New York City College of Technology

This college is horrible, but professors are truly amazing — they care about students, always remind you about tutoring and office hours, and try to help as much as they can. They are the only good part of this place. The administrative staff is awful — rude, unhelpful, and passive-aggressive. They don’t care about students at all, and communication is a nightmare. It can take up to 3–5 business days to get a reply to a simple email. Almost every student I’ve talked to feels frustrated and disappointed. The building is old and in terrible condition. Bathrooms are dirty, not available on every floor, many don’t have soap or paper towels, and even the boxes for napkins and tampons are broken and always empty. And the worst part — the college doesn’t tell students the real waiting times for programs. After finishing prerequisites, you often have to wait another year to even start the program, and no one warns you about it. Many students feel scammed and end up leaving for other colleges. Professors are great, but everything else is a mess. I would never recommend this college to anyone.

The worst transfer office ever. I went and stayed there from 10 am to 6 pm. Nobody is willing to help. I get it most of us get to go to college for free but how can some places can hire employees like that. First they called my ticket number around 4 pm then I went upstairs and these stupid people didn’t even transfer my credit. Being an employee somewhere is a big responsibility doesn’t matter what job or in what position. They should take do their responsibilities nicely

I’m extremely disappointed with how administrative issues are handled at City Tech. On a random morning during this winter break 2026, two of my enrolled classes were canceled without warning. A hold was placed on my account from ASAP/ACE, which prevented me from enrolling in replacement classes. Attempts to contact offices for help were unsuccessful, and I was told to email an advisor who is no longer active on the hold description. With no clear point of contact and no immediate assistance available, my degree progress is put at risk through no fault of my own. This lack of communication and accountability creates unnecessary stress for students who are actively trying to plan their education.

The New York City College of Technology, famously known as "City Tech" among my colleagues and Brooklyn neighbors, stands out as a high-caliber engine of technical mastery that effectively translates complex engineering and design theories into tangible career outcomes. Through numerous discussions with alumni who have successfully integrated into the city's tech sector, it is evident that the institution provides a substantive, hands-on environment where the state-of-the-art facilities at 300 Jay Street are frequently cited as the cornerstone of their professional readiness. It is truly heartening to observe how the college maintains such a transparent and respectful focus on socioeconomic mobility, a quality that my acquaintances often praise for making prestigious STEM education accessible to a diverse and ambitious student body. In the collective public consensus, City Tech is held in high regard as a reliable guardian of Brooklyn’s innovative spirit, proving that a public institution can achieve a distinguished level of academic excellence while remaining deeply committed to the practical needs of the 21st-century workforce.

This is a review for the cafeteria inside citytech. The food is terrible. Empanada is misshapen, look at the display. That's not a crossaint, it's a "empanada". There are raisins in the beef empanada, I asked if it's supposed to be there, and the worker said yes. The meat smells rotten and I almost threw up from the stink. 0/10 would not recommend their empanada ever. Cheap management padding their beef empanada with raisins so they can increase the calories and lower costs while charging 5$ for a single one. When I bite into a beef empanada I don't want to see or taste raisins inside.

DO NOT COME HERE! I am an upper level senior who only needs one more class to graduate. I've been trying to get an ePermit to take the course at another college during the winter semester because the times that City tech offers the course conflicts with my work schedule. However, after weeks of contacting different departments they are all giving me the run around or telling me to wait until December 1st when the ePermit department begins processing again. The problem is that all of the classes are filling up. THE COMMUNICATION AT THIS SCHOOL IS HORRIBLE. STAFF NO HELP.

All my art and advertising work portfolio was stolen and that was the end of those plans. Every art piece that i worked on was never found again. No one there would help me even though it was stolen when graded and in the office.

Currently studying in this college. One of the best colleges under The City University of New York. Everyone is friendly. and a lot of opportunities hang around the college. A great place to start a career.

I came here for a one-day psychiatric nursing CE lecture so I don't have much to go on other than the aesthetic. Walking in is like entering the high school from Dangerous Minds; high security, utilitarian appeal, and durable come to mind. The security guard was very friendly, which was refreshing and greeted everyone with a smile. The rooms are old and drafty, but served it's purpose. The lecture went on without a hitch. I suppose their dental students do supervised dental work for very lost cost, which I have not partook in but might be interested in in the future.

Terrible school. I am an architect student and the architect dept is corrupt and biased. Sanjive Vaidya, ting chin and Claudia Hernandez should be fired. They engage in illegal activities. I complained to the school president and they did nothing. I am glad this is my last year. They literally pass students just to meet their quota. Cheating is rampant here. If the prof likes you you will be placed at the first of the line even if you are a terrible student. Some Prof are nice however, but its very few but the ones at the top mentioned here are the worst.

If you're doing communication design or any art-related major here, run immediately. I've had a similar experience with someone else here who studied programming and the I.T. field, and I'm not surprised. After nearly graduating 7 yeas ago, supposedly top of my class with an exact 4.0 GPA and numerous praises from my classmates and professors for my "professional" work, I've not gotten a single stable job at any point. I've been out of work for longer than I've been employed. After thorough evaluation of my own work, I realize that this school has failed me and has not pushed me enough when I was there. The professors here are nice but they don't have the skill to critique your work properly for the "real world". I've seen fresh graduates from other schools who have much more refined portfolios. If you major in design here, keep in mind that you'll be doing low-tier work and you'll have to waste a lot of your time growing otherwise you'll never get hired. If you read this, you could think "she's being salty because she can't progress then she's blaming the school", but I'm not kidding, most of my classmates who I went to school with here also didn't succeed and are doing low-tier work getting paid minimum wage or changed professions entirely. The school offer no guidance regarding portfolio, the alumni resources are stale compared to real design schools, and I felt cheated here. I felt like the classes didn't offer much potential to help me achieve the level to actually find work. You could argue that I should take my own time after graduation to refine my portfolio but if you didn't start with a good basis, then it'll take years to get to a professional level. This was time that I didn't have because I have bills to pay. With that much time being wasted, I could've simply not went to this school and spend my hard-earned money here. I wasn't even able to land an internship because my projects from this school were so mundane. Unfortunately, in the real world, no one will hire you if you don't have experience but how do you get experience? Oh right, by getting hired. On top of all that, this school's faculty are so lazy, rude and unhelpful. If you need anything done, expect to stand on 2-3 hour lines which is absurd to me. This school gave me the worst PTSD imaginable. There's so many people I know my age or even younger who have director positions doing little to nothing for 6-figures a year while I'm working under them making $50k a year in NYC. Worst of all, their portfolio is even worse than mine. Really, when it comes to work, things come down to connections which City Tech doesn't have resources to provide. Another thing that irritated me was that there was an internship class that was mandatory and they expected you to land an internship with 2 weeks otherwise you fail the course. With the portfolio they "guided me" on, good luck landing an internship. I just got lucky with a small print business that hired me for $10 an hour. I truly regret doing design especially at city tech. It's embarrassing now at the age where I should be starting a family and already have a career, I'm spending my time revamping old school work because I can't get hired and I have bills to pay.

Would leave zero stars if possible. What a joke. What a waste of money. What a waste of time. I came to this "school" right out of high school, terrible choice. I was a weird teenager who wanted to be an orthodontist. My parents and I decided City Tech was my best choice as their dental hygiene program appeared to be a stepping stone/a good place to start. They boast that their DH program is a 2 year program. However, I wasn't told this until I had already committed to the school and was a year in - it takes 2 years to get into the 2 year program due to pre-requisites and shitty scheduling. You read that right - 4 years for an ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. After 2 solid years of anxiety and hard work, I finally make it into this DH program that I literally fought to get into. As soon as it started, I was instantly overwhelmed. The faculty of the program consists of MOSTLY miserable, old crones. They have at least one lawsuit that I know of against them (the student won). These instructors totally abuse the protection that comes with tenure as they are incredibly undeserving of it. After failing ONE class after having a stellar prerequisite record, I was told I would have to go wait one more entire year to re-take the course. Speaking of, you are NO JOKE referred to as a "Special" when you repeat a course in this sick, demented program. After I basically ate shit in tolerating such disrespect, I was still not allowed to proceed because I'm left handed. As odd as it sounds - this program really made me feel like a minority because of the hand I've been writing with my whole life as I dealt with various forms of discrimination. I transferred to Brooklyn College soon after which was honestly one of the best decisions I've ever made in my entire life. I have nothing but PTSD from my time at "Shitty Tech".

I graduated from City Tech in Computer Science and I thought I give you an accurate description over my experience. Description: Built on former industrial and military facilities, City Tech was meant to be a place to study technology. Unfortunately, with a few exceptions of certain majors (medical-related fields and hospitality), the school is a leading example of failed higher education. Technology & Computer Science Studies: The curriculum they teach here is deeply antiquated. All they had to do was communicate with the industry leaders and match the education and training they want. Instead, they teach you boring reads and little practical education. Would you deal with a doctor that only read about the procedure or have the one that actually performed 100 successful surgeries? The school taught a messy system without focus. So long as you add up the correct required credits, you'll graduate. However, they should've informed the students about making better informed choices. Most studies are meant to categorize you as a technician, support engineer, system engineer, network engineer or programmer. Sadly, they don't explain it to you so you'll likely pick the ones you think you'll do well in. Their coding courses is a joke! Most of these teachers can't teach. If you want to learn coding, go to a code school. If you want to be a web programmer, youtube, dummies, and trade schools can do you better. Cisco and advanced network engineer education is done with a professor(s) who can't even clearly explain things due to an accent heavier than Jackie Chan! Unless you want a job that requires a 4-year Bachelor's of Science Degree (usually government jobs), you can skip it and go directly to trade school and start your career immediately! Most companies only care about your skills, college degrees don't carry the same weight as they used to. Post Graduation: My education didn't give me any jobs at all. While in school, all the teachers say that they're merely teaching you the basics and your entry-level jobs will give us the practical skills for rest of the way. Sadly, that's not how the world works. Many employers don't believe in training anymore; you either have the training or you won't get a job. Of the friends that ever made it through the field, they made it because they went through trade schools to train them and went through certification training. They didn't need to lose all that time and money had the school bothered to focus on this style of schooling in the first place! Because of this, I felt deeply betrayed and set to fail by City Tech. After all that struggle, I manage to get a help-desk job that didn't last long. I ultimately left the IT field, cursing I ever had interest in it. At least with a code school, they only take your money when you got paid. My hard-earned money was taken and there wasn't much to show for it. I'm the living product of City Tech, a worthless degree and not much to show for it. City Tech must admit they had no idea what they're doing and make the effort to change. I think the most insulting thing City Tech continues to do is ask me for donations for the Alumni Society. Why would I give money to a school that takes no responsibility in my miseducation? Dark Side of IT Studies & Career: Many of the jobs in the IT field aren't thoroughly examined for their demand and viability; you need to do your own HW. Computer technicians are still needed, but with cloud networks, it's less in demand, including network engineers. Within the IT Field, training is often by yourself. I highly suggest you train at the NY Business Institute for practical skills and proof of competency with you certs. How to Make it Better? A complete revamp of the entire technology education system based on the consultation of both students, alumni, and industry leaders. Make an education system that will prepare graduating students to great careers. Provide post-graduation support, such as continuing certification training or help a rusted student refresh their training for a job. At least be on par with LAGCC is doing and beyond. Practical field training, certification studies, secure direct-hire contracts with industries to guarantee solid careers. Until then, I will never recommend anyone to go to City Tech unless they want to be a cook or a nurse. Cafeteria Review: The food at City Tech rotated management several times. They had decent pizza and burgers but they switched to a different venue. They had nice soup but lacked variety and not sensitive to religious diets (most are cross contaminated). Despite having an incredible culinary program that makes great food, they hired a group that does mediocre food that neither stimulates my appetite nor sooths my soul; I just go there for the convenience and deeply unimpressed. Hire the students as cooks!

All of my artwork was stolen from this so called college when I left it to be graded.

This whole school is a joke! Worst advisors! I got a D in math class and i asked if i can take it again to get it higher and they said i can't do it... what the actual fuck? And the professors are horrible literally they have no heart. I transferred to community college after 1 year and I'm getting A's this school is just horrible and waste of your time. If you're in that school i pray for you.

A piece of **it of a pretend "school." This "school" is the most unorganized, pathetic and useless institution I've ever had the displeasure of dealing. I transferred into this school with the expectation of getting the necessary help to enroll into my classes and a smooth financial aid process. I was not able to do my classes because of a financial aid issue, so I went down to the school to find someone who can help me. First of all everyone in that office are super unorganized, you don't know who's in charge, who's doing what and I've been to two previous universities so I know when an office staff is unorganized and unprofessional. I sat for 5 hours before I was finally able to speak to the most unhelpful, cocky and spiteful old man I've ever had the displeasure of talking to. He asked me to provide some documents for verification and so I did. He then tells me that they do not look legit and asks me to come back another day. Mind you one of these documents that he asked me to provide was a full bank statement, with all verifiable information on it. I kid you not when I tell you that this same guy made me come back to that school 4 times on different occasions before I was able to have everything approved. I live 2 hours away and have to take the train. Well why didn't I call and verify before coming down to the school you ask? NO ONE ANSWERS THE PHONE! The only reason they approved it the fourth time is because I was fuming and made a scene on purpose in their office and asked to speak to the dean, who's office I stormed into. What's worst, it's been one year since I left the school and I understand with this whole COVID-19 situation, it is hard for everyone. However, it is August and a lot of people are back to work wether they are working from home or are back at work with safety precautions in place. I have been trying to get in contact with someone, any department at this school to get a transcript, because there is a problem with me ordering it online. No one picks up the phone in any department, it's been two weeks since I sent an email and haven't gotten a reply and the school is closed. They set up a bullshxt online "zoom communication" that they do once occasionally twice a week for TWO HOURS A DAY to anyone who has questions, yes I said that right! When u tried this method THERES NO ONE THERE TO ACTUALLY HELP YOU. On multiple occasions i joint thé zoom call and never had one person come to my aid. A school that is attended by roughly 17,000 students, you only have TWO HOURS IN A WEEK to try to get some help that they are actually not providing, other than that good luck. I know money is tight for everyone, but how hard is it to have 2 to 3 people work from home answering phone calls and emails helping out students who are in need. It is unfair, because I just got accepted into the program at my dream school, but I won't be able to attend this semester, because they require a transcript and if that's not possible an unofficial one, but I cannot get that because there is no way to get in contact with anyone at city tech. This is a piece of shxt school and it will always stay that way until they either replace all of the people in charge who create this thick layer of useless bureaucracy or they revitalize their departments and administration with fresh and motivated faces who actually want to be there and want to help. Fxck this school.

I would give a zero to this college and the award for the school of failings. Most professors are not frIendly, helpful or clear enough. ,There are no places around to go to eat but a couple of hot dog cars. Now, imagine a big line and if you eat, you are late. Most of the time, you may be studying with an empty stomach. Many professors may stop your inspiration of being a student. My future kids will know about this time waisting and suffering college.

All my experience with this college is horrible! I applied to this college 4 times, I spend two years! First was problem with my previous University (I applied us a transfer student from Ukraine) than they keep sending me emails with denials and not telling me the reason. I called a lot of numbers, sent hundreds emails, spoke with probably a hundred people from this college and they not even telling me the reason! I have a depression because of them. They probably want me go back to Ukraine and finish college there! Horrible situation, and I do understand if I'm not eligible or there are better candidates but explained it to me why I'm not good to become a student here! Not just nothing.. I'm not felling well because all my family is in Ukraine and here this.. They keep putting me to more and more depression.. Just no words.. Good luck everyone..

Wow I wish I knew City tech had a yelp sooner. If you're reading this before attending, don't do it. Thank me later. The one star is for the professors. I've had two HUS professors here who really made a difference for me. Overall, professors here aren't the issue. It's the staff in the offices that don't communicate. Administration is horrible. If you need to get something done you're sent on a wild goose chase every time. Nobody is ever on the same page about how to get things done. You never go there and something is easy. ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH FINANCIAL AID!!!!!! The amount of times they have told me something incorrect or were just completely useless is just about every time I went there. My mother died in December of 2017, the financial aid office was informed of this when I had to change dependency status on my form. Which again, wasn't easy. Not only did I have to provide her death certificate, I had to provide my own letter, and letter from 2 professionals "backing up my story"?.... Why wasn't a death certificate enough? All this information was provided for them to "review" it and get back to me about approving it. Approving what? My dead mother? Then they kept emailing me telling me my parent needed to sign my form, which was extremely inconsiderate. It is today as I am going to continue at a new school (CUNY SPS) where, so far, they actually know what they're doing. I realize that not all CUNY schools are incompetent airheads, but this one definitely is.

I was interested in attending this college. I called for admissions for like a week and miraculously someone answered. The person gave me a number to call to obtain a transcript. No one answered when I called. I left a message and a week and a half no one still hasn't returned my call. The person that answered at the college attitude was terrible. Tone of voice and attitude they clearly didn't want to be bothered with a new admit. My advice look for another college to attend because I'm having problems with contacting someone for admission. Imagine after admission...Never ever saw a college conducted like this. Crazy

This is by far one of the worst colleges someone could attend. Professors are allowed to discriminate students, to give free passing grades based on personal preference, rather than actual academics. The biggest problem though, is that in 98% of the cases, students don't complain fearing retaliation. Huge shame.

ADDENDUM: This was such a hellish experience, I saved my money and paid for dental work out of pocket as my roommate's dentist said that dental schools might have to re-take x-rays--eek! ====================================== Oh God. So fitting for my 100th Yelp review. The dreaded Yelp dental outing, just me and Norah, one of the suckiest dental days of my life. Never do a Yelp event without alcohol. This is the punishment God has given me for being a freelance artist, well one of them anyway, is not to have dental insurance. Norah is also a free spirit, aka, insurance-free, and we practically shook and held hands in the DMV-esque front office. I didn't want to leave her. I didn't want to go in there, but my student dental hygienist Sirina was SOOOOO nice. That's the entrance to hell, flanked by smiling beautiful women who tell you that everything is going to be alright and can I get you a glass of water? HA! the entrance fee to hell was only $10 and they used primitive wire spiky things to scrape and dremmel my teeth. I was there for almost 5 HOURS because they had to wait for the sadistic professor to check their work. OMG. The professor didn't introduce herself. She shoved my face into her huge Germanesque busom and really dug into my tooth, I couldn't escape from the scraping noise of metal against tooth enamel because it vibrated in my skull. No matter how loud they played Michael Jackson, it was inescapable. She really put her weight into it, unlike Sirena. "You see this! REALLY get a good angle on it and don't be afraid to really dig in. Do it again. I'll be back in ten minutes" My beautiful angel of pain hovered over my inverted body and shrugged her shoulders. "Oh well, 10 more minutes!" and smiled. Oh God. I won't be having any nightmares for years, because quite frankly, nothing can top this experience as a nightmare. I'm going back in a few weeks for x-rays. ode to joy.

Avoid coming to this College this has been so far the worst experience for my education. My degree is COMMUNICATION DESIGN. So Far the Professor's are good. The programs should be more fluid (Open to choose) your credits freely.

I've been calling the admissions office for days and can never speak to anyone. They have this automated message that says all of their agents are still busy and this can be hours, how are you guys that busy?!?! How are students being enrolled here?! Obviously they don't care and I'm about ready to look somewhere else. Terrible!

Fast forward to Spring 2017 I was finally able to register for classes after three years of being given the run around. The hospitality department is brilliant, however the registrar... I have well over 70 units and the department head of the hospitality department could not understand why I was not able to register for classes for the upcoming semester and referred me to speak with the registrar. The registrar then proceeded to tell me I was not a current student. Excuse me, I am currently taking three classes since January, I am on all of my professors attendance roster, not to mention I am paying out of pocket and have been charged already. Administration at this school needs to be retrained, most of them do not care about the success of their students which is a shame.

Lean on me. Every time I came into this school it reminded me of the movie Lean on Me. It might be because I'm older and that I pay for school and it's not a joke, but most of the students (not all) I encountered were the most unmotivated bunch I've seen in a while. Hunter has spoiled me, with folks that want to learn (or at least pretend to). I took an advanced language class here and the teacher was great. He was supposed to speak in Spanish for most of the class, but the students didn't understand him. I mean. They were fighting it for real. A lot of them cheated instead of studied. A lot of them talked in class. He was a great teacher and I felt really bad. It made me miss Hunter a lot, that's for sure and also made me realize I can never epermit again. The school has a strange layout, but I will say the thing that makes the most sense is that EVERYTHING IS ON ONE FLOOR. Meaning that financial aid, the registrar and admissions are literally steps away from each other, not 1000 floors and buildings like Hunter or other schools. The library is okay, nice windows..oh, it has literally 4 outlets in the whole space. I'm not kidding. If you're a student you can check out a laptop, but not if you're a visiting student. You can check out the books though (although I had to let the librarians know this, since I travel to Medgar Evers often). An okay school, I do have a messed up opinion because of some unmotivated classmates.

Try to Get Into Another CUNY College My experience as a student at City Tech has been barely okay. I feel the college has let me down wholeheartedly. I came to City Tech hoping it would be a great experience, even if it is a CUNY college. I feel just because CUNY is public, that factor does not give it the right to lack customer service and fulfilling the needs of its students. There's constantly a lack of communication between administrative staff (i.e. financial aid staff)and students that can impact the student experience in a negative manner. Students feel lost, like they can't turn to anyone to help solve issues they may not always have control over. The administrative processes are often long, dragged out battles for the students. If you call an office, nobody picks up the phones. As CUNY's technology-centered university, I feel City Tech does not live up to this standard, as the college's technologies are often out of date. Compared to other CUNY colleges our campus looks terrible. The college does help students studying computer information systems gain some opportunities, but other majors don't get nearly as much attention. Students don't feel engaged with the college because there is always nonsense going on that the college ends up not fulfilling its duties. Student and club culture suffer as a result. As a student, I feel betrayed. I feel like I have wasted too much time to turn around and select a different college no matter how much I'd like to. I had spent most of my time trying to utilize what the college offers as much as I can, but by the time I figured out it could not deliver the way one would expect, it was already too late. The fact is the college does not have much to offer. Some professors I've run into have been the highlight of my experience, but everything else sucks. City Tech needs to step up. The administration and parties in control need to reevaluate their roles or try to find staff that actually care and are invested in students' lives.

I haven't even started yet. Covid has obviously destroyed a lot of things. Somehow it's destroyed any faculty in this schools patience and attitude. I have never been talked over, 'barked' at and short ended by faculty members before. No one listens but everyone wants to talk. Admission/Residency office are all so rude i don't understand how difficult they make things for a new student with questions. This school is on track to dishearten me from wanting to finish my degree. Honestly having second thoughts about them. So far would definitely bot recommend this institution.

Made visits since July 2016 (early July) to turn in docs, update major, and fill out financial aid forms. 1. They don't offer financial aid loan form online. WTH! I have to come into the office just to print the form? Makes no sense but at City Tech it makes all the sense. They don't give information on the phone, for that fact you can't get a person on the phone, but the intro message tell you basically they don't give anything over the phone. O......K....... 2. Don't bother emailing them (but do so to cover all bases), unless you have luck in your blood as they rarely reply with clarity, and if they do happen to reply and you reply to one of their gracious and scarce replies they won't reply again.....for weeks perhaps.....and will still not answer your question/issue. P.S. Their scarce email replies have no phone number attached. I think City Tech is affiliated with the CIA thus super secret. #smh 3. Even if a form, such as FERPA form, says you can fax a form into the office don't bother. The fax must be unplugged or the people just lose the paperwork. Go figure! 4. Don't bother calling, at least financial aid department during the summer, as people rarely answer the phone. When and if they do, again if you have luck in your blood, get a name of the person you speak to as they either just make stuff up, don't understand what you're asking and reply with any generic answer, or just plainly lie. This will be my second semester and first full time semester, thus why I emphasize on email inquiries and financial aid issues, and as of now 8/17/16 I am already searching for another school to accept my credits where I can get in the nursing program. ****Addition as of 8/24/16 --- ****Addition as of 8/24/16 --- ****Addition as of 8/24/16 --------- Seems when one issue is situated another pops up with this school. After countless attempts another error by City Tech pops up. It seemed the issue with my major declaration and scholarship applied to my account was situated and settled but on Aug 24th, the day school starts, I receive an email stating a class, which completes my full time status and on a day that is imperative to me attending thus fulfilling requirements for my scholarship/grant, is being dropped for lack of enrollment. The email was sent to myself along with 15 other students. A class of 16 is not enough to being a class? To add insult there are no other classes on that day of the week. Also the e-permit section on their CUNY FIRST does not work so I could possibly select another class at another school in the CUNY system (BTW I made this attempt to select a class via e-permit about 2 months ago and it still did not work at that time. I sent an email and guess what.......no reply what-so-ever). WTH! At this moment I am ready to file a complaint with the BBB and consumer affairs.

City tech is wack if a professor or anyone sees this God bless your soul because my life only got worst coming here Words cannot explain on how everything led up to the point of me wanting to just drop out of college and pursue a trade. The professors are sexist weirdos had a communications class where the professor would ask where you would work and really flirt with this young girl who worked at pen station. She was weirded out by him and so was I and I just dropped the class. Then before him I had a professor by Karen Goodlad and she gave me so much work in a apa style format where my highschool never taught me this format and they didn't have a writing center here either. I was working 40 hour long shifts with no pay on overtime in the bronx get home at 2 do my homework finish at 5 sleep for a hour get up at 6 travel 2 hours since lehman college told me no but to the losers in my highschool a yes. I get to school around 8:19 fly up the stares drenched in sweat open the door and she would take points off of me for not being there on time. The time was always 8:22 when I got there and she said be early all the time. Then right after that the class went ahead and exchanged numbers and when I said hey how are you all they didn't add me to the group chat at all. She heavily graded everything I did and my homeworks I wouldnt even give in because she would just give me a bad grade no matter if it was 4 or 5 pages. She gives me a assignment and when I ask for help she always said she was busy. One day I sat there and cried because I was so stressed out for what this school did to me. No book money no anything not even a metro card. I was all alone and the bills stacked up at home. Then I got a math class god the math professors were complete horse ass they would flirt with the girls treat the men like they're stupid and never reply to emails. One week I got really sick messaged my professors. Only one professor a sweetheart by the name of Holly melgard hands down the best English teacher/professor I ever had and she explained work to me, she explained it all and gave me a voice. I took 3 finals in one day because the advisor who set my classes up refused to put me in any class I chose and didn't tell me what days I had as a option. Everything was so stressful I would ask for extensions and Karen would say hey you get a 4 hour extension like what the fuck. Have fun giving in your work when the printer is always broken. Have fun doing your work when you wait a entire week for a cuny i.d. Last projects I thought I did awesome on went to a dim sum restaurant in China town new york to do a 36 hours assignment and her link address i clicked on to send my assignment destroyed my work. She gave me a 12/25 on my final assignment and said she doesn't know about those places. I was the last male in my class and honestly fuck the hospitality industry with its fake people. Never seen so many plastic smiles in one place everyone was from queens and staten island and me I was from the bronx. I'm going to try and get into a union but if you read this God bless your soul. I don't want a thing to do with this place. Asked for a loaner during this pandemic and they said we sent you one and till this day 3 months since I've asked for one I still haven't gotten one. Don't waste your life energy coming here. The English department and the tall man with blue eyes with white hair from the hospitality department are the only real people in there who I would welcome in my home at any given time and cook them a meal. Been a chef my whole life dont need approval from a woman who can't even stand me to grade me.

It has been a good couple of years since I've gone to the dentist and in those couple of years I've spent a good portion of my time drinking red wine and slamming cups of coffee. It was finally time to take matters into my own hands. No matter how much I loathed the thought of going to the dentist, I thought to myself, "Self, you're an adult now. And part of being an adult is doing things you don't want to do." Which brings me to my Dental BFF, Maritess who actually made the appointments and harassed me via telephone to make sure I kept it. This past Tuesday my Dental BFF and I met at the NYCCT in a hyper, silly panic. We were trying to figure out ways to back out of the appointment after having already signed in. Maritess: I don't want to do this, let's leave. Me: This was a stupid idea for a Yelp Event. We shouldn't be trapped in this hellhole all day. Martitess: Let's go to a bar instead! Me: Yes! Then it would be a true Yelp Outing- skip the event and go out for drinks! Yay! Let's do that.... Well they must have heard us because this is when our respective hygienists came out to fetch us. Essentially the first two hours of the appointment consisted of a lot of sitting and non-invasive prodding. They ask questions and are relentless in acquiring gratuitous details. For example, do I brush my teeth? What brand of toothpaste do I use? Do I floss? What brand of floss? Bitch, please. Does it really matter if I use Glide or Oral B? This is a four hour appointment, let's GET A MOVE ON. Eventually the scraping begins. This is where I feel one greatly benefits from having an experienced hygienist. These students haven't quite perfected their technique and well, I felt like I was having my teeth flossed with a prehistoric metal pick. Which I was. After a half hour or so of this (in addition to the 2 hours of prior examination) I started to unravel a little bit. All that could go through my head was the Little Shop of Horrors song: "You'll be a dentist. You have a talent for causing things pain! Oh, be a dentist. People will pay you to be inhumane!" The scraping continues. Then the dental professor comes over and really digs in. Another half hour goes by. Scape, scrape, scrape... "I am your dentist. And I enjoy the career that I picked. I am your dentist. And I get off on the pain I inflict!" PLEASE GOD LET THIS BE OVER. I NEED ALCOHOL! I NEED ALCOHOL TO ENDURE EVEN ANOTHER MINUTE OF THIS PRIMITIVE, INHUMANE TORTURE!!!! Finally it was. The funniest part is they want me to come back next week so they can "finish." Right. Five hours was enough for me, thank you. I think I'll pay for dental insurance instead. *DISCLAIMER: It could have been much worse. They did a thorough job and were very nice and accommodating throughout the process. They answered all of my questions thoughtfully. I also take partial responsibility for this experience sucking because I have neglected the dentist for longer than I should have. But it wasn't a fun afternoon and the amount of waiting you have to do here really makes the experience grueling. Drinks are definitely required immediately after the appointment. We went for unfiltered sake to take the edge off. The good news is, it doesn't stain teeth.

I had a TERRIBLE experience at the NYC College of Technology. I was BUTCHERED. It was as if I were in an old Nine Inch Nails music video. All I wanted was a cleaning. It was fine the first few minutes; the student was nice, hip, and talked on and on about Rubulad as she picked away at my gums. Thing is, much of my gum line is receding so many of my nerve endings are directly exposed. When her picking got to this area, she didn't seem to notice the recession and just kept scraping, picking, and knifing at the exposed nerves. I jumped and flinched from the pain several times (think ice-on-cavity kind of pain...), but I figured she was just making few mistakes. But it didn't stop. I politely told her I'm having pain; please lay off a bit. She said she had to clean the entire area as her professor was grading her on this - just sit tight - she'll make it quick. I was more than mildly bleeding at this point. She kept hacking. I pleaded again; I got the same response. After about 15 minutes of extreme pain (and about 40 minutes into the cleaning - only half my teeth had been cleaned), tears began to well up in my eyes and I knew I had to make a scene to stop this. I jumped out of the chair and ran to the restroom saying I was going to get sick from the pain and the blood (not far from the truth!). The sight in the restroom mirror was grotesque; my entire gum line was dark red from exposed roots. I took the back door out of that building and will never see a student for any discount service again. I spoke to my former [professional] dentist back home about and he said that a receding gum cleaning costs a lot more than a regular cleaning and, of course, REQUIRES LOCAL ANESTHESIA. This little girl went far, far above and beyond. I certainly will never forget her.

I came, I saw, I left and I came back. I really don't know what people expect from a CUNY for those giving it 1 star and ranting like an idiot. I also don't know how much of their reviews are based on their own laziness or simple failure to read a sign. Considering I've seen kids here fail at the concept of using an elevator, I'd take any low review with a grain of salt. Administration is what it is. Some are nice and some look like they're pissed they're not at home living it up on welfare. But if you're nice to them, they're nice to you. Plain and simple. Does it take ten years or so to get anything accomplished? Sure. But again it's a CUNY. You're going to bitch again and again at any other school. Why did they lose stars? -Of course the slow administration and constant screw ups that could be prevented by a five year old. -The endless construction. I went here briefly in 2006. Left and came back at 2013. How are they STILL under construction?! -Completely unavailable and biased to anyone who goes to school there outside of the 9-5 time frame. -Outdated ID Card system and Wifi. Horribly embarrassing for a technology college. There's really no reason for this. -The use of CUNYFIRST I blame the entire CUNY system for this. Thanks for keeping a user friendly interface in mind for your students. -The fact they dropped my financial aid as punishment for withdrawing from the school seven years ago and not having a "good reason" to fight the decision. Beyond the above mentioned, it's not a bad school. At least for the art degrees. The department is friendly and helpful from what I've seen as well. Considering what SVA and Pratt charge for the same education, how can I complain? Overall it's a love hate relationship but I'll deal with, do my time and that's it.

Dear CityTech, I will keep this brief. Please train your Administrative Staff, particularly in the Registrar Office. I do not appreciate snarky emails. I should not have to point out inaccuracies from your website via email. If I point out that a recently revised policy was not made known to me, especially one that effects my readmitting to the school, I should not receive a snarky email in response to my inquires (and If you're going to snark, get the dates right). Your employees are supposed to be professional at ALL TIMES, and in ALL COMMUNICATION. I have already reported my displeasure to someone (a woman- I was not given a name) in Registrar. I have also voiced my displeasure via social media. I want an apology (either in person or via phone- I want to hear a voice). There is no need for rudeness. Jean Gentry

Feels like high school all over again...

I transferred from Baruch to City Tech, mainly to change majors since my AA is technical and they honored almost all my credits. Besides that, my initial impressions of this school are less than savory, it feels like a huge step down. Walking in feels like a prison or high-security facility. I'm prior military, and the building reminds me of Fort Bragg or a police station (think bland grey/brown colors, concrete walls, cameras everywhere, etc.). I can look past the cosmetic stuff so let's get to the meat and potatoes of it all. To get anything done with the administration (registrar, bursar, etc.) , you literally have to chase them down in person or your papers will get "lost" in the shuffle. This seems to happen at every CUNY school, but there is a pervasive "I don't give a **** attitude" from alot of people that work here that's disturbing. It's is a PITA to get the classes you need to advance too. I have literally heard the words "There's nothing we can do" so many times, it's infuriating, at all levels of administration from top to bottom. There's really no "go-to" person or higher up that can get **** done, everything here moves at a snail's pace. Truly a bureaucratic nightmare. I'm in year 3, and most students that have made it this far actually care about their schoolwork, so I have no issues there. As far as teachers go, ratemyprofessor is your best friend. For every 1 good teacher, there are like 3 bad ones, so take that for what it's worth and filter them out(this is true for any CUNY school). Resource-wise, this is my biggest pet-peeve with this school and why I docked them to 2 stars. At Baruch, there are a TON of resources dedicated to help you getting employed. Seeing recruiters at the school weekly is a normal event. You could realistically come in prepared, resume in hand, and land a job/internship in between classes. There's a giant ass library that opens late, unlimited computer time, you're given plenty of tools to succeed, and no one bothers you while you're working on papers and whanot. I've had the joy of taking evening classes and being taught by Columbia/NYU professors/alumni that moonlight at Baruch for extra dough (my best classroom memories and biggest struggles/triumphs came from engaging with these teachers). The regular Baruch staff of teachers (Ratemyprofessor is your friend here), are also pretty good. At City Tech, **** my life, you only get 2.5hrs a day on the computer(computers that always try to kick you off every 10 minutes), half the books you can't take out the library, and they charges fees for the tiniest of infractions(ie. using a book INSIDE the library for 2+ hours). The librarians love calling security to kick everyone out so they can close shop early. Working on a paper, doing a project, studying? They don't care. I've been to a few workshops here regarding jobs/interviews, not impressed by any of them. They're designed for high school students with 0 life experience, not for someone looking for a competitive edge. Setting up students for failure is not cool. Recruiters from the Army, NYPD, and other agencies flock to this school, it's easy pickings. Nothing wrong with those jobs, but it kind of tells you how good this school is at preparing you for competing in the corporate world. None of the experiences with my teachers here have been memorable or noteworthy, which is sad, but it is what it is. I'm only here to get my degree to go with my work experience and get on with my life. If you're straight out of high school and looking to grow, there's better options out there. This school is high school 2.0 . You can do better than that.

Probably the worse 1 year I've ever experienced in school,academic advisors don't know anything, engineering department lacks professors and the ones there grade so bad it's pure torture,you're basically on your own in this school.You do have good Teachers there but most of the classes are thought by staff that seem like they are just winging it,god forbid you fail classes like I did you're screwed bec no help is provided,my meeting with a counselor lasted 1 min no jk bec she only ask what's wrong and gave me a piece of paper.This school doesn't help students succeed they only care about you not paying on time.

Waste of time and staff are very unprofessional it's truly disgusting . I have three years on the waiting list on the dental hygiene clinical program , I have a 3.3 GPA and only A's and B's and no one ever answers the phone. Lack of advisement as well.

I was overdue for a cleaning, and decided to give them a try after reading Steve M.'s thorough review. I paid $10 for the cleaning, and $5 for the (optional) x-rays; read below: I contacted the college on Monday, but was told that the appointment book was filled, and I could come in the following Tuesday. Sweet! When I had dental insurance it was nearly impossible to get in an appointment even weeks in advance w/my regular dentist. Sometimes I'd have to wait over a month to be seen, and schedule my 6 months checkup on the same day! And don't let something come up, where I had to change the subsequent scheduling...ugh! A one day turnaround for a dental appointment? Unbelievable! Remember that pink dye they made you swish around your mouth in grammar school to show you all the plaque accumulation and grime buildup on your teeth? Yeah, well that makes a comeback. And as much pride as I put in the maintenance of my pearly whites, the visual was far from pretty. Some of the explanations are exceedingly elementary, like she 'taught' me how to floss (who can blame her after the evidence?), and went over best cleaning techniques and toothbrush brands. But remember this is as much for them as it is for you. Don't be a jerk, and keep in mind that you are at a school. Let them teach you, and think of yourself as a sounding board for their professional script. I received a thorough cleaning including plaque removal and fluoride treatment. During the examination, she discovered that I have 2 cavities, and rather than just send me on my way w/the info, she suggested I have x-rays done (only $5!!!) and take them to a dentist who can do the fillings. Their services are preventative, so let's be clear on what the NYC College of Technology does do: - blood pressure check - deep cleaning/scaling - gum inspections - fluoride treatments - hygiene education & according to their website: * Oral Cancer Examination * Blood Pressure Screening * Dietary Counseling for Prevention of Dental Decay * Screening for Periodontal Disease * Screening for Dental Caries * Oral Hygiene Instructions * Community Dental Referral * Fluoride Treatment * Pit and Fissure Sealants * Radiographs * Scaling and Root Planing * Selective Polishing * Follow-up Periodontal Maintenance Therapy * Tooth Whitening What they don't do: - orthodontics - implants/dentures - fillings - oral surgery & various advanced dental procedures. Head on over to NYU's dental school for advanced procedures. I had a wisdom tooth removed w/anesthesia for less than $100. Who knows what it would've cost me at a dentist! But this isn't about them! Back to my appointment: Everyone had a wonderful attitude. The hygienist was very nice and engaging, as was the x-ray technician and the receptionist. I found my hygienist to be even more thorough than the one at my (formerly) regular dentist! They have much more to prove. As has been stated in previous reviews, be prepared for a long day. My appointment was at 1:00pm, I was seen no later than 1:15pm, but was there until 4:30pm. Overall, no complaints whatsoever, and I'll be back for my six month cleaning. I have no doubts that student #2 will be just as thorough and attentive.

Great school and great professors. I'm studying in this school and I am happy with the results, it has a very good program.

Branch of the City University of NYC with vocational and technological majors. It has a good, low-priced optical dispensary that gives eye exams and makes your glasses at decent prices. You can just call for an appointment, with no connections to people at the college. Forgot to mention, as you'll see in the other reviews here, that there's a dental hygienist training program, too.

The worst staff members you could possibly meet work here, that includes the professors. Every staff is beyond rude and no one helps you or even tries to help you.

If there was an option to put zero Stars I would put it, this college should get closed. Professors do not care about you they look at you as a next dollar to there pay check. That is like 98% of professors in this college,(correction a waste of money). If you do hear or see a good professor it is like all man or woman for themselves to get into that class. Now let's talk about the staff there will tell you to Google it in the nicest way they can. One particular Professor I remember straight-up harasses me about being Asian-American and make fun of another student with a learning disability. If you're coming to the school for engineering I'm telling you it's a lie. To specify it is a college to teach you to become a technician not a engineer(on the website it says engineer but once you enter the engineering building it says technician). The irony behind that is they're out of money for their engineering technician program. To make things worse their equipment is over 30 years old and can't even afford the latest CAD software. Now getting into a touchy subject. If you have a learning disability or a physical disability good luck trying to communicate with a disability office they will literally rip every single disability accommodation and give you the bare minimum. So they can cover their rear ends and say we did accommodate you in reality did not. I have a friend that has a learning disability straight-up he was treated like a dog when he was in a meeting with them. This school will literally make you drop out.

This school is ridiculous, incompetent and unorganized. Wish I could rate zero stars. Not only is their staff informal but they seem to lack knowledge or just don't care to help the students who actually care about their future. Lack of classes, professors and time slots. Horrible idea to attend here if you also need to work. Would NOT recommend.

The minute I walked into the workshop for my electrical class, my instructor asked me if I was lost and looking for intro to quilting. He said I looked like someone who belonged in a quilting class. And then the class really got interesting. It was my first experience at the college and I definitely won't be back. The amount of racist jokes and digs at women left people in the workshop -- guys and girls alike -- uncomfortable and shaking their heads. The instructor handed boys old-school tools because he felt guys would have the strength to use them properly; he handed girls the easier tools although a couple of us made a grab for the regular pliers just to show him we could handle it. He also spoke about "girlie" power tools to avoid but couldn't explain what made it "girlie" when a female student challenged him. Eventually, he realized he probably went too far and asked us not to report him because he has five kids to feed -- but he still managed to squeeze in a couple more sexist remarks during the last two hours of class. As for the actual course, it was mediocre. There weren't enough tools for the amount of people in the class; there were barely enough chairs. The instructor was knowledgable on some things but completely blanked on technical terms for others. If I have to sit through three hours of sexist commentary, I at least want to gain something from it.

OK, this review is based on 2012 . I don't know did it improve or not. The financial aid department, the registration department was so unprofessional and not helpful. In one word, they don't have any answer if u have any question and no solution either.

They really need to get rid of the registrar staff ( mainly Ms. Williams ) very rude I had to call3 times to ask to be transferred to another department each time she clicked the phone on me. Finally on the 3rd try I asked for her name and somehow she finally managed to transfer me to an operator. If you don't like your job find another. Unreal.

I wish I can give this college 0 star because its the worse college ever the dental hygiene department sucks they're disrespectful the school is dirty and the attitude is dirtier , they want to fail u and blame you for everything if u have to get yr own patients and they won't accept many of them because they have stupid requirements. U are their slave if u want to attend a good college sorry not Nycct

WARNING! YOU PROBABLY WILL NOT LIKE THIS SCHOOL IF YOU WANT TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE ARTS, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT, AND HAVE THE TALENT AND EXPERIENCE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. Every professor I've had outside of the design dept. Is grossly unprepared. I've had a math teacher who teaches his hour long quantitative reasoning class with only short math tutorials from Youtube. The class contained over 30 students and It was impossible to get individual attention. Instead of helping the class, the teacher flirted with girls and talked about how he'd rather be home watching Jerry Springer. This was an early 9:30 am class and I could have stayed home instead since he never engaged the class or entertained any questions. If we did not understand we were told to go see a tutor in the Midway building, a small building City Tech uses to hold classes outside of the main building. The tutor room is always overcapacity with too many students you can barely ever get enough individual attention. I received a low grade in this class having not been in school for a while and I forgot most of the math I learned in high school. Lazy, careless teachers like this are all over City Tech. Of course I've enrolled in classes with teachers who cared about doing a good job but the amount of under performing faculty is too note worthy. I major in communication design. I went to city tech to gain enough credits to be eligible to transfer to the Fashion Institute of Technology where I major in Computer Animation. Having graduated from a vocational magnet school, the High School of Art and Design, then attending the School of Visual Arts, I know what a good art program looks like. City Tech's design department is good for helping students figure out what they want to do in the art world, then go do it at a better school. The New York City College of Technology has a competent design department to say the very least but it is not very impressive mostly due to the mediocrity I see in so many of my class mates. There is no auditioning required for this major so the school sucks up all the riff-raff of undecided young who couldn't get into real art schools. The instructors accept their mediocrity without challenging students to up their ante. The large amount of inexperienced students coming from average high schools with little or no art programs makes for a dull talent pool. Most of the students in the COMD department are just looking to test the waters and be introduced to the field. Every art class I enrolled in made me feel like a big fish in a small pond. Teachers gave me a break on numerous occasions because I knew the material so well there was nothing to teach me. I actually ended up teaching some of the teachers and embarrassing them in front of everyone. I learned nothing new except for what I learned in a 3d animation class. Which is a senior class. I entered City Tech with 40 credits. Normally I would have to take many prerequisite classes before I can take this class but since I already took a 3D class at a different college, I was given permission to enroll. In other words, I was only able to take this class, which is geared towards learning what I actually want to do for a living, because I cleverly exploited a loophole. Everyone else who wants to be a cartoonist, animator, or Illustrator has to take 2-3 years of classes mostly focusing on design. Boring (If this is already your forte). If you are talented and have high hopes and ambitions for your artistic career, do not go to City Tech. If you are 100% sure of what you want to do with your talent professionally and have the grades to go elsewhere, do not go to City Tech. If you want to seriously improve your skill, do not go to City Tech. If you want to study one thing, like illustration, animation, fine art, film, photography, and study it to the max, DO NOT GO TO CITY TECH. It will slow you down with rudimentary courses before you can get serious with you Major's focus. Don't waste your time with this school if you are serious about your art career. Audition for a college that has more specialized art departments, like FIT, SVA, RISD, Cal Arts, SCAD, NYU etc.

I'm not gong to tell you not to go here. I'll tell you about my experiences, and you tell me if Tartarus, I mean " City tech" sounds attractive. When I was at advisement after I just got in, the lady was so nice. She worked with me based on where I lived and difficulty of classes. After that, I was sent to the 7th floor of hell for all eternity. Imagine being passionate about a field, and reading the syllabuses on their websites over and over. The classes have really cool names. You're excited. You take a class that's called something like " microcomputer systems fly me to the moon" only to realise that the class is about installing Windows. You end up with professors that can't teach. They preach jobs, jobs, and that's it. You can cheese your way through 90 percent of the classes. The professors let internet websites, PowerPoints and books teach you. Where do I sign up for their job? Most of my friends ended up doing masters in completely unrelated fields because there's no post graduate for the majors. Who goes from studying computers to studying the urban areas? You're ready to change majors because the major you were taking before was designed by Satan to torture you into being average and an idiot. You go to the registrar and find out that they lost your paperwork. You sign up for your second associates only to be turned down then given eventually because you pitted an adviser against fuhrer head of the registrar's department. You're ready to leave this hellhole only to find out that they lost your graduation request form. The devil is a liar people. The students are high school kids. You'll meet airheads, gold diggers who hang around people that dress nice and look like they may get somewhere. The kids stand in the hallway watching people that pass so they can gossip. 90 percent of the people you meet think that they can out-posh her majesty the queen. Wonderful lady by the way. Throws great dinner parties. The students run the labs. I accidentally touched the check in girl's hand once taking my id back from her, and the look she gave me made me feel like I gave her ebola. If you look at a girl for two seconds, you might as well propose because she thinks you like her now or, she'll just snob you. The computers still run xp. The WiFi is slow. The software can't be tweeked. For instance, you can't adjust the compiler for eclipse to remove error messages. Everytime you run a piece of software, it begs you to update it. Needless to say after my last day here, I sang praises to heaven and I am never returning. I'm not coming within two boroughs of this place. I am in Queens college trying to get some of the years back now. I even changed my place of residence to be farther away from this school. If this sounds attractive to you, by all means, take the trip to the deep South. Enjoy Tartarus, I mean New York college of technology.

Do check out the Gravesend Inn Haunted Hotel going on now until Halloween day, I believe! The entertainment technology students do put alot of time and effort in creating this for the public. It is very inexpensive, like about 5-6 dollars I believe. I went last year, and this year I will be going again. The wait can get long depending on what days you go, but it is totally worth it. Go and see how hard the students work towards their degrees and for putting on a perfect event for all of us as well.

Went here before there was Yelp and reviews were really non-existent. But out of curiosity I decided to see what kind of reviews this school had nowadays. This is sad to say but nothing has changed ! That's so crazy to me. I went there back in 2006 and its the same gripes now that were happening back then too. I also remember the professors being extremely horrible. (Just because you have a Phd doesn't mean you know how to teach) I left that school. I did like two semesters there and transferred over to Kingsborough CC. That school was much better than NYC Tech.

This school is awful. please, PLEASE reconsider if you are planning to attend at NYCCT. Here is a list of reasons why you should save your money or go to a much better school: -Very bad quality in service. 80% of the workers have a nasty attitude. -Phone service is terrible. -Watch out. you might get ripped off. When I graduated my high school, I unfortunately decided to attend NYCCT. Right before I started my semester, the administration tried ripping me off, saying that I cant have a new york residency discount (despite proving my residency with my birth certificate), because I attended and graduated at a school in New Jersey. I got into a massive argument with two nasty people over the phone, and with another incompetent man in his admissions office. And guess what, I was right all along and they gave me my discount. Its pretty sad when a seventeen year old high school graduate has to teach numerous people how to do their job. This was a good sign at this point to stay away from this horrendous school, but I didn't listen to my gut feeling :( - the administration is a joke. expect no accountability or anything organized in this farce of a school. Also expect to waste hours/days of your time with these morons. -Most of my professors seemed disinterested in teaching. -Expect poor quality from this school in general. I find it rather ironic that a TECHNICAL SCHOOL somehow has 3 broken elevators that no one wants to fix, and email system errors. The irony is laughable. -Even the cafeteria food is disgusting. I never ate there because I was warned that the place shut down twice already and became infamous.

Save your time and money and go to a technical/trade school if you're attending citytech for something other than culinary art, design related field, nursing, art, and English. City tech seems like nothing more but a stepping stone made out of bodies from a graveyard full of your average Joe/Jane. This stepping stone was specifically created for your A+ students and staffs. The fact that people like Vladimir Boyko are teaching there just proves of how much of a joke this institution is. Mostly every staff member in there will have little sympathy for you and will give you that tough luck you're an adult attitude. Hey professor, can you speak up? tough luck you're an adult I cant understand a thing you're saying tough luck you're an adult I'm paying a $1000 for this class tough luck you're an adult Out of my own pocket from my blood, sweat, and tears tough luck you're an adult You're really not doing anything but reciting what's stated on the book page by page tough luck you're an adult Hey buscar tough luck you're an adult Hey registrar tough luck you're an adult hey so and so department tough luck you're an adult .... tough luck you're an adult If you want to see tom smykowski's 9-5 experience from the movie Office Space just go to citytech and look at the staff. Let me know if you saw a smile. Ironically they're building some sort of fancy gym to attract more students that will then act as fertilizer for the top 1%. If I didn't have that "I started something, I must finish it" mentality then I wouldn't have wasted two years of my life in this institution. I can finally see why a majority are transferring out after getting their AAS even when city tech is also offering a BS in the same program. Glad I'm done with this over glorified high school where most staff members will belittle their students/customers.

I am currently as transfer student from Kingsborough to City Tech. The school's Registrar office staff members and procedures are what makes me want to take away two stars from this review. The college's help desk is useless when you call them about something, anything, because all they can do is nothing besides telling you to come in in person to do what you need help with. When I asked during my call to the help desk, first of all it took me many tries and different days but eventually I got a hold of them, the guy that answered gave me the wrong room number to go to. I went in before school started and was directed to go to another room instead which can "better" assist me. In the end I needed to get an ID card for this school to be helped because I couldn't ask them to help me access my information without confirming that I was student here and that I am who I said I am. So I went to the room to apply for my ID but it was after 5 and it had closed. The orientation I attended left me more disoriented than before I came in for it. They showed us a video of graduating students dancing and making announcements for 45 minutes from youtube. Such a boring waste of my time. None of the information they provided during the orientation answered any questions. The only thing that helped was that they got all the students in the orientation to line up to get to talk to a academic adviser. She was nice and didn't mind spending a little extra time on me unlike the rest of the staff members that help students out with technical stuff. I have never used the elevators except when classes were over and it was time to go home because despite that they had 6 big elevators, there's always a line. There's even a person there to manage the line. I feel like I'm going to have to take the path of many yelpers here who attend this school as well, which is going around the failed system in trying to get to where I need, and that would be graduating and getting the hell outta here. I've heard a lot of mixed opinions about the food in City Tech's cafeteria but no doubt it's expensive food. Some people say it's really good and that I should give it a try sometime. Also that it would be worth the money. Some people complain it's terrible and cannot believe that the school is charging that much for their food. Also I've had students swear they have gotten sick from the food and it was food poisoning. So far, I haven't tried the food yet. A student in which I met from playing a game also goes to City Tech and he showed me to the "gaming area" in the cafeteria of City Tech. So there's that. KBCC V.S. City Tech This college feels more like a real adult school than Kingsborough which felt like I was still going to high school. The fact that KBCC baby sat me could be one of the reasons why I can't navigate around a real college but that doesn't explain the carelessness and the rudeness of the registrar office people, help desk, or anyone you can reach out for for help. They always act like they can't wait to get home and hate the unending line of students who need help. Maybe if the system was more capable of actually helping us out than sending us around then there'll be less students lining up for their "help". If you're going for evening classes, everything is closed. The ID cards actually function to let you into the school unlike Kingsborough's ID cards which only needed to access your info and get through security checks which happen from time to time. Kingsborough has pretty good wi-fi. You can even play league almost smoothly on it. There's NO wi-fi or at least none that I know of in City Tech. Why is this? I wouldn't have a clue. Anyways, the professor are what I give my 3 remaining stars to after the rest of the staff help lose 2. Very professional and inspiring for students. I haven't been in a huge lecture hall yet if there is classes like that here, but in a 30-40 student classroom (yep, classrooms are big, or at least the amount of students allowed in each course section is) there's a lot of help and communication between professor and students and a timely fashion. The professors are also extremely passionate about the topics they are teaching which helps inspire me in classes that I am taking as just a prerequisite. I actually can enjoy classes that I don't think I would need in my major or my future career but a credit is a credit. Unlike Kingsborough which professors act more like teachers in high school and is just trying to get through the teaching schedules they have and get off track many times by talking about things unrelated to the class just to try to make the class more fun. Also I felt like in KBCC there was more small homeworks more often that counted and was collected. In City Tech, more big homeworks like small projects and they give you more time for it and sometimes it's just "homework" for you to just refresh your memory or practice. Nothing more and wasn't counted to your grade.

Graduated from this school 3 years ago & am still trying to figure out if this place is a college or high school. I would advise any new comers to take a tour of this school (on you're own) & just see how they operate (students, facility & administration). There are a good amount of professors that do care & are willing to help if you put in the time & effort but that's only the 15%. Horrible experience, school is horrible looking in terms of bathrooms, cafeteria, classrooms, out of service elevators, neighborhood. Don't go

I like to be a part of this college! Mr Horelick (English 1101) and Mr Li(Bio 1101)are amazing teachers! I always get all of the offices reply back to me promptly and everyone is willing to help, guide or give an advise. The schedule is really flexible also, location of a college are easily accessible. May be it is because I am just started, but I am really happy with NYCCT.