Im SOOOO glad I left the org mentally before trying to go to MTS. It helped too that I was once engaged, but I think if I would have attended that i would hate myself for the waste of time in going.
There are two MTS grads in my circuit...sent to the boonies of the boonies that has NO job opportunities. I can only imagine the mental anguish it must put on them to go from living up north in huge metropolitan areas with many opportunities to that. And the way they are received here sounds different from the way you guys describe it. The MTS grads in this area or a step away from being worshipped by many.