Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
Advanced Technical Institute • North Las Vegas, NV
Studying HVAC/R (completion in 2010)
• 11/27/2011
"Overall, there are better schools to spend your money on. The staff is rude, it costs too much, teachers are not that good, and students are rude and are not there to learn."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | no | No way would I recommend ATI's HVAC/R school to anyone considering HVAC/R as career. I would rather have gone to a different school, especially in a place that's not a hundred degrees during the day. |
| Program Reputation | 2 | Their reputation is bad due to the fact that a lot of the kids that go there are thugs who aren't there to learn. They just want to get certified and get a job and scam their way to a pay check every week. |
| Program Quality | 5 | The school could upgrade and have better equipment and learning tools, cleaner classrooms. and better rules for students to follow. |
| Instruction | 3 | I didn't learn that much really, I just learned more about how to scam the customer into buying an entire new unit instead of actually fixing it. |
| How Difficult | 10 | Really hard. Each class is 6 weeks long, you will fail if you miss one day at all, and you have to remember over 200 symbols in 2 weeks or fail the electrical part of the program. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | Hours of note taking. Only after you take lots and lots of notes do you actually get to the hands on training. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 5 | There are day classes which are really hot and no have no a/c, which is ironic considering it's an HVAC/R school. There are also afternoon classes and night classes. |
| Academic Facilities | 1 | There are a few computers to use for the final test before you get certified, Restrooms are really dirty. No library, and they charge $200 for a book that you don't and falls apart. Little class space. |
| Social Life | 2 | You show up, take a bunch of notes, rush through topics. That's it. |
| Placement Services | 5 | They say they can get you a job as soon as you graduate, but if companies are not hiring you are not gonna get a job, simple as that. |
| Alumni Network | 4 | There is a good staff that is very supportive, but the alumni network itself is horrible. |
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