Porter and Chester Institute

"I graduated with Medical Assisting 01/2022 and this school is a whole joke. Went to campus once a week for about 1hr and a half the most. Basically teaching yourself at home. Insane amount of assignments due in a week. I also had to complete 340hrs of externship when the prior class only had to complete 140hrs which was more reasonable. Can never reach anyone and if I do they are no help…Hours online aren’t accurate either. States Saturdays they are open 9am-1pm and they are not. I wasted my time driving here regarding my transcripts. I had called as well and no answer, I always get the voice mail."

"Went here for electrical. It was a complete wast of time, DO NOT come here if you wan to become an electrician. Our instructor clearly chose favorites and was just generally not friendly, was even borderline sexist. Our lab lacked new equipment and sometimes didn’t have enough for the students. The curriculum definitely needed work, with powerpoints often being one or two code cycles behind (one was from 2002!), and sometimes tests/quizzes would be graded based on that code cycle and not the current one. And last, when I graduated I was PROMISED a job. I was hired by an agency that I will not name, but since I was hired two weeks ago they have not sent me to one job site. I tried looking for other electrical jobs, but everyone is looking for 2-4 year apprentices, not ones who just graduated. One of the independent electrical contractors I went with even said that he has heard nothing but bad things about this school. Same thing with the electrical contractor my cousin worked for at the time, she said no one wants to hire graduates from that school because everyone knows it’s a bad school. Long story short, don’t wast 30 grand. Avoid this place."

"Porter and Chester gave me a new start in my life by helping me make a career change/ transition into the field of Automotive. Porter and Chester's job placement also gave me the opportunity to be employed by Uhaul while I attended school and studied for the Automotive Technician program. My life has drastically changed for the better and I am forever grateful for the teachers and staff at Porter and Chester. If you're truly a hard worker, go getter, and apply yourself as a student at Porter and Chester, you will be successful financially and personally!! I am a success story and you will be too when you attend Porter and Chester!! Hurry up and contact them for more information about their programs!!"

"I started in January in dental assisting and everything was well until March when they laid my teacher off, no explanantion, we were fending for ourselves and nobody would tell us what's going on or why it was happening. The vice president was rude in a response email to a fellow classmate. I feel as if I've wasted time and tons of money as it's a rip off of what i signed up for. Unprofessional attitudes and never having answers, always leaving us hanging and wondering what they will do to us next. It's truly saddening. This school has failed to communicate on why they treat staff and students poorly. Or why they have been doing what they're doing. They makes tons of money so why take our teacher away multiple times and leave us with a stranger who doesn't teach how ours did? Learning online is already difficult and we weren't considered when they decided to "lay her off" basically. They only seem to care about the money and they aren't very professional when it comes to running a company. They're sneaky and will do anything to their advantage.. i'm aware of what goes on. We never got answers and now my teacher is taken away from me once again. I'm told I can't have answers and we are once again left to be taught by a principal who knows nothing about dental. We've been fighting for answers on our own and not one person has given us answers on how we can succeed well when we weren't taught properly. As if COVID isn't enough this school had been selfish and only caring about what's good for them. Hencing why teachers left and students aren't happy with what they have been doing. My voice seems to never be heard but I won't stop until I get answers. Mrs.C is an amazing person who bent over backwards for this school and has been treated like trash along with me and my fellow classmates. I wouldn't recommend this school to anyone, they don't care about anyone but themselves and the money they collect from us."

"Went for medical coding and billing in Worcester, MA from 2018-2019. What a scam. Worst experience ever. My teacher for my first semester actually walked out on us )her own personal marriage issues) and we were left with no teacher for about 3 weeks. The coding teacher that taught the higher level class had to keep coming in to check on us and teach when her other class was taking a test or what not. It should’ve been a sign for me to leave the school but I didn’t want to give up. But not one of us who graduated were able to find a job in the field that pays well ($13 or $14 an hour is not worth the student debt). I ended up finding an ambulatory service job that is not related to coding at all, but took it because it paid $18/hour. I feel like I wasted time and money on complete pointlessness. Should have gone to an actual college."