Gateway Community & Technical College: Boone Campus — Local services in Florence

Stay away from this school and do not do business with them if you value your time and money. They run this place like a business intended to scam students who are looking for a cheap education. You’re paying for a receipt, not an education. This is NOT an educational facility that values its pupils. They claim to prepare you for a 4 year college, they do not. It’s also important to know that Gateway community and technical College collects your personal information and sells it to other colleges, businesses, and telemarketers.

Nearly every semester I had faculty who were unwilling to do the bare minimum of their job requirement. I have now been in a 2 1/2 month battle of trying to get a refund for a class that was not provided to me. The faculty here value money far more than they do the student and will do everything they can to deny you a refund or fair resolution. There are some quality faculty members with good intentions, but the vast majority of the faculty, especially the senior members, are rude, unfair, and lack compassion. They do not respond to emails and avoid contact at all costs. I know this school is tempting because of the cheaper cost, but save your time and money and look for alternatives. You’ll be...

Though Gateway is a lot cheaper than normal colleges keep in mind you get what you pay for. I have not been to NKU but it is coming in the near future. I am enrolled in the Computer and Information Technology department. If you are expecting hands on training, forget it, as Gateway has little to no equipment to actually work with. They utilize TestOut program to teach the class online. The Networking instructor refuses to cover anything from TestOut. That not his job. I will not take any more classes with him at all. TestOut gives very limited info for what you need for the exams they have. Basically you fail the exam, expand all questions and answers, print it, and retake the test and 100% and have successfully learned nothing at all. One extremely good instructor and one I have for online class I can not comment on as I haven't had him for in person class. So when it comes to CIT I would take Network based classes at NKY or anywhere other than Gateway. Oh, and don't waste your time with the President as he has little to no care about the students thoughts. Only care he has is getting money in the door. It is bs though that for $700 + books & software, an instructor can say its not his job and thats OK. Its...

Update: After discussing these issues with a representative and some cross communication my credits did finally transfer over 8 months after my original submission. Due to this I have raised my review from 2 to 3 stars.

If I could some how go back in time and avoid going here I would. The only reason I am giving this place two stars is because of Professor Dee Wright. He was absolutely amazing. Other than him the whole place is a joke. Course work would not match up with course material. Blackboard homework would be broken and correct answers would show incorrect and vice versa. But what really drives the last nail into the coffin is that I was blatantly lied to. I was told all of my credits would carry over to the university I planned on attending. I went here for 1 semester and accrued 14 credits. 1 carried over. 1 credit for a full semester of my life. Absolute waste of my time. I put in 100% effort to pass with straight A's only to see other students getting handouts and having negative grades removed so that they could pass. I would not recommend this...