which college to choose

[Halon]

It's a very personal choice. I personally went in the military and got to see experience several places all over the country and the world. It was a great experience and left me thinking that everyone ought to explore the world beyond there comfortable at home environment.

Now with that being said, I've since gotten out, moved back home, and am starting school locally at Dunwoody here in a month. So I'm going to school locally but I now have a wife, house, and son so staying local makes sense. But I'm really glad I spent 5 years in the military experiencing the rest of the world, and 3 years after that working a job that also allowed me to travel abroad a lot. It made me realise just how much I like MN, and also that I really like Arizona as well and would totally move to a place like there or New Mexico if life ever put me there. Florida and Japan are nice, but I learned I hate humid places on the ocean so don't think I'd ever want to live there. But glad I did it, met some great friends and have some amazing memories, wouldn't trade any of it for a thing.

But yeah, it's a very personal choice. You have to ultimately decide for yourself which way to go. I assume your going for an automotive degree. I'd say in the end when looking for a job, employers probably aren't going to care if you degree is from UTI, Wyotech, or Anoka Tech. So if the remote schools are a lot more money, I'd say the return on investment over your standard tech school probably isn't really there and it might be worth saving money and going to the less expensive school.


Last random comment, if you're going for automotive, I'd really think twice about that choice. There's so many other 'tech' degrees that in my opinion would be a much more promising lifelong career. Unless you want to work under a slushy MN car in January for the rest of your life... Robotics, Electronics, Machining/3D-printing, engineering drafting, etc.