Lincoln Technical Institute review: dont waste your time 76

I go to LTI in East Windsor CT, and it was almost decent.. And then they started changing ###, they alarmed EVERY door so now instead of having multiple doors to go out for break 300+ students have to use ONE door for a smoke break, and to exit/enter the building. And the break area consists of 2 whole ###ing picnic tables. Gee thanks..

Plus they scam you out of your money like it's their job. And most of the equipment is garbage. We have 4 sandblasters in the shop and one of them works and it's in the motorcycle department. They took away the soap in the bathroom because some kids decided to throw it all over the walls and mirrors. Maybe if the school didn't suck balls then they wouldn't have done it in the first place. So now there's no soap, I smell a lawsuit.

I have friends at the dorms who are paying upwards of $40, 000 to go here, dorm here, and eat here. The school gives off a good image saying their professional, but in reality they're a bunch of money grubbing ###ers.

If you want my honest opinion, go spend $20, 000 on scratch tickets, booze, and a few hookers. Or invest it in the stock market. Or become a drug dealer with that money.

If you go to LTI and live here be prepared to become and alcoholic or an avid pot smoker, because there's ### to do in the state of Connecticut to begin with, let alone at a raggedy ### dorm with broke college kids.

I went to Lincoln here in Atlanta. The school is a rip-off! All they want is your money. What a shame…because people go to school to improve themselves and this school takes advantage of their hopes and only leave them with a worthless diploma and a bill.

I think the money you are pay for these schools, you could have earn yourself a BA OR BS and that for 4years or more of college. There are more opportunities with a degree then a certification in one general area. I can't believe that this school is preying on young innocent kids. THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE PAYING A DEBT THAT THEY CAN NOT AFFORD.

sweety i agree with them 100%, i did took my career serieosly, i did everything i was suppouse to do, im still stuck with a loan, and no certificate because they mess up, i wont go into details, because i am doing something about it. but lincoln tech only works on some ppl i guess they lucky. but i didn't went to that school to have fun, it was a waste of my time, and i dont recomended. I do think it also depends of the site. well Good luck to you all, hope you guys do something about it, dont stay with your hands cross, stand up, and do something about it. get a lawyer, write to the news, the department of education anything, i did all that and im still doing, im 31 years old, and i could be 85 one day, and im still going to talk, i wont shut up into somebody do something about this &*^* lincoln tech. Institute is doing. God bless!

i am curently siting in class at lincoln tech in union nj this how much ### this school is that i have the time to sit here and talk to all you fine people about how much of a rip off this school is we are literally siting here doing nothing in this communications class go figure communications class and the teacher hasnt said ### to us all day lol if you are thinking of enrolling in the EST program dont wast your time or money they will lie to you and tell you Tech's are in demand and that we will find you a job ### as soon as your money goes through the story changes to we dont help you get a job we point you in the right direction and big companys are not looking for Tech's they have to many the market is flooded with Tech's they need managers and office workers and project supervisors so do yourself a favor and just go to a real school take collage classes not this ### i paid 22k to work at Burger King or Best Buy yay thanks Lincoln Tech

hello people of this page ... I am a graduate student at high school and I enrolled me in lincoln tech institute of union, nj but I have not started classes and read these comments I'm not going to put my money into that school, apply for financial aid $ 27, 000 and I have to pay only 6, 000 did not I have to pay and I have a loan in my name and another $ 9, 000 on behalf of my dad $ 11, 000 I think this is not the best option I have to look like whether it's worth going there since I was told they would help me find a job .. Grasco for your help.

I use to work for the school and the adventure was short lived. I can tell you that as an admissions representative, all they cared about was how many enrollments we made. Their accreditation was weak and their teachers half the times were not qualified to teach. They are a really bad school that is greedy for money and use the lie phrase "you are changing lives". As a an Admissions Rep, if you don't enroll 5 or more students a week you will find yourself in the unemployment line. They are the most unethical school ever. Stay away from them.

You freaken bunch of whining cry babies. If getting an eductation was easy, everyone would have one wouldn't they? Many of the students have behavioral issues and would be arrested and escorted off the campus of a real college. They have government grants if there GPA's are good enough. And the loans are tax free and deductable. So man up, show respect, and get good grades. Remember, you are born with two ears and one mouth for a reason. They don't even take notes. And whats with the confederate flag belt buckles? I think it speaks for itself.

I go to lincoln technical institute in Lincoln RI and it is a waste of money, it's a class of about 20 s0mething people and they only have 3 dental chairs to practice. While the rest of the people go and practice on the chairs the rest of the class just sits there for hours talking and talking. The education you receive in that school is a joke. And the teacher plays musical chairs and games, basically treats us like a kindergarten class.

I attended LTI in Union, NJ for a year from 08-09. If i could do back in time, i WOULD NOT attend this "school". I put school in quotations because it is NOT a school. I dont know what to call it, maybe a [censor] excuses for a school at best, or a total and complete SCAM at worst. Im not calling them out because I messed up and didnt get the grades, or they didnt help with job placement (which they didnt, but ill get into that later);im calling them about because their "school" is not worth your 25k.

First off, I had some expierence working on cars before I enrolled in this "school". I wasnt great or anything special, but i had a general idea what I was doing. I decided i wanted to better myself and thought this "school" could help with my future (harhar). I went to the campus, talked with some representive, who was about as sharp as a baseball bat, and took their grand tour. They showed me all the "state of the art equipment and the newest technology in the field." This is where ill start complaining, so bear with me if i go off into a little rant. All of those claims are in fact [censor]! Their dyno doesnt work, in the tour i was told how we will be running cars on the this "state of the art" dyno machine. In the whole year i was there, i didnt see the dyno machine running one time. I doubt it was ran in years. Seriously, the thing was ancient. If that was enough, non of their demo "boards" for brake system, suspension systems, etc worked. [Its basically the whole brake system hooked up to a display board to show students how the system works and demo trouble shooting skills] The engines and transmissions were ripped apart so many times a master tech couldnt put them back together properly. Most of them were missing parts and everyone had something broken within it. The shop cars were also beat to [censor], and even if they werent, you had 50 people trying to work on 5 cars, which were again beat to [censor]. There was one alignment machine in the whole school, and again you would have 50 people trying to work on one machine. No one is going to learn anything that way. They also talked about how much shop time youll get and how the "school" take a hands on approach. BULL [censor]. Each class last 20 days, and you were lucky if 6 of them were shop days. One day to learn how to do alignments? HAHAHAHA, good luck with that!

Okay, now well move on to the people youll encounter at youre time spent at this wonderful "school". Ill start of with the people at the front desk, theyre some miserable women who talk and act ghetto. I would be at the window making my payment to the "school", and the cashier or whatever she would prefer to be called couldnt even give me a chance to ask questions about my bills and payments of loans. She was more concerned with the conversation she was having on the phone, which was obviously not a work related call. Next are the people that give you the tours and recruit you for this "school". Theyre scammers, dont believe a word they say. Try to ask some current students what they think of the "school". Bet these "recruits" will get their panties up in a bunch and rip you away from the student as quick as they can. Next is the administration. Theyre more worried about their super sweet drag car then they are the well being and education of the students in their "school". *cough*mr allegro*cough* By the way, the drag car is a piece of garbage that would break everytime they took it out for a run. Most of the teachers suck. Im sure they were good when they were actually in the field, but they dont care about your education or you learning anything. They look at this job as a paycheck, nothing more, nothing less. Some of the teachers are actually good, and will actually attempt to teach you with what limited resources they have. It can be hard though.

Like someone else mentioned, this school is FULL of convicts. People drinking and smoking pot in the parking lot during the 3 breaks given during the day. They would make it hard for the teacher who wanted to actually teach do their job. Ignorant is the best word to describe it. Just because you got financial aide and paid jack for this school, only attending it meet your parole needs doesnt mean you have the right to be a jack [censor] and ruin the "school" for those of us who paid and actually expect to learn something. Some teachers would spend more time disiplining the students then they would teaching. I was actually asked to go home early one day because i commented how this isnt elementry school and he (the teacher) should worry more about teaching those who want to learn then disiplining those who dont.

I had a 3.8 GPA by the time i was in my last 2 months, which is when they were supposed to help you find jobs. Now, the only ones they really help are the ones like me, with higher GPAs. We started looking for jobs with 2 months left. I filled out about 5 applications, non of which went through. I actually had techs at a dealership chuckle when they saw my LTI shirt. Never wore that to a job interview again. LOL. So for the final two months i sat in a class called shop management, and basically reviewed exactly what i did for the past 10 months. The only thing i learned to manage was my temper, because by this time I was ready to burst. At the end of these final 2 months, this lady came to help all of us at this "school" unfortunate enough not to find a job or have a higher GPA, wait for it, DRUM ROLL...FIND A JOB! That consist of filling out a paper and her giving you places by you that were hiring. She helped me setup an interview, but i only think that was because of what had happened earlier and the fact that i was telling new "recruits" the truth about this "school"...

BUT I DIGRESS PEOPLE. MORE OR LESS MY WHOLE POINT OF THIS REVIEW IS SO YOU DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES I DID AND FALL FOR THIS SCAM DISGUISTED AS A ''SCHOOL''! GO TAKE THE TOUR AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF!

Personally I loved lincoln tech. Loves all my teachers and felt I learned a lot. I graduated and just passed my RMA exam. The only problem is I'm not finding work. Everyone at the school told me finding a job would be a snap. Quite the oposite. I even went the the career workshop they had..sat there took notes. I've been applying like crazy and nothing. I graduated with a 4.0 too. Also I was told I would have help finding jobs after I finish..uh no all I get is obvious emails that were sent to everyone. Jobs no where I live. I was told I have to stop being picky..I'm sorry driving to deleware when I live in philly is ludacris. I'm starting to regret it now. I'm considering just getting a job at a retail store or something..how depressing -heather

i went to the LTI in grand prairie, tx. my first two instructors were great, and it was all down hill from there. in the automotive engine class, i was actually teaching my instructor things, and teaching the class things the instructor should have. dropped out after the fourth class. what a waste of money. if you have good mechanical sense, just get some OJT, study, and take the ASE tests on your own, and save 17 grand or more. if you don't have mechanical sense, this school will NOT HELP! spend a little more and go to UTI! my cousin who is ten years younger than me went there, now has a great job and makes more than i do! i think he banked 65, 000 last year, two years out of school. don't believe that 100, 000 dollar pipe dream, unless you are super mechanic and live at your job, it wont happen, but if you are and you can, go for it! you don't need LTI's help!

I went to Lincoln Tech in shelton ct. Absolutely ridiculous is not EVEN the word. My clinical instructor for the lpn program pulled my hair to "prove a point" I suppose, uncalled for! When I told the head of the program of course I got her famous line "ill take care of it" and she didn't do anything of course! Not to mention when I signed up; they told me it was a creditted program! When I had finally had enough of the run around with lti and was looking to transfer to a community college, I was told nothing I just did would count. What a waste of money! And certainly of my time. The less than mediocre teachers and clinical instructors get away with murder while the school gets away with ripping you off. Perfect!

I went to LTI in allentown pa for the medical assistant program. The teacher I had was having an affair on her husband with a past student, had the female students doing her make up to meet him and take pictures of her to send to him, he was sitting in class with us, we took his blood and watch him run and hide in the bathroom when her husband made a surprise visit. She was fired at the end of my course for not only that but she was changing the students' grade based on our attitude towards her affair n weather or not she like the student. One externship I was dropped due to a roomer that some one aid I spoke to them on Facebook saying I moved to NY im pregnant getting married and tell the school to drop me and they did 12 hours before i was to finish. So I can re enroll I had to $200 and finish the last 10 hours. NOT THE WORSE PART! Come time to get my diploma i found that the money i was paying towards the interest wasn't enough and was never caught because I always paid it, I paid $50 towards the interest to the school and 450 to the loan every month, now the 50 that i paid only got added on the back of the interest and never paid off any of the interest . Now I have to pay $2, 410 to get my diploma. I could have paid more every month or done what ever to do what ever I had to pay the interest, I work a full time job while i was in school got two hours sleep for the past year and a half i could have afford what ever payment i needed to make. So now that i want to get a real job i cant! Im getting a lawyer and Im done with that [censor] hole!

I am currently attending lincoln in Indianapolis and its has been the biggest mistake i have ever made junk [censor] equipment over crowded classes and not enough materials to learn anything teachers give you just enough information on stuff to make a person dangerous i have been a service tech for 5 years and came here to learn diesel and havent learn a dam thing useful on how to work on one and was also suppost to have management classes the last three moths of my time here after i finished my shop classes and they tossed me in to it after only 6 months the teachers dont teach you a dam thing about management just gives a bunch of busy work that has nothing to do with the class your in. FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT GOIN TO THIS SCHOOL DONT DO IT ITS [censor] AND A WAST OF TIME AND MONEY. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BLOW 30, 000 DOLLARS AND HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT START A FIRE AND TOSS THE MONEY IN IT AND WATCH IT BURN ITS THE SAME THING AS GOIN TO THIS SCHOOL!

Lincoln Technical Institute is a RIP OFF. My son was at the campus in East Windsor Connecticut for exactly one month and came home. Everything from the classes to the meal plan was a scam and now they are trying to charge him over $10, 000.oo for one month. Most of the time in class he had nothing to do and when he asked the instructor for something to do he just stared at him. There wasn't enough equipment for them to work on, only 3 lifts for 30 students and it is suppose to be hands on. The dorm rooms weren't much bigger than a walk-in closet for two students and the food wasn't fit to eat, dried out pasta and pizza and under cooked chicken. Don't even think about going there it will be nothing but a big costly mistake.

I went right out of school since I to had a love for cars, they teach you theory but the hands on is what it is about. I would recommend anybody thinking about going to school to learn automotive to first see about learning it on the outside first. Anyone can get a job at a dealership and they will train you and start you off changing oil and also will send you to school on there vehicles and even pay you. I have another easy way, buy a beater old car. Sometimes you can get one free then go into it. Tear it down and learn hands on. I would be happy to help you with any questions you may have.

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im attending the one in florida and i came to this website just so i can print all of these complaints. Its all about money. Six staff members were fired and three weeks later they srewed up the loans and people were owing more money bvefore you graduate. They hold back information and you have to figure out what you need to ask. I feel like im in the army, "Don't ask Don't tell" im figuring out away to get out of this school without owing anything but they're a bunch of legal criminals if you ask me.

I go to lincon tech in denver co and its the samething .This school is all bs the instructors dont teach you anything.Iam paying $30, 000 for a degree that I cant use anywhere.The school also keeps you money untill you loose your home and every thing else. Iam calling the atterny genral as soon as i can

I go to lincoln tech in columbia md now...ITS [censor]! The teachers computers halfway work...I'm in engines class now and we started out with 5 days with no engines! And the class is 20 days long. You don't learn anything. Its a waste of like 27, 000...its only my second class and I'm about to get out before they charge me ridiculous. Both classes was bs...the jobs they tried to place you at dealerships to be lot attendants, detailers ect. Nothing about being a technician... so people DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!

LINCOLN TECH SUCKS SUCH A WASTE OF MONEY I SHOULDVE QUIT FIRST CLASSS NOW IM STUCK BECAUSE IF I QUIT NOW I ALREADY IN DEBT HARD ITS [censor] STRESSES ME THE f***K OUT, ND IF YOU GO TO THE ON IN INDIANPOLIS IF YOU CAN AVOID WORKING FOR UPS IT STANDS FOR UNDERPAYEDSLAVES JUST SAYING. THIS IS OF COURSE JUST MY OPINION BUT NEVER REGRETTED SOMETHING SO MUCH IN MY LIFE. LOL, I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH THERE RECRUITERS ARE PROS ND DESERVE EVER PENNY THEY MAKE THEY COULD MAKE A CELEBRITY GO TO THIS SCHOOL I THINK LIKE NO JOKE. MAKES ME WANNA PUNCH MINE IN THE FACE LMAO

I attended to Lincoln Tech in Lowell MA. Personally I think this school is a scam. They have this commercial like its image as in example of all training school but its not. Now I have to pay $17, 000 for this school. Im in my externship that I have to take three buses to go and come. I also told the externship coordinator to put me closer to where I live and I gave her two months notice and she told me I never told her that. I told her that im going to be getting home at 6 or 6:30 all she said was that we all have to sacriface. I wanted to tell her off. She didn't have to wait out side for 20 minutes or a half an hour when its 20 degrees. Today I waited in hour. She lied to me shge said there was no place closer. But she was a [censored] for putting me close to where my friend lived down the street and my friend 5 miles to where I live! I DO NOT RECOMMEND NOBODY FOR THIS SCHOOL!

Considering what people have been saying, Im open to the possibility that it just depends on which location you go to. Personally, I went to their culinary program in Columbia, MD. I attended for 6 months which was when I'd had enough. They tell you in the beginning that you can take the first class and if you decide to leave, they don't charge you for tuition. So of course in the first class they're going to make it seem like you're learning something, and I'm not the only one to say so. Everyone in my class took and continue to take their education seriously. It's not their fault that they're bearly getting an education. I deeply regret enrolling in this school. In one of my classes we were doing our practical final, we had to present a charcuterie platter and on the day of, we had only one of the ingredients needed to complete that task. One of my classmates actually had to go and buy us groceries so that we could do so. When I spoke to the dean of the culinary side, she asked me "What made you think it was my obligation to make sure you had those igredients?" not verbatim, but that was her point. Excuse me? My tuition is $20, 000 and you're telling me we're not entitled to certain ingredients pertaining to our education? I'm very angry at this situation and I really wish there was something I or anyone could do about it. No one at that school cares about anyones education, just money.

Went to Lincoln Tech, NE Philly for 7 days and now I get a bill for $2900.. They say I completed 45% of the term..Can't get blood out of a stone.. I have the PA state attorney general looking into this scam

Lincoln Tech isnt any good. They have totally messed up all the way around. Since they have taken over in January, they have messed up alot of things for their students and most of all their employees for the Suffield, CT campus. Their safety staff their is underpaid and understaffed by a long shot. There is no shift differential and they treat their saftey staff like crap. An employee that has been there for more than 4 yrs got only a 55 cents and some only got a 5 or 10 cents raise after not having a raise for well over 4 yrs or how ever long they had been there and this is fair after all the safety staff does this is how they repay them. They also allow there employees to have a sexual and physical relationship. Isn't that why they have a sexual harrassment law to prevent this kind of stuff from happening in the work place. But not Lincoln Tech they dont care what they do as employees as long as the relationship isnt with the students. They have ruined a family because of this. They also spend to much money on unnecessary things as well. Please dont send your kids there it would be the biggest mistake if you do. They are only after your money.

My son is planning on going to Lincoln Tech in Indianapolis after he graduates in 2012. I sure hope that the negative I am reading on this site is just a bunch of BS! He is so excited about going there. But, I guess, by reading these comments, I will have some questions to asked when we decide to drive down and check out the place.

I go to the one in Indianapolis and I've learned a lot in the past 2 months that I've been there. If you're not learning anything then its your own fault. The instructors at the one I go to are amazing.

Also, when you go to lincoln, they charge you aproximitly $10 a meal, but only allow you to purchase $8 per meal swipe. and If you decide eat at the dorm buffet, and pay cash, its $9 or 1 meal swipe. nothing seams fit together right. And then they tell you that you can only get 4 soda's per swipe, which are normally 1.50 (was 1.25 originally). Then if you try to get something extra with the 4 soda's they tell you you can't. They screw you all way around and if you can, you need to get out if your there!

My son is also at Lincoln Tech in East Windsor CT right now, taking Automotive Technology. He's only been there 4 weeks and already feels like he has been scammed, from the classes right down to the meal plan. If things don't change we will be looking at going and getting him and bringing him home.

I am currently attending lincold in east windsor, ct. I was attending baron, a great school, when they suddenly said, "hey, lincoln just bought us. You're no longer baron." Since then, they didn't register with the local napa righ away, even though the switch took several months, and when the takeover happened in january the school lost parts service. they had wait a while for simple plastigauge for engine rebuilding. Baran as always maintaned a 15/1 or 20/1 student/teacher ratio. The last class was 67 students with one teacher. they finally hired someone off the street to take half his class after a week. He then put the students under a tractor trailer truck that had it's rear raised by a jack without any jack stands. All because the school didn't have time to teach him the proper way to do things. There has also been complaints from the students in the class that he won't explain anything and has very little knowledge. They are also now requiring students taking diesel to take 3 months of automotive at their school first. And they want to switch from 40% class, 60% shop time to only 40%shop and 60% class instead. Cutting back on hands on. Our last class is always a week short. Because lincoln messed up on scheduling because no one knows anything in managment, we are now getting a shortened brakes class. Suppose be certain other classes that have the time to spare to miss a week. In electronic fuel systems 2 we're doing extra stuff because it was normally the 4 week class, and instead is the 5 week class. The reason the last week is short is we do an one week intern the last week.

all and all, i'd say the original teachers are good, but if they keep hiring people off the street and don't send them through the regular training program they normally do, and keep flooding classes, and they keep taking away more hands on time, they won't be much of a school!

def its a waste of time and money...Mostly a bunch of ghetto [censor] kids go here

God forbid if you dont finish they send you to a collection company for the school in plymouth meeting pa, right next to the mall.The manager name is Brian Griffin and Rob dennin.They are very nasty and try to hurt you as much as possible as far as your credit.I have news for you they have to settle out what you owe and no they dont take you to court or sue you there all threats.Trust me there a bunch of dickwads