Trident Technical College

Category:	Community College
Address:	7000 Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC 29406
Phone:	+1 843-574-6111
Site:	tridenttech.edu
Rating:	3.3

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JR Hanks

The 13% graduation rate tells it all. Overall Trident Technical College is very poorly administered. There appears to be a plethora of ethnic and gender inefficiencies in the name of diversity which causes students considerable difficulty in getting registered for classes; getting financial aid; getting tutoring; getting proper assessment; and coordinating classes. This results in many unnecessary trips to the college, since getting help on the telephone or online is virtually impossible. Also, students are often given erroneous information which can delay both their matriculation and graduation. The drop out rate is frenetic and it almost appears some teachers are intent on failing students to lighten their workload. By example. certain activities in one Trident Technical College class involved: Invasion of student privacy; Exposure to health and sanitation problems by forcing students to touch other students without washing their hands or using hand sterilizer; De facto sexual abuse by forcing students to touch other students in the dark; Exposing students to pornographic material and sexual innuendo; And promoting sexist remarks by students. It is little wonder students in this class rarely make above a C grade if they even bother to finish the course. They are far too distracted. And It is very difficult to see how these activities relate to the curriculum, and some students find them disgusting, sexist, and demeaning. In another class the teacher constantly instructed students to "Goggle it" in response to student questions and wound up with only one student in the class. It also appears many student sign up for classes just to get grants and student loans which the may never pay back. These students are often disruptive and make study harder for serious ones. Trident Technical College can and should do better. Some will say the student participate voluntarily, but this is not always the case. Any psychologist understand the desire to please an authority figure and fear of receiving a failing grade is in play. Plus the obvious fact that administrators do not put their email address on the school web site and there is apparently no state agency a student can contact that will investigate such matters without revealing the students identity. Certainly there are some good teachers and courses at Trident. But it would be interesting if students were encouraged to rate their teachers, classes, and the College in toto, with the information made available to students (and their parents) before they consider enrollment.

Melissa Blake

Trident is an awful school. It is beyond difficult to know what you need to be doing and what classes you should be taking when your academic advisor advises you wrong and wastes a lot of your time with pointless classes and then does not respond to your emails and phone calls. The financial aid department is abysmal, I constantly had to fight with them about my LIFE scholarship almost every seamster, and the fact that their records do not synchronize with the business office blows my mind. I was always getting conflicting reports on my balance due because the two offices were never on the same page. I would get purged out my classes every single semester because of this and would have to scramble to re-enroll. The professors are mostly terrible. I found a few good ones that actually wanted to teach you the material in a way you would actually retain it, and I did. Otherwise, I had professors that basically gave you all of the answers on tests and quizzes so there was no reason to study, so you would not learn anything from the course, a core course, yet have an undeserved phenomenal grade. On the other end of the spectrum, you have professors that should not be teaching. Some just do not care if you learn the material and will not help you when you are struggling. Others, are some of the most disrespectful people I have come across. The way they treated students I am sure is illegal and would not stand in lower level schooling, which did not make the classroom conducive to learning. Overall, I have had an awful experience at this school. Every single department is atrocious. Also, the seven week course classes for science classes is ridiculous. You cannot possibly retain the information you need to over a long period of time, so you do not really end up learning anything, and the amount of studying required for science because of the seven week schedule is beyond ludicrous to expect students to have that much time to devote. It is a community college, meaning most of the students there are full time parents with full time jobs while trying to take a full course load, and it seems realistic to expect them to spend six hours a day studying for one class alone; that is preposterous. Disclaimer: I have a 4.0. I am not some disgruntled student that failed out of the school due to a lack of commitment and motivation. I graduated, and moved on to a great school, but it was not because of the staff at this school, it was because I taught myself and worked my butt off for it.

Martin Padgett

If your trying to take upper level physical sciences to prepare for graduate school admissions tests, such as MCAT, PCAT, etc - do yourself a favor and look elsewhere to take the courses. I would extend that recommendation to anyone trying to take prerequisite classes to enter the medical field. The express format is the only way to take these courses now and it is not conducive to success in the course. The express format is entirely too fast paced for challenging physical sciences (Organic Chemistry, Physics, etc). Instructors fly through the material and skip over valuable subject matter for standardized tests.. Taking one physical science course means lab 2 days a week, taking two physical sciences means lab 4 days a week, thats on top of mastering lecture material for tests. If your going for competitive marks ( as all respectful graduate programs require), working will be out of the question.

Alysia Quibodeaux

I have had a few great teachers and a few not so good teachers at all. I do not like that the college will not employ the good teachers full time and keep the crappy ones. I find it very difficult to do my online courses because D2L is ALWAYS down and sometimes the entire college website is down making it difficult to complete assignments on time resulting in issues with grades. I find it very difficult to get in touch with teachers when they do not have an office on campus nor do they even live in the state. I am beginning to wonder if this is the college for me. I think come next semester if the computer issues are not resolved, I will need to pursue another college. Please get your stuff together Trident!!!!

Brandon Stone

Your experience depends on your drive in order to graduate or transfer. The price is something to truly take advantage of, get the classes done and out the way. It has saved me and my family a lot of money. I finished my requirements in 1.5 years and I have transferred to Coastal Carolina University for the fall of 2016. You have to put your put in the door here, TTC is your opportunity to make a change for yourself. If you truly want it bad, you will learn to appreciate every experience (good & bad) from this institution.

A Private User

The instructors are super awesome but Financial Aid/Veterans assistance reps are aweful!! Those people upset me badly! It shouldnt take 2-3 months to process a Post 911 GI Bill or Financial Aid!! And why is it that they do not have record of documents turned in or make students fill out the same paperwork several times before processing. I wanted to just withdraw but I am trying not to let incompetent reps get in the way of my education....and I hope that a staff member will see this review!

magdoli miller

Mr. Morgan is the best person in the whole institute, he is very helpful, it give you all the information you need, it register you for any class you need. With him everything is possible in that college. The personnel at the register office and the counselor that suppose to help, both have being a nightmare for me. I give five stars to Mr. Morgan the whole personnel should learn from him.

Chris Lintelman

If you have a full time job and strive to further your education after business hours like myself, this college is NOT the answer for you. They have eliminated some night programs with no warning to students.... But hey, if you work nights, or not at all then enjoy the loads of course offerings in the middle of the day...

Forrest Bohler

This school is full of a bunch of incompetent staff members. The administration is so poorly tied together that I often found myself spending more time trying to fight the staff to get them to correct their errors than I did actually studying. I do not suggest attending this school unless you absolutely have to.

Keil Cronauer

Teachers are great at this school. But the Admissions and Registrations Offices are horrible. Everyone I talked to was rude and talked down to you. As a Veteran their VA Department was unorganized to say the least with messing up my certification paper work many times. Horrible Experience.

Joshua miller

THIS IS NOT AN AUTISM FRIENDLY SCHOOL. IF YOU HAVE AUTISM THEN AVOID THIS SCHOOL LIKE THE PLAGUE. DO NOT BUY INTO THE LIVE 5 NEWS STORY ABOUT HOW THEY WENT UP AND BEYOND FOR AN AUTISTIC STUDENT AS THEY TREATED ME, AN ADULT WITH AUTISM LIKE GARBAGE.

Darian Kornahrens

Cost my child her scholarship due to incompetent staff told her every thing was great until they Kicked her out of all her classes. Four visits 12 hours gone all smiles. Cost my family thousands of dollars over one form.

Courtney Dean

Nobody answers the phone, absolutely no information is given to students. If you need an answer to one question you have to physically drive all the way to campus because the phone is never answered.

James Miller

Very unorganized school administration , always misplacing documents . Some teachers are great and some should not be teaching at all. Be care of the financial aid department as well!

Robert Robinson

Excellent teachers that work under contract but still offers great skill and experience....they need to hire the teachers so they can have Benefits...

Will Galvin

If you feel like getting an answering machine call any number in their directory. They have a policy of not answering phone calls.

u wot M8

Some German geezer tried to touch my arse, properly went in for a squeeze. And then tried to charge me $20.

Nicole Gadsden

Everything is great! I love this school! All classes are being completed and assignments turned in on time.

William Denman

Felt like i had learned some useful things from this school.

Zip Andyrs

Nice campus with a very accommodating conference hall.

Diana Leger

Trident Technical College is a great place to learn!