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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:15 PM
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Any suggestions and what is the best school out there? Washington DC area preferred but can relocate. I've been looking at MMI, but I wanna ensure I get the right one before I commit.

 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:22 PM
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Do yourself a favor & do a google search, then some home work. This isn't the place to get information on your education.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 103 sedona orange
Do yourself a favor & do a google search, then some home work. This isn't the place to get information on your education.
Oh yeah! Why didn't I think of doing that?!?! Thank you very much Captain Obvious for clearly stating the common day response for someone who had their cheerios pissed in this morning. Just cause yours got pissed in doesn't mean you need to try to **** in other peoples cheerios. FYI, I did do a google search, and checked the forums, oh, I also talked to local shops as well as a couple current former and current students in MMI and WyoTech. The purpose I am asking here in the forum is to get more opinions of other people who may have experience and that will have VALUABLE input, not just some BS jargon just to be a douche bag. So, thank you for your input, it was very in-valuable. Now, go get yourself another bowl of cheerios and have a fabulous day.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 05:04 AM
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Oh yeah! Why didn't I think of doing that?!?! Thank you very much Captain Obvious for clearly stating the common day response for someone who had their cheerios pissed in this morning. Just cause yours got pissed in doesn't mean you need to try to **** in other peoples cheerios. FYI, I did do a google search, and checked the forums, oh, I also talked to local shops as well as a couple current former and current students in MMI and WyoTech. The purpose I am asking here in the forum is to get more opinions of other people who may have experience and that will have VALUABLE input, not just some BS jargon just to be a douche bag. So, thank you for your input, it was very in-valuable. Now, go get yourself another bowl of cheerios and have a fabulous day.
Dude, you asked for input, he gave you valuable input. If you go off with a rant every time someone posts something you don't like the answer to it won't take long before people don't pay attention to your posts.

As an educator I will echo his comments.
 
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Dude, you asked for input, he gave you valuable input.
Dude?

The OP did not ask for input, he specifically asked what is the best school out there.

Sedonia gave him a snotty do a google search answer and the OP chopped his head off-good for him...

Here would be a good place to ask, because there may be grads from all those schools on this forum.

Sorry OP, I can`t answer the question, never went to motorcycle mechanics school (Airframe and Powerplant school, many moons ago).
 

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I checked into MMI several years ago and was pretty impressed with their reputation and curriculum.

I know MMI is endorsed by ALL the big motorcycle manufacturers; that was another selling point for me.

In the end though, I couldn't afford the tuition, at the time it was about $25,000 for a little over a year, and I was unable to relocate to either AZ or FL.

However, someone I work with has a son that went to the FL MMI and got a job in MN as soon as he graduated just about 2 years ago now.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2014 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by prplglide
I checked into MMI several years ago and was pretty impressed with their reputation and curriculum.

I know MMI is endorsed by ALL the big motorcycle manufacturers; that was another selling point for me.

In the end though, I couldn't afford the tuition, at the time it was about $25,000 for a little over a year, and I was unable to relocate to either AZ or FL.

However, someone I work with has a son that went to the FL MMI and got a job in MN as soon as he graduated just about 2 years ago now.
Thanks man for the input. What you said pretty much sums up everything I have gotten from all my other sources so far, I appreciate the info. FYI, its now $29,765 including the HD course.
 
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