Bates Technical College: Campus Store

Category:	College
Address:	1101 S Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405, USA
Phone:	+1 253-680-7000
Site:	bates.ctc.edu
Rating:	3.5

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Reviews 8

Krista Gaines

This school was a waste of time and money. My friend and I went to the downtown campus for a summer phlebotomy program. First, there is a homeless camp on the campus and the crime rate is high with many assaults. The two instructors were awful. They didnt take the time to do real lectures. They googled the subject and read other peoples notes. They couldnt even pronounce half of the medical terms they were supposed to be teaching us. When they read out of the book, they directed us to wrong pages and read too fast to even jot down a few notes. They would let class out early every night before we started clinical because they didnt want to be in the classroom themselves. One of the instructors got into an argument with my friend and held me behind with my friend and got into a yelling argument with her. I had to break the fight up myself. Then the teacher proceeded to talk bad about my friend to me. I had to explain to the teacher that I was there to learn and not listen to her personal issues with people. It was very unprofessional. Once we started clinical, they rushed us into drawing from real arms. They had expected us to draw on real arms the night we started practicing on fake arms. When I asked one of the instructors to shadow me, she said, "You know, I wont be here to hold your hand every time." When we asked them questions, that same instructor told us to google the answer. I felt like there was no point in even going to school when I could essentially learn everything myself at home. These two instructors taught me absolutely nothing. I eventually gave up because I was tired of leaving class in tear feeling stressed out about not learning anything. This was a horrible experience that cost me $700 and a summer I will never get back. Save yourself the time and money and choose a different school.

Kelly Nilsson

Waste of time and money. Learned nothing from the instructors. They would spend an entire class day of reading the same pages we already read. The teachers were illiterate and unable to pronounce basic medical terminology. And in turn we were expected to practice our trade with little to no instructions. Expectations were never fully clear causing lots of stress. Basically paid a ton of money to teach myself how to do phlebotomy. Could have just paid for the book and saved myself a few hundred. Dont recommend to anyone. Waste of time and money. The instructors never took the class seriously from the beginning. We would be let out early because the teachers were too lazy to be there a little longer. I was also told on multiple occasions to "Google it" when I had a legitimate question. Not even going to talk about the entire back of the campus being a feasting ground for a million homeless camps. No. No No

The Dancing Queen

Good luck getting anyone with valuable information on the phone. The faculty and staff at Bates really expect for prospective students to burn gas for simple issues that can be resolved over the phone. Ive gotten everything ranging from patience to condescension when addressing this issue that has been a recurring theme with Bates since I last attended there in 2013!

Mitchell St Clair

Only went here to use their Pearsons sponsored testing facilities. Went smoothly. Clean location and professional staff.

Kyler Goodman

Wonderful experience so far. They set you up for success.

Lee Templeton

Their dental, denture program is awesome...!

Christina Sheldon

Love this school

Trisha Young

Love my school