The students in this article took and passed industry ASE certifications without the 2 year experience requirement. I would be interested in doing that if theres anyway I can have the 2 yr prerequisite waived. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/joliet-romeoville/community/chi-ugc-article-jchs-students-receive-ase-student-certificati-2016-02-02-story.html