UEI College - Gardena — Local services in Los Angeles

This campus is in complete breach of contract.

They are quick to get you signed up and started.

I was signed on by the dean. I was not told anything about the mandatory zoom meetings and Friday classes when they informed me that I would be taking a hybrid course. Designated time frames for zoom class is not hybrid. Finding this out after week one made it difficult to rearrange my schedule already set in place to accommodate having to take this course in the first place. I was told that graduations happen at the Los Angeles coliseum only to find out after that we are expected to stand in the parking lot with cars.

First day there we were sectioned off for orientation by instructors that were not in our specific departments so they were not able to answer any of the questions we had.

We were not taught anything required for the first three months of this program because we are always out of supplies and equipment in the school never works. I found myself being the one helping the students around me trying to grasp the material (when I was only a month in). We never have gloves, bandaids, alcohol wipes, testing strips, or cotton balls. I always have to go to other classrooms to borrow supplies from other teachers in a daily basis. No working EKC, centrifuge, tablets are always having issues. The wifi here is unreliable. We need to use our own hotspot to get things done. What is my Fafsa and monthly payments going to at this point?

We went days without an instructor. We are adults here being stuck in a computer lab to do our work we could be doing at home.

I spoke to the Dean of education to address my concerns with a group of my classmates and nothing was done. It felt more like our statements were ignored.

We finally have a good instructor to teach us. However we still have the issue of lacking supplies. We all have to go to other classrooms asking for supplies. Now, we are at the point where these teachers we are asking for help for supplies, are getting mad that we are interrupting their class time. Meanwhile we can’t even start ours because office and upper administration officials do not come in until after 10 am when our class is half over.

Do not come...

Unhappy Graduate Disappointed With UEI Gardena First of all. Any 5 star reviews are by staff. I've been there when they ask staff to leave a review as a student. I graduated from UEI College in Gardenab 2 months ago and I still haven't been connected with a job that pays above minimum wage, and I have to say, I'm extremely disappointed with the overall experience. For a program that costs anywhere from $15,000 to $30,000, I expected much better quality from the staff, to the services, to the actual education.First off, the staff was often unhelpful and hard to reach when I needed support. The communication was poor, and it felt like once they had your enrollment paperwork, you were on your own. The financial aid office was especially frustrating to deal with they lacked transparency and professionalism, and it always felt like I was getting the runaround when I asked basic questions about my loans or payments.Worse, if I was even a day late on something an assignment, a payment, or attendance I was often threatened with being dropped from the program or worse. There was no compassion, no flexibility, and no real support to help students succeed. It felt more like a business than a school.On top of that, the curriculum and tools were completely outdated. The resume builder looked like something from 2005, and many of the programs we were required to use were old, glitchy, and not relevant to today's job market. For the price we're paying, you'd expect UEI to invest in modern resources that actually help students build a future.Overall, I do not feel this school delivered on what it promised. If you're considering UEI Gardena, I strongly recommend doing your research and looking into more reputable and up-to-date options before committing your time and money. I graduated 2 months ago and it's impossible to get a job. All the jobs that you are sent from public knowledge from indeed, on top of that they are all...

This school was a waste of my money. Most of the instructors don't care if you learn they are just their to collect an easy pay check. The veteran rep there didn't know how to correctly do their job either. I was suppose to owe nothing and the month before I graduate they tell me I can't graduate unless I take out a loan for $1125.00

Also the cars they have for you t work on are nonworking cars so you have to find ppl or bring your own cars in to work on.

Another thing is if you have to miss days because of the military then they will not excuse your absence and if its more then 20hours a MOD then you will have to repeat the whole MOD over again even if you have an 'A' in the class. I had to repeat 2 MODs over that I have high grades in.

Another thing is that I took some electronics to the computer class for them to work on (2010 MacBook, 2 XBOX 360s, iPod and a MP3 player) and the teacher quit and ran off with all the equipment and the school said its against their policy to contact him since he no longer work there. And they class disasmebled my XBOXs and used the parts on other stuff I guess. The school wouldn't even let me take my equipment and they was suppose to call me and never did. That was close to $2600 worth of equipment not to mention the Macbook wasn't even mine. Im mad that I even help them get $16500 richer.

The job placement part is a waste of time too mostly. a lot of the jobs they try to get you are jobs you don't need to go to school to get. The are just trying to keep their statistics up.

The only good thing about that school was my instructor Mr. Anderson who was very knowledgable and was very good at teaching. And that you can go back there to use the equipment to work on your car after you become an alumni but the downside to that is that you have to find a teacher that will let you come in when they are in shop and let you use machines.

THAT COLLEGE IS SO...