WSU Tech — Local services in Wichita

Outline of review. Location- area, contacting, cleanliness, food, bookstore. Employees- front desk, business office, financial aid, advisors, professors. NDT program - Cost, Professor, courses, in-class, access to the field

LOCATION Area is nice and clean with lots of parking. Has great airways between the buildings and a nice sitting area and bbq in the central court. Contacting the location is a struggle. Part of this is that most of us contact during high call times like the beginning of school or as school is starting. Those are rush times in colleges. GO INSIDE OR EMAIL ADVISOR OF THE PROGRAM or call during office hours but remember they take lunches too. So 12 to 2 may be spotty depending on who is on lunch break. Cleanliness:Great! Bathrooms are always clean, the whole place is shiny. The parking area,lawn, and sidewalks are well maintained. Food: Bleh meh... it's all vending machine stuff and over priced. Pack a lunch or grab something on the way. 4 hour classes without a snack can get difficult. Bookstore: A tiny university bookstore with little in it. Best to buy from walmart for things and order books online unless you have financial aid

EMPLOYEES --- remember during rush times they are swamped don't wait until the last minute. Plan at least a month ahead before school starts preferably 2. Front desk: Great and mostly you can self assist with the tablet at the desk. The business office: Good. There are payment plans, financial aid, and direct. You can pay online after you go to the business office in person and signing the agreements. Financial aid: A wreck (0 stars!). I do not know why they are so bad here. I use to do this job and it was not like this group. Research online and you'll probably be better off. Advisors: Great. I've met a few and they all are passionate about their jobs. Most important thing. It is your job to contact your advisor if you have issues. Take the initiative with them. They are there to advise. They are not there to babysit. Professors: I've had the pleasure of meeting a few in the programs. My direct is NDT professor John Saunders. They all are positive and funny and have been in the field. They know what they are talking about. Ask questions and take notes because what they say is what is out there.

NDT PROGRAM associate degree Cost:payment plans, financial aid, grants, scholarships, and high school access are best. Otherwise it's $14,277.00 + fees and books which is about $3,000.00. Around $19,000 total. ( cheaper at other colleges but further away from me) NDT Professor: John Saunders is a great teacher. A lot of hands-on for students. He tells you exactly how it is and what it will be like in the field. With most programs it is YOUR job to take the initiative. YOU want to know more and learn more YOU need to ask more and do more. Courses: All classes are classroom hour classes. This isn't the same for all programs but it is for this one. There are some filler courses which I think WSU forced on to (WATC) WSU tech for credit requirement and required credit hours for a degree. For now that won't change. Try to make the most out of them. ORDER YOUR BOOKS ON ASNT and get a student membership. Way cheaper. In-class: Again you make the most of it. If you want to learn you will. A professor can teach you the basics but for in field work you need to take initiative and the professor's here expect that front you. If you don't you will not be equipped for the field and that's on you. The classes are about 60% reading and studying and 40% using tools and materials. It can be fun. Talk to your classmates, interact. They will be your peers in the field. Access to the field:I'm close to graduating. I know students who graduated last semester and were in the field within the month of graduation. I've had offers almost. Can't wait to hit the field. If you want the field-help yourself and the professors will help you. No one wants slackers in the field including the professors and the university. You want a reference. Show you deserve...

Went to this school in 2018-2019 through the Wichita promise scholarship. I had financial aid and it was a long and tedious process to get it. Teachers were great, but they never gave us enough time on the computer videos to learn from them. Also, never really learned any type of hands on things with sealer... I was there for aviation sheet metal classes, but they only touched on sealer things vaguely. When I left the class it was optional to attend the graduation ceremony due to covid starting at that time. I chose not to attend and did not get my certificate in the mail or an email notifying me to pick it up. In the end, I only had to pay for the book for the class, but I guess if you only pay $50 you get what you pay for. I now work for textron and am going through their training classes and am shocked at how much information that wsu tech left out. Also, I had to apply multiple times for different entry level sheet metal jobs for them to deny and then finally hire me. If you ever have to say where you got your experience from do not list WSU Tech as a source, since most aircraft people don't even know that they changed their name to WSU Tech and also because the companies are on the fence hiring people from that school. Final take aways, you get what you pay for, so don't expect to go in and learn something life changing because most of the teachers are there to do their job and go home. They don't want to answer extra questions or give extra help to students...

I got Covid and missed 1 week of a 4 week class. I failed the class despite asking for extra time. So if you get Covid you pretty much have to come into class. Also the class was a prerequisite for the next class in the semester so I messed that too. Overall to get my associates it is going to take 3.5 years. I tried to take electives that interested me, but there were never enough people enrolled to actually take the class. They also crammed 2 classes into one room and yell at you for talking. The worst part though is that I feel like I could have earned the same skills on YouTube in a matter of weeks. So many more issues but no time to share. (Also I think my old review was removed)

So to recap. If you get Covid you have to come into class. You’re not going to get much from it. And it’s going to take as long and cost as much as a bachelors degree. They cram multiple classes into one room. And you’re going to pay on average around $200/lecture.

Like I said there are 1,000 more issues you should be aware of before you start here, it’s very easy school but the policies and content are mostly terrible. Just...