Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Date: Feb 10 2008
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
Ahhh, Trade-Tech, my alma mater… started in January 1994, graduated in June 1996, with an A.A. in Liberal Arts, I was part of the PACE program, which was an accelerated program in which one could get all of the general ed. courses completed. I also took additional evening courses as well. I believe that the PACE program no longer exists. Located on the southern edge of downtown Los Angeles, it is a community college that also offers unique vocational programs as well. Great teachers. However, at the time when I was there, 1994-96, it was a pretty dangerous vibe at night. Lots of things went down when I was a student there: on Halloween 1994, two masked guys walked into a classroom and robbed the students and teacher. Various bums and street people would wander off the street and onto the campus. My first day of class there in Spring 1994, some guy was standing in front of the campus entrance yelling obscenities at nobody in particular. The next evening, another guy was doing the same thing, except he was yelling in Spanish. Personally, my car was broken into twice, parked on campus. I was followed one night by someone after class, but luckily walked into a group of people, and the attacker backed off. I caught two guys "doing it" in the bathroom one evening. Now, having said all that, the school itself is a great place to learn a trade, and its Fashion Design, Auto Body Repair, and Culinary Arts program are very well regarded. Funny that I went there to get a Liberal Arts degree, but it is a community college too, offering a full academic curriculum. I would recommend this school to someone who, for example, has a job in downtown, and wants a convenient place to take classes after work. The college vibe is kind of lacking here; you may want to go elsewhere if you want to feel like you're "in college"…LACC, WLAC, or ELAC may be better choices in that regard.