Watauga Campus - Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute — Attraction in Boone

(Originally posted at CCC&TI - Caldwell Campus, but very much applies here as well) I would like to leave a one-star review warning people to reconsider. Just to get a tiny bit of visibility, even if it's on this small of a scale. I'm not knocking or disagreeing with the people who left five-star reviews. I'm only saying that not everyone gets that level of treatment. Some people have been disserviced. Some people really have just wasted their money, effort, and SO MUCH time. I don't have the eloquence to come off as anything more than a disgruntled student. However, I believe it is important to give the next person more validity.

Your experience as a new-to-this-college student could end up being a five-star-worthy experience. I’d only like to point out, that is not a given. Experiences here are based on many factors, the most important being the program you choose. Unless you have heard reviews speaking about a specific program at this college, I urge you to take generic or unspecific positive reviews with a grain of salt. (The nursing program is the only one I personally keep hearing glowing reviews of.)

I came into this program with an idealistic mindset, thinking support would be plentiful. I did not expect to be met with blatant dismissiveness, passive-aggression, and inconsistencies. For any prospective students to CCC&TI, please consider all your options. If this is still what you must do… at least you’re not going in completely blind. I sincerely wish you the best of luck, you’re...

Where to begin? I have attended CCC&TI off an on for 4 years (only returned because they would not transfer my classes). Every time I walked into any administration office there were at least 3 employes on personal facebook's and pinterests' (I have pictures to prove). Takes 2-3 days to receive any response via email. They made me pay for an entire semester that I did not even attend and took me over a year to get my money refunded (all because when I dropped a class the teacher had me still registered in her class). The vice president did not fix any problem I had then sent me an email called the "Purge List" that had a list of students social security numbers as well as student ID's on accident (which alone shows how responsible they are). O and to finish it off they lied about the cost of my classes and told me I did not receive any financial aid a day after I received my award letter. As you can see, save your money and time and apply yourself at a reputable school with reputable employees. It will help you progress in your future instead of holding you back like Caldwell Community College has done me. They are a disgrace to the educational system of caldwell...

I spent 6 months driving back and forth from Florida in my impending move trying to get situated and registered for school for Fall 2011 Semester. In that time, I had to send my transcripts 3 times...drove several times straight from FL to Boone campus to meet with people on scheduled appointments that went home because they thought I was someone else. No follow-ups to emails or phone calls...ALL THE CLASSES I NEEDED WERE FULL when it came time to be registered because they messed up my records (transfer credits and a complete bungling of my financial aid) and I had to wait for them to resolve...long story short...this place WASTED SIX MONTHS of my time. What took me 6 months trying to resolve and get set up took me a day and a half at Wilkes Community College, AND I got all the classes I wanted. I wouldn't recommend this place, especially if you are "out of state" and planning on CCC&TI...as far as the actual classes; I wouldnt know because they made it impossible to try to...