http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html Life at PCT - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html The area sucks, there is never anything to do. The food on campus is horrible and if you live on campus you are forced to get at least 10 meals a week. Any of the IT majors are horrible, especially th... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:11:59 GMT StudentsReview 1191-92921 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1191-92921 1191 53 Other Male Undergraduate Class 2000 Negative The area sucks, there is never anything to do. The food on campus is horrible and if you live on campus you are forced to get at least 10 meals a week. Any of the IT majors are horrible, especially the gaming and simulation degree. The teachers either have no idea how to teach or what they are teaching. Usually it is a combination of the two. The dorms suck, windows are bolted shut, there are no lights in the living room and the bathroom has a horrible design. No one stops for pedestrians either on campus or in the surrounding area. It is possible to be late for class just because you have to cross a busy street to get to the ACC. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:11:59 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html Renewable Energy Technology Avoid the Renewable Energy Program at all costs! People in this curriculum don't have the qualifications or credentials to be teaching this material. Here are the cr... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:33:59 GMT StudentsReview 1191-92346 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1191-92346 1191 53 Other Male Undergraduate Class 2012 2nd Year Negative Renewable Energy Technology

Avoid the Renewable Energy Program at all costs!
People in this curriculum don't have the qualifications or credentials to be teaching this material.

Here are the credentials for the two primary instructors ,that teach the majority of the RE classes, as listed on the Penn College website.

Wayne Gebhart

Education
B.S. Ed., Mansfield University
Electrical Certificate, Thaddeus Stevens Trade School
Trade Competency Certificate, Penn State University

Jon Hart

Education
B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology
- Rochester Institute of Technology
Master of Business Administration
- Bloomsburg University
Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist

Pathetic when most teachers here have a relatively impressive list of credentials and accomplishments listed under their names.

Also, where is the business and industry experience that the Penn College Values statement claims all their instructors have?

If you truly with to learn about renewable energy, go elsewhere. I paid for labs that didn't exist, paid for required tools (some costing hundreds of dollars each) that they never taught us how to use, every promise they made us never happened, we were used as free labor to install a lattice wind turbine tower with total disregard to student safety (that tower has since been dismantled and replaced with a monopole due to the incompetence of Gebhart), I never saw a working PV system despite the fact they have one on campus (Gebhart was just to lazy to show us), never saw a working turbine, never learned how to size a PV system, never learned the building codes that apply to renewable energy, never learned anything that Penn College claimed we would, it was just a total joke all the way around and the lazy, do nothing Dean Marc Bridgens allowed all this to happen despite relentless complaints from multiple students. President Gilmore and the rest of the school's administration should be absolutely ashamed of themselves! PROFIT BEFORE STUDENTS...

Richard Taylor, who teaches the solar thermal class, actually did an excellent job and if you look up his credentials you'll see why. If the rest of the curriculum was even half the quality of Taylor's class this would be a much different review.

In short, Wayne Gebhart is an egotistical, arrogant, self-absorbed, braggart who's undeserved since of accomplishment prevents him from seeing how his laziness and incompetence are robbing students of the education they're paying entirely too much for.

Save your money because the only thing I learned was DRILL BABY, DRILL!!!!! Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:33:59 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html Be very cautious about PCT, especially the Physician Assistant Program. The facility is usually in conflict with each other, and the students have to duck and cover to stay out of the way.... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:33:25 GMT StudentsReview 1191-92305 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1191-92305 1191 36 PreMed and Medical Male Undergraduate Class 2012 3rd Year Negative Be very cautious about PCT, especially the Physician Assistant Program. The facility is usually in conflict with each other, and the students have to duck and cover to stay out of the way. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:33:25 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html If you are planning on attending as a distance learner, you may want to think twice. I was studying for my BA in Health Information Management online. They lead you to believe that you can complete ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:58:55 GMT StudentsReview 1191-91509 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1191-91509 1191 62 School of Information Female Undergraduate Class 2014 1st Year Negative If you are planning on attending as a distance learner, you may want to think twice. I was studying for my BA in Health Information Management online. They lead you to believe that you can complete the whole course online. You cannot, however. My classes that I took at South Hills also did not transfer well, as they say I still need some sort of English class (I had two) and a statistics class (I took healthcare statistics). The only math program online at my level actually says in the syllabus if you can't dedicate 18 hours at least a week to studying and doing homework, you should withdraw. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:58:55 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html Pennsylvania College of Technology is a unique school, in and of the fact the it is open enrollment. That awards all students the opportunity to apply and possibly be accepted into a suitable program... Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:42:37 GMT StudentsReview 1191-88641 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1191-88641 1191 66 Social Work Female Undergraduate Class 2013 4th Year Positive Pennsylvania College of Technology is a unique school, in and of the fact the it is open enrollment. That awards all students the opportunity to apply and possibly be accepted into a suitable program. The placement tests aid in determining if the program is right for me. I appreciated the admissions and advisement's office in assisting in my first year enrollment process.
I was nervous to attend but found the student body to be warm and welcoming. The Community Arts Theater usually has good performers. And within Williamsport are a ton of good dining locations.
I have read alot of the reviews and I am begging to disagree. With a 95% placement rate I think this school must have something going for it. Just sayin?? Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:42:37 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/PCT_comments.html