Columbus Technical College — Local services in Columbus

They make wanting to better yourself impossible. I intended to transfer here because I needed some classes for my current job. The admissions office was less than helpful, and after I requested to be placed in the Health Sciences degree program, the admissions rep STILL put me in some certificate class I didn't even ask for.

Yesterday I received an automated call telling me that I needed to log in and check my financial aid because if my balance wasn't paid by 8/10, my classes would be cancelled. Okay, cool, right? Wrong.. I logged in and didn't see an award summary, so I called the school for clarification and they sent me a text...? Who does that?

So this morning I called to find out what was going on, and the lady told me that I needed 12 credits to qualify for 233.00 in FA.. my total was 942.00 NOT INCLUDING BOOKS... so I'm like okay, but I also qualify for federal loans... She said my EFC was high and I had been selected for verification. Cool.. I'll give you what you need... but she never told me what I needed.. told me to call FAFSA, to which I did, and they referred me back to the school.

Now I'm frustrated because it seems this school is full of a bunch of unqualified personnel...

I called back, got another lady... she told me that I needed 12 hours to get the FA. I'm already taking 7(3 classes), and they want me to add on 4 more classes.. 7 classes they want me to take... so then I asked, okay, and who is going to pay for the other classes? I told her the only way I can go to school is to use FAFSA. I told her I was qualified for the loans as well and she said "we don't participate in the federal loan program, so you'll have to go through a private lender".. ummmm. WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS? I would have not even APPLIED!!! This school is a JOKE. They don't care about students succeeding, they obviously only care about the...

I decided to withdraw from classes today, because I enrolled July 8, 2019. There had been an error made in admissions were I had been given an student Id number that started with 999 which it was supposed to start off as 910 and what they did was give me another student number. So it was supposed to be corrected and something about them having to go in and completely remove the student number that started with 999. I ended up having two student Id numbers and so happen my financial aid was on the student id number that started with 999 that was supposed to be removed. They even had me go back and resubmit my financial aid. Now let me remind you this mistake was made last month on the 8th of July and even though I was told that my classes would be saved and that I wouldn’t be purged, I felt like if they hadn’t fixed the problem before the semester started it wasn’t going to be fixed. On top of all this my admission fee was waived, but I get a hold put on my account for admission waiver fee for some reason. I go to the advisement center and they was able to get it taken off. Then a week later the hold was placed back on my account. Today would’ve been my first day, but because off all this I didn’t want to attend classes blind not even knowing what financial aid would cover and what would be left after...

This school is way too disorganized. When I applied I got no information. Luckily someone that attends there told me of orientation day or I wouldn't have known because I received nothing in the way of information about what I need to do after applying. My first semester was a bomb. When they state that a class is web enhanced it means that the entirety of the class is online you show up for class only for them to read what you have already read online. It is a waste of time and gas money. Also the midterm or the final is at home online. It is up to the teachers preference. The one thing that really ticks me off is that I did all this to get to my major and I can't get the class I need because it is full. They only have one teacher teaching that one class and now I have to wait a year, since the class is only taught in the fall, to "maybe" get a chance to get in the classes that I need so that I can complete my education. Why is there only one class/teacher when you know that major/certificate is in demand? You have more students that need to take it than spots. I am fed up! I am looking for other...