Then there's the look of the campus. I don't think I've seen uglier buildings. You'd think a college with architecture and interior design programs would make a campus that looks half decent. The quad in the middle of campus? It's open for about a month before they close it off for the remainder of the SCHOOL YEAR. They open it up and do some landscaping around campus before the summer, that way the visiting high school students and their parents will think "oooo what a beautiful campus!" It's quite ugly, about 9 out of the 12 months.
By far though, the worst thing here is that EVERYTHING is a DEFCON 1 situation. They make everything at least 5 times harder than it has to be whether it's a simple email, getting in touch with your professor, getting in touch with your advisor, getting in touch with your department head, or signing up for classes. There is ALWAYS an issue that comes up that makes life harder for the students.
I transferred majors from architecture to civil engineering, something that maybe should have taken a couple hours maximum to get my department head signature, sign up for new classes, and submit them at the student service center. OH NO. It took me 5 straight days up driving an hour in and out of Boston to come up here and try to hunt the right people down, because OF COURSE they didn't even give me the time of day when I needed them. It ended up being one of the biggest hassles I've ever dealt with.
I don't know what the other people that review this place are talking about. I've talked to quite a few students here, and I'd say 95% of the people, and no that's not an exaggeration, absolutely hate this place. Everyone has IDENTICAL complaints. In every class you go into you'll hear things like "F-ing Wentworth..." or "yup that's Wentworth for you!" Yea sure when you're tour guide is getting paid to take you around campus, OF COURSE he/she is going to say nice things. But if you really ask people, they'll give you the truth. In fact, I literally just read an email about how for some reason they're closing a class and that I now have to rearrange my schedule to find a new one. That's Wentworth for you!
Another thing you have to realize is that many students here are simply too afraid to come forward with their complaints, or they KNOW Wentworth just won't do anything about them even if they do complain.
The only good parts of this school are the location, because it's located in a great area of Boston, and the co-op (internship) program. I've been a part of the Career Center at Wentworth as a work-study, and it is one of the only 2 bright spots about WIT. They have great coordinators and directors, and a very good program to help students find internships for their co-op semesters, and for their post-graduation jobs.
I would NEVER recommend this school to anyone. Other than the career services, nobody at this schools genuinely gives a crap about the students or their lives. They're at Wentworth because they can't make it in their own professions or because they need the money....or both! Like I said in the heading, this school is the worst school I've ever seen or been a part of. The housing costs and tuition costs are high for very little in return. I'd STRONGLY recommend looking elsewhere if you're considering attend Wentworth.
In fact, I actually know the "Samantha B" who wrote a review before me. She worked with me at the Career Center, and at the time was clearly just trying to make the school look better, plus it was written too soon in her WIT experience. One year isn't enough, although I'm surprised she even said anything good after one year in this hell hole.
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