneck teacher that my type r hatchback made power up and over 9k rpm.
i graduated in 06 and left disgusted with working on cars.
i really believe if you start out at a dealer and work your way up and get experience you will get a better job after the same amount of time without spending all that money.
there was very little hands on experience most of the time was book work which was extremely old text books. the only part i enjoyed was the hot rod and proving to my redneck teacher that my type r hatchback made power up and over 9k rpm.
i did learn some but the classes are too fast and its hard to retain all that info with every subject being only 3 weeks each.
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agreed with the above post. graduated there myself in 03 and ended up working at a dealership but not as a tech. what i learned more was that i can make as much or more by doing sales. lol
its an ok school to learn but its better to save your money by going to a regular college. its what over 34k now. when i went it was only 23k and im still paying that off.
and no they dont have a honda program to get into after you graduate. they do have BMW, porsche, mercedes if i remember correctly but they choose only like the top graduates and even then its not gauranteed to get in. some of the program requires that you have previous dealership experience before going into the graduate programs. if you like toyota, they have a t-ten program out here in cali at a couple community colleges.
its an ok school to learn but its better to save your money by going to a regular college. its what over 34k now. when i went it was only 23k and im still paying that off.
and no they dont have a honda program to get into after you graduate. they do have BMW, porsche, mercedes if i remember correctly but they choose only like the top graduates and even then its not gauranteed to get in. some of the program requires that you have previous dealership experience before going into the graduate programs. if you like toyota, they have a t-ten program out here in cali at a couple community colleges.
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my son goes there now in southern calif, tuition is over 30k and the program last a bit more than a year. there is testing as you go and only the top grads get into the bmw/porsche,etc...programs. each campus offers slightly different programs. he has his up days and down days with the program and there is allot of classroom stuff plus the program is rather strict and structured as to what you wear, time in class, etc...
there are no breaks of several weeks like a college. when you get out you appear to be qualifed to get a job at a dealer which requires you do something like this and you have a set of snap on tools as part of the program.
there are no breaks of several weeks like a college. when you get out you appear to be qualifed to get a job at a dealer which requires you do something like this and you have a set of snap on tools as part of the program.
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Originally Posted by pmptx,Apr 21 2010, 09:07 AM
Thought this was a thread on Urinanry Tract Infections, whew.
Sorry to threadjack JL, just thought it was funny.
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Originally Posted by hirev,Apr 21 2010, 10:15 AM
my son goes there now in southern calif, tuition is over 30k and the program last a bit more than a year. there is testing as you go and only the top grads get into the bmw/porsche,etc...programs. each campus offers slightly different programs. he has his up days and down days with the program and there is allot of classroom stuff plus the program is rather strict and structured as to what you wear, time in class, etc...
there are no breaks of several weeks like a college. when you get out you appear to be qualifed to get a job at a dealer which requires you do something like this and you have a set of snap on tools as part of the program.
there are no breaks of several weeks like a college. when you get out you appear to be qualifed to get a job at a dealer which requires you do something like this and you have a set of snap on tools as part of the program.
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Go to a community college, and learn the same thing for pennies on the dollar, hell I got PAID to learn(financial aid). Don't spend so much money for somethign you can learn at community college. You're mostly just going to be learning theories and how stuff works, basically reading books. You wont really learn hands on until you are actually working. But the theory stuff is important, so pay attention and get good grades, because that stuff basically seperates the techs who are just parts installers, or the techs that can actually diagnose and fix a problem. No offense to anyone who went to UTI but most of the people I've met that went there don't know jack shit, and have a huge ass debt.