Southeast Technical College

DO NOT FALL FOR THE BUILD DAKOTA SCHOLARSHIP! The build Dakota scholarship has been the worst experience I’ve ever had. They mention it’s a "free" scholarship, but I didn’t like the extra classes they forced you to take for the scholarship, especially since I have learning disabilities and cannot handle multiple classes to focus on at once with little to no help. There is also way too much drama. WAY too much. Especially at housing. I couldn’t stand it anymore. I officially had a college burnout. I dropped out after 4 months of attending. Had to pay more fees to do that as well. Overall just a Very poorly managed college.

Giving this place 1 star is generous. This is my second year at the school as a student and I have never hated my life more. Every time I’ve ever interacted with someone who works here has been an awful experience. Every single teacher has no clue what they’re doing, especially anyone who works in the books store. I had ordered books/supplies 2 months before school and they were still late, and then emailed me they were ready over Labor Day (which they’re closed). I then go in to pick up my stuff and they "can’t find it". Well I keep pushing and SHOCKER they had it… the idiot of a worker didn’t bother looking in more than one place after calling me a liar. AND THEN, I never got my HAWKES code that I had order so I had to buy it online from HAWKES. Well I get in because they eventually got the code for me but I no longer needed it. I asked for a refund, but SHOCKER once again they gave me the code a day AFTER the due date for returns was. So I kept pushing and the guy called me a liar for not having my code sooner. You really think I would go through all of this for a code i had? Like that’s so stupid. So I showed him the receipts and after his audacity he learned he was in the wrong. Now the advisors. They are so useless. If you need help, don’t bother asking. My success advisor and program advisor were both so useless when I was trying to drop a class. I even emailed the teacher of the class and she told me to reach out to my advisor, WHICH I ALREADY DID. like if you can’t do your job, don’t even bother kids coming to you for help.

I went there a number of years ago trying to better my life even with a learning disability that I have documented proof of. They said they would set me with assistance which they lied about so I struggled just like in highschool, so I was put in more classes that where accelerated when my disability advisor and myself said that would not be a good idea but they did what they wanted and because of it I failed out . Now when I want to try again I'm barred because of my grades last time . It's sad how they lie, take your money and then say screw you.

They give you money that they make you think is from financial aid but in reality it's from them and they don't tell you. They them expect you to pay it back or threaten to garnish your wages and put no effort into working with you. Never been so disappointed with a school in my life and have never had a school do this too me before.

Great instructors, and almost every day we were learning hands on.

CDL training course is a rip off. After you give them your money and show up for class they tell you and ask you to sign another contract, you have one chance at the end of course to pass the driving test. If you fail you don’t get another chance and have wasted about $4000.

All the instructors use material you can find online for free. Nobody knows what's going on here and it's a mess. I would go to freakin Phoenix U online before I went here again. Trash school, per the usual with any college big or small and it's in garbage SD.