For those of you having a bad day...

cough.



cough.

got a little awkward in here...

Men? Where?




:wave:

aaaaaaaaaaand back to 2.2's life.

spoke to a a few people from UTI Houston, admissions respresentitives, Finance representitives etc..

total cost to do diesel and auto tech is $28,500. i gave my dad the stuff i'd writen down about the cost, he said he'd have a look at it, i don't think he's too keen to cough up that kind of money, he might if i can get a decent testimony of the potential earnings as a diesel tech.

a nice guy called Justin from the Admission office sent me a whole bunch of info on getting in, required qualifications and such, i'll read through that later.

i've sent him an e-mail telling him what qualifications i have (GCSEs, they're on wikipedia if you don't know what they are) and asked if they're sufficient to get in to UTI.

hopefully i'll have a reply either later tonight (isn't texas GMT-8?)

i'm getting excited now..

All you need is a high school diploma or equivalent and the finances to get in.

i know, i've got a form to fill in and send off to see if my qualifications are equivalent to a high school diploma, a guy i spoke to said he's pretty sure they are.

i now need to get a student visa or green card before i can do anything else, because i have to be assigned to an admissions advisor (i think that's what the guy i just spoke to called it) then i can talk to them and get the information i need.

at the moment i'm not a potential student...

so youre coming to america?

hopefully..

Its not worth spending that kind of money for tech school.

seems kinda steep to me too......

i could earn as much as $100,000 p/a (possibly even more) as a diesel tech.

the school costs a lot, but the return isn't bad as long as you do well there.

very true.....

i was going to do tech school but the cost was way to outrageous so instead i got into the GM ASEP program at my school and am going through the GM certification program and in 2 years or so i will have the rest of my ASE certifications

i could earn as much as $100,000 p/a (possibly even more) as a diesel tech.



LOL

Dreaming.

best-case scenario.

Never prepare for best-case scenario... that's for <0.01% of the population.

Just sayin'.

i know. there's always that possibility.

besides, i'm not in it for the money. i'm in it becuse that's what i want to do.

Never prepare for best-case scenario... that's for <0.01% of the population.

Just sayin'.


That almost like saying just go to be fuck up. I see nothing wrong with preparing for being the best unless that person goes there with absolutely nothing and expecting to make it big in a snap of a finger.

i don't intend or expect to get anything off a silver spoon.

there's nothing wrong with aiming high.

Exactly, just bust ass, and aside from lighting the whole school on fire there's no way you won't land a good job.

My dad once told me, Always aim high so that incase you miss it won't be low.

yeah. when i'm doing something i enjoy, i waork hard and don't waste time.

i might not get anything like as much as that in employment, but if you aim to be the best student you can be, and the best in your class you're more likely to do well that if you think "i'm not that good, why push harder?"

i'm confused.
you say there aren't the same opportunites in the UK but we actually have a very good baase for automotive engineers and designers. Consider this, Ford, Renault, Nissan, Honda and Lotus all recruit directly from colleges/universities and are very good about nuturing graduates/trainees. Lotus have a very good graduate (or equivilant) training program and we literally hundreds of racing teams of all sizes that are always willing to give any potential team-mate a week or two's (admittedly unpaid) trials.

Put it this way, If I wanted to work with cars and have an interest in motorsport as well, being in the UK, my first choice of progression would be automotive engineering degree (or equivilant), try and get into the Lotus Program and do free work for a local racing team.
That is ideal case.

I really would like to know if you want to go to the US because of work opportunities or because of Nicole because your reason of not enough work here is rubbish. Put it this way, if Honda were willing to interview an architecture graduate, then they'd be even more willing to interview someone who actually has automtive background.

i want to work in the diesel industry and tuning cars. (either or, i'll decide when i've thought about it more, leaning towards diesel)

i don't want to work in motorsports, it's tuning as in street cars and drag racing, not circuit racing. also the demand for diesel techs here isn't as high as we already have a lot of diesels on the road.

on top of that, i don't want to live here, i want to live in the US.

still an opening in my place near nicole, and i love tuners!!!! lol u could probably survive on tuning my car alone.....haha jk

I'd rather live in England...

still an opening in my place near nicole, and i love tuners!!!! lol u could probably survive on tuning my car alone.....haha jk

what are are you going to?

no offense but i still don't buy it.
nearly every university I know here that has an automotive engineering department AND every car manufacturer that has a development base here has a drivetrain and vehicle research department. That's not to mention that Ford's diesel research facility is in the UK doing the majority of their diesel research and again, Lotus' engineering department that do all sorts of work from valveless systems to engine designs.

There is plenty of work in diesels in the UK; I'm not convinced that you've actually looked into it.

i've looked into it.

i still don't want to live here.

not much more to say except:
fair enough.

i completely see your point, and no offence to you about any of it.

it's jsut that i don't want to live here. i know there are certain opportunities, places i can train and work. but that doesn't change much for me.

what are are you going to?

whatever life brings me...lol

i meant what part of florida are you going to. :tongue:

lol, anywhere from tampa to ft myers, along the west coast..

shame, i'm trying to move to the east coast..

east coast of fla? from what ive seen its pretty nice, but i dont like miami much, and boca is too expensive....

east coast of fla? from what ive seen its pretty nice, but i dont like miami much, and boca is too expensive....

i went to miami for christmas '05, i liked it there. didn't see enough of it but i liked what i did see. south beach has some amazing deco architecture.

depends on which time of the year you go, spring break is amazing, and off seasons the place is all cubians, no offence... boca was awesome, but out of my price range..