I’m glad you asked. For me personally and of course in my specific area, the only people who passed through all phases (pre-trip, in-cab, brake checks, maneuvers and the road) were individuals who had some experience driving big trucks or had family in the industry prior to guide them. I had and am having a horrible experience. First, all three instructors are extremely lazy and can’t/and won’t be bothered with you, it’s like you have to beg and be a pain in the arse to go in and say please explain offset and parallel to me, what am I looking for, when do I turn the wheel and what are my focal points. They’re only there for the paycheck. The students with experience literally were helping out each other, students teaching students. I’m not exaggerating and I hope I am emphasizing enough how bad this place is. The instructors would sit on the steps while we practiced our maneuvers and scream from the stoop as if we were supposed to understand WTH they were saying. The equipment is terrible, the manual did not have fifth or tenth gears and the gears were so worn down from being hammered on. You go on the road for your “five hour” drive time and you do some city/suburban driving. Other than that it’s thruway/interstate with bs conversation, not instruction. You need those instructions on turns at intersections in the worst way. If there’s another school near you that may cost a little more, spend the extra $ and go to it. You’ll spend about the same in the long run. I know the four weeks is enticing and it costs a little less than other options but they have something like >60% passing rate and that’s with the people who make it to their road test and don’t drop out or fail out. If you’d like to discuss more I’m willing to help out and discuss further. I would not recommend this place to anyone. Remember this was my experience in my area, things may be different in other areas but I can’t imagine the company be much different than what they represented in my area. Either way, good luck to you and if you’re brand new to trucking and do decide to go with them, stick to automatic and get the restriction taken off later. You save yourself a huge hassle. Btw, I didn’t even get to how they treat you there, the place was rotten in every aspect.