Five Towns College

There is a very large part of me that wishes I would have come across this site BEFORE I chose to go to FTC. I agree with everything everyone has said!!!!! I hated it while I was there....only lived on campus for about a week and then moved off and got an apartment which was WAY cheaper! I learned nothing at that school and wasted so much money that it is ridiculous. I made some great friends there and I miss them but I hope they wise up as well and get out of that school. Otherwise they will have wasted four years and a lot of money!

I only went to FTC for the fall semester of 2007, and then I transferred out. I had a plethora of problems while I was attending and I have had even more problems since I withdrew. In order to transfer to another school I have to have the transcripts from any other institution I attended. Well FTC had me on a meningitis hold, meaning that I didn't get the shot. Well I had to call them constantly for 3 months. Finally I got ahold of one semi-competent person and MADE her look in my file. Hmmm they had my shot records. Hmmm the shot records listed when I got my meningitis shot and was signed by my doctor. HELLO?!?!?!?!?!!? DUMBASS!?!?!?! It says it right there. There was no need to have a hold on that. Now I have to pray my loans dont go into repayment and I have to apply to another school and hope that they will still accept me although it's after the deadline!

I HATE FTC.Plain and simple.

1st Year Female -- Class 2011

Collaboration/Competitive: B, Education Quality: F

You are better off taking 16,000 dollars and flushing it down the toilet than coming to Five Towns College. This is a daycamp and not a college. There is no campus except a courtyard which is used for smoking. There is a basketball court that is useless because there are no sports. Really there are no sports. Not even intermural. The "weight room" is a joke. I am probably better off lifting cinderblocks in a junk yard. There are only a handful of good professors and they are not even teaching my major. The food sucks, the students there are not even that nice. They are all bitter, pissed, and so egotistical it is rediculace. Plus when I wanted to be a police officer they all wanted to kill me. The girls there are obnoxious druggies who are ass ugly. The student center I went to a lot but after a while waiting for a pool table gets old. My history teacher in my second semester is not the brightest bulb in the box but what are you gonna do. Five Towns has been around for 36 years and only 7 people made it. What does that tell you? Plus my film class is full of kids that are too artsy. They think filming a crushed up beer can for two hours is better than watching a Hollywood box-office smash. Don't worry about grades, they take you no matter what. Dorming is extremely expensive so almost everyone commutes. That says that everyone just goes home and does nothing. Clubs suck. I mean who want to be in a Nintendo club. There is nobody to talk sports with since sports are like cusing at this college. Overall this school sucks. Now I see why they have the highest transfer rate.

1st Year Female -- Class 2012

Faculty Accessibility: C, Education Quality: F

Coming to this school was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made.
The faculty seem to really know their respective fields relatively well, but this school has no connections in the business world it seems. I have been out since May 2007 and have been unable to land a job in what I majored in. The career services office did little to nothing to help my plight, and I am still stuck in a dead-end job. I've been trying and trying, and frankly, just find myself losing heart for working in a field that I was once passionate about, Film/TV. But I guess in a way, this is also somewhat my fault, as a degree like that seems meaningless in the real world. I should have gone to a trade school that specializes in the field, as trade schools (most of them anyway) have real-life connections to outside employers and can place you for the most part once you complete their program. I know come January, I'll be going to a trade school, but sadly, it will be for something other than what I once was passionate about. Shame it had to end this way.Bottom line, unless you want to be stuck in a dead-end job, then by all means go here, but if you want better, go somewhere else. I'm at a point now where I just want to skip the academia and cut right to the chase, which is why I'm opting for a trade school.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000