New Horizons Computer Learning Centers

I don’t have anything positive to say about this school. New Horizons is a «mentor» learning school. Which is BS for there are no real teachers here! They provide you with videos and books and tell you good luck. The mentors at New Horizons are just guys who got certified and help you out if you have questions.
This place is a rip off! You’ll get certified and walk away not knowing hardly anything. No hands-​on at all! I would not recommend New Horizons to anyone!
Even the job placement at the Miami location is a joke! The girl that works there that places you with jobs rarely placed anyone!
If you’re thinking about going to this school think twice!

I could be a smart aleck and write a review of my home’s living room, or one of the study tables at Borders, since this is how said «school» feels.
Like a lot of people, I was unemployed during the Great Recession. I received some correspondence that to continue getting benefits I had to enroll in a school. Based on recommendations from friends in the industry, I had another school in mind and I mentioned such to my unemployment coordinator. They seemed to drag their feet on my choice, instead leaning and emphasizing on New Horizons. So I went, sat through their sales presentation and started.
Their concept is «Mentored Learning» — a fancy way to say «Self Study». I was given a book (very plain and lacking in examples), headphones and sat in a room where the person sitting next to me was taking a completely different course. Trying to get assistance from said «mentor» was an excercise in pulling teeth. I started working again about a month after starting said «classes» and got my first certification mostly through studying from home with the book I bought at Borders. While I’m able to do the classes online from home because of work, I still have to attend in person do the practice tests. I am still going through the program to finish the certifications, and was told by the person who signed me up to «just memorize the practice exams and that way pass the test». Even though I’m employed, I have to finish the program. Oh, and again I had to buy my own books to have some hope of passing the test.
I have gone through three different student services /​admissions directors while taking the program in a timespan of a year. The guy who signed me up — an «Account Executive» when I started is currently the lead. The «classroom» is a freezer where you can even hear the very loud conversations in the student lounge. The promised actual practice session where you actually get to put together a computer or do system work — well I’ve only had two, making the drive out here not worth it. Since it shares floor space with another «technical school», the bathroom is a LONG walk away. Oh, and their website is a dot com, not a dot edu (as most schools). I at least learned that :)
This is one place I certainly would not recommend!