Now what?

Dang! I could have rented a hotel room and stayed there the whole time with what I paid here for four weeks!

You got a great deal! I paid $4k for a four week course...

Mikeeee

 

School I went to (FtScott CC) had a whole pile of Atlas to use. They said they go to local truck stop and get the outdated ones for a couple of bucks.

 

It's an awesome school, no matter what field of study you go into. Thier job placement rating is one of the highest.

 

You have to qualify that with "where" they are placing you. There are good driving jobs, great ones and those other ones...

Mikeeee

 

Just wait her out and be first in line. Two months will fly by quick. Beside the weather will be alot nicer when you stand outside on the obstacle course for hours. The school sounds long but that means you'll get better thorough training.

Get on the schools website and look at the financial aid page. You'll see grants and scholarships that are available to you. Not sure about AR, but TN has a $2000 grant for truck drivers. Cuts your cost in half at least.

Do you have any friends that drive? Good time for a road trip and a little insight.

 

There's no difference whether you owe a bank money or a company for school. If you fail to pay you get a little bad credit ding. I personally wouldn't hesitate to do it. At least it puts you out there making money. If your making money then you don't have to worry about paying the loan back. You just have to have it set in your mind that you are going to follow through with it all and hang in there until your obligations are met. On the bright side you will have already been hired on and won't have to go through the job hunt bull$hit! Good luck to you, I think you will do just fine.

Rocknsand, rookie mistake using old atlas's! Especially if you are not already familiar with over the road driving. You should always have a current atlas and if you are using GPS it is also wise to keep it updated.

 

The horror stories of trucking company training (that I have heard) are that:

you sign a contract to drive for them until they are paid back. which could be a long time.

Since you can not leave, they put you in the worst truck and the worst routes.

But I am hoping they are not all like that. If you have a clean driving record and a clean personal record and you are viable candidate for trucking (not having problems being away from home for such long periods) then have confidence that you are desired as a driver and something will work out for you.

Talk to other students at the classes, who got funding, and ask how they worked the system. I don't mean lying on forms or anything, but everyone needs help figuring which hoops to jump through at the right time.

After 30 years in my land surveying profession I had to get out due to the economy. OUr savings awas gone, our house is in foreclosure (we are trying to save it, but unemployment will not cover the payments, of course). My schooling was $4100. The school offered a payment program of $1200 down and $900 a month for the next three months. I will have graduated before my second $900 payment is due.

I had to sell family heirloom coins that I got from my grandfather's estate to cover the first two payments...

Keep looking for ideas and asking for help and one day we will meet at a TS!!!!

Mikeeee